Im pretty late finishing this game, but there is a reason. Due to other circumstances I only recently purchased my 360. Had one before but ended up losing it. So about some time ago I got ME1 and loved it. In fact I played through it 3 times before going to purchase ME2 and continue on my Shepards journey. I started playing ME2 and noticed the improvement in graphics and movement. Also some controls much better. Then as I kept playing I realized that ME2 lacked almost everything that made ME1 great. I kept playing but lacked the enthusiasm and suspense that I had while playing ME1. I found myself only playing to finish the story and not really enjoying it as much. It had its moments but Im dissapointed with ME2.
Does anybody else feel this way?
Im late, but just finshed ME2 and Im dissapointed.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:23
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Yes, we even have a thread about it.
Watch out for the flames coming your way though.
Watch out for the flames coming your way though.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:23
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Story wise the second game in a trilogy is never going to beat the first. It has to keep both the PC and the main enemy alive.
But they improved almost everything else.
While I didn't find ME2 to be disappointing, I will agree that the story doesn't beat the first.
But they improved almost everything else.
While I didn't find ME2 to be disappointing, I will agree that the story doesn't beat the first.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:24
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Well it's definitely a lot different than ME1,but I like it.A lot.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:24
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Nope. I thought ME was awesome, and I liked ME2 even more.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:25
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In short, yes.
Though this is a fairly common phenomenon with intermediate parts of multi-part stories that mostly just add to the complexion and slip in some things the last part can play with, so stay put for the end.
Though this is a fairly common phenomenon with intermediate parts of multi-part stories that mostly just add to the complexion and slip in some things the last part can play with, so stay put for the end.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:25
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Don't worry I know what'll cheer you up! Orange Mocha Frappuccino!
Now lighten up and focus on the good things of ME2.
Now lighten up and focus on the good things of ME2.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:26
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Most people seem to think 1 had a better story but 2 improved on everything else. I'd agree with that view.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:26
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For me, comparing them is like comparing a Fuji apple to a Granny Smith apple, while I may like one of them a lot more at one point, my "taste" can easily switch back and forth between them.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:26
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Black Raptor wrote...
Story wise the second game in a trilogy is never going to beat the first. It has to keep both the PC and the main enemy alive.
This is a reasonable point, but to be fair the first installment of any trilogy has the same constraints. So this can't be hoisted as a reason for ME2 having a poorer storyline than ME1.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:31
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I like ME2 much better then 1, thought there were things from 1 I missed I found the overall experience to be more fun.
I don't understand how the story is somehow inferior then 1, they are on par with each other in my mind and follow the very same base, except one is the lighter beginning and the other is the darker depressing follow up.
If anything I wished Cerberus' involvement would have been more prominent in 1, they went from a small side thing to ALL of ME. Sort of jarring and obviously not planned from inception imo.
I don't understand how the story is somehow inferior then 1, they are on par with each other in my mind and follow the very same base, except one is the lighter beginning and the other is the darker depressing follow up.
If anything I wished Cerberus' involvement would have been more prominent in 1, they went from a small side thing to ALL of ME. Sort of jarring and obviously not planned from inception imo.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:34
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Overall I liked ME2 more. Yet there were a few things I missed. As much as the Mako could be annoying I did miss the vehicle content ME1 had. Also I wasn't a big fan of the "killing off" Shepard at the start of the game just to move the plot forward two years and get you working for Cerberus.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:35
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Rivercurse wrote...
Black Raptor wrote...
Story wise the second game in a trilogy is never going to beat the first. It has to keep both the PC and the main enemy alive.
This is a reasonable point, but to be fair the first installment of any trilogy has the same constraints. So this can't be hoisted as a reason for ME2 having a poorer storyline than ME1.
I agree with this. I wasnt expecting ME2 to be incredibly better than ME1 in every way. What I did expect was for it to continue the great story that made ME1 so great. I just feel there were certain elements in 1 that gave us that experience that so many of us enjoyed and they neglected to keep what was working going.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:37
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This. And someone who doesn't do those sidequests much never gets to see Cerberus in ME1,and in the beginning of ME2 Jacob still says "you and Cerberus have quite a history" and you are like "WTF,who the hell is that?!"Eshaye wrote...
