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[OgFux69]

ME1 had best plot, agreed.

And I'm not a big fan of ME3's actual combat gameplay, too fast paced, poor rifles like the M8 are super accurate, reloads are super fast, powers travel a lot faster... No need for CODzation of gameplay.

[TheTrueObelus]

Yeah ME1 had the strongest story. The end was incredible.

Modifié par TheTrueObelus, 10 avril 2012 - 01:17 .

[Catroi]

their is no doubt about this, I don't care about the gameplay, the story, dialogues and RPG elements where fantastic

+ alien sidebood

[MaaZeus]

pjotroos wrote...

I thought ME3 will dethrone it up until the very end. As it stands, ME1 is still the best of the three, but if by some mircle Bioware actually manages to provide an ending it deserves, it will be my favourite.

Same opinion. Overall ME1 has the best story overall. ME3 however had the potential to easily dethrone it, with added benefit of having superior gameplay. Beginning was a bit dodgy and ending utterly destroyed the game, but what is inbetween is pure brilliance.

Modifié par MaaZeus, 10 avril 2012 - 01:17 .

[Mria]

ME 1 is the best no doubt on that, it was the first one anyway but imo ME2 was the one that actualy hit the spot 

mixed evrything young and old ppl would like to see and the controls were greatly improved

now if they had added the ME3 controls in 2 that would have been the best of the triology considereing all the aspects of the game*

Modifié par Mria, 10 avril 2012 - 01:18 .

[veramis]

The atmosphere in ME1 was great, me2 was good but somewhat too myopically focused on characters' stories. Despite this ME2 is definitely my favorite since it had such good character writing.

[clos]

ME1 is the best except for three things. Mako was terrible, running around in that vehicle looking for resources sucked bunches. Second, the lack of variance in many of the side mission, all planets/environment blended into each other. Third, combat system was clunky as heck.

That being said, I still prefer ME1 over any of the trilogy. If only you could fuse ME1 storyline along with ME2 character cast choices and slick mission where no time is wasted roaming around, then you would have an ideal game.

But yes, by far, ME1 remains the standard. I still get chills replaying the ending. I totally expected ME3 to surpass the ME1 ending and then...

How could Bioware screw up so royally? How can they still screw up with their decision to leave in that ending and try to explain it? It just doesn't make sense.

[Grasich]

Pros for each:
ME1 has the most (at least illusion of) control over the dialogue.
ME1 has the best squad makeup (imo).
ME1 has the best antagonist (Saren is a perfect anti-Shepard)
ME1 portrayed the Reapers as unimaginable horrors, which I quite liked.
ME1 had the most and best choices. (imo)

ME2 had loyalty missions, which I liked, but there were too many.
ME2 had the suicide mission, which was fantastic, but should have been in the 3rd game (too many variables for the second game, which taxed their resources in the 3rd.)
ME2 had the best DLC (Overlord and LotSB are INCREDIBLE)
ME2 had the best graphical art style (imo)
ME2 had the most hubs.

ME3 had the best combat.
ME3 had the best weapon/armor system
ME3 had the best written dialogue (However the lack of options here, or at least the lack of the illusion of options, really hampers this for me.)

Cons for each:

ME1 had the worst combat.
ME1 Oh god the inventory system.
ME1 Oh god the Mako.
ME1's dialogue was a bit awkward at times.
ME1 had the worst graphics.

ME2 didn't touch on the main plot enough (good plot, but left too much for the 3rd game to do)