If anything I wished Cerberus' involvement would have been more prominent in 1, they went from a small side thing to ALL of ME.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:40
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I'm one of the people that Loved ME1 it was a great game even with its bugs, but ME2 was a big let down and hearing that ME3 is going to be like ME2 I'm realy not shure I want it. If ME3 was like ME1 then I would buy it and love it.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:40
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Meh...
This thread again...
This was discussed a lot during a year... Don't worry it seems that BW listened to the fanbase and they're trying to put the best of both games in ME3, etc.
This thread again...
This was discussed a lot during a year... Don't worry it seems that BW listened to the fanbase and they're trying to put the best of both games in ME3, etc.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:43
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I was just disappointed that there wasn't a cool song at the end of ME2. Like with vocals and stuff. I actually wanted to sit through the ME1 credits. C'mon guys, you can do better than that.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:49
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Lordgleen wrote...
I'm one of the people that Loved ME1 it was a great game even with its bugs, but ME2 was a big let down and hearing that ME3 is going to be like ME2 I'm realy not shure I want it. If ME3 was like ME1 then I would buy it and love it.
I would have to agree with you on that.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:56
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 10:57
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There's a second mass effect 
they should really tell us these things
they should really tell us these things
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 11:03
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whatever you think, it doesn't matter now. the game is already proven the best RPG game in history. have you ever seen what kind of game won more than 120 awards?
anyway, I have played the last mass effect 2 nowadays since mass effect genesis DLC came out. I needed to play it. now I have no relationship with any crew. it's only Liara. I want blue children. why did I do? because I had never relationship with Liara even in mass effect 1. fortunately dynamic comic made Liara as a lover. so I just give it try. it will be affecting very much on ME 3. so unfortunately, I guess if you made a relationship with Miranda, or Jack, you will get nothing on ME 3. Tali is still safe though. anyway, it is freaking last one. I am tired of this game already. but it is still one of the best games I've ever played. 35 times I finished it. well done.
anyway, I have played the last mass effect 2 nowadays since mass effect genesis DLC came out. I needed to play it. now I have no relationship with any crew. it's only Liara. I want blue children. why did I do? because I had never relationship with Liara even in mass effect 1. fortunately dynamic comic made Liara as a lover. so I just give it try. it will be affecting very much on ME 3. so unfortunately, I guess if you made a relationship with Miranda, or Jack, you will get nothing on ME 3. Tali is still safe though. anyway, it is freaking last one. I am tired of this game already. but it is still one of the best games I've ever played. 35 times I finished it. well done.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 11:08
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FrostedFlake84 wrote...
Does anybody else feel this way?
I'd need you to rephrase first. ME2 lacked "enthusiasm and suspense"?
Enthusiam is a bit vague. What do you mean?
Suspense... yes, ME1 had a more urgent sense to it in comparison to ME2's more deliberate pace, but for me personally that was not a change for the worse or for the better. It was just different. Is that what you meant by "suspense"?
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 11:21
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onelifecrisis wrote...
FrostedFlake84 wrote...
Does anybody else feel this way?
I'd need you to rephrase first. ME2 lacked "enthusiasm and suspense"?
Enthusiam is a bit vague. What do you mean?
Suspense... yes, ME1 had a more urgent sense to it in comparison to ME2's more deliberate pace, but for me personally that was not a change for the worse or for the better. It was just different. Is that what you meant by "suspense"?
I said " I kept playing but lacked the enthusiasm and suspense that I had while playing ME1". Enthusiasm meaning I didnt really want to keep playing it, but had to just to finsih and be set up for ME3. As for suspense the only part that had any was the very last mission in ME2.
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Posté 31 mai 2011 - 11:23
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FrostedFlake84 wrote...
Lordgleen wrote...
I'm one of the people that Loved ME1 it was a great game even with its bugs, but ME2 was a big let down and hearing that ME3 is going to be like ME2 I'm realy not shure I want it. If ME3 was like ME1 then I would buy it and love it.
I would have to agree with you on that.
agreed, and your deffinately not alone. im not on this forum because of ME2, im here simply becasue of what i did in ME1 and my hopes that ME3 wont be Mass effect 2: episode 2.
ME2 can screw off.
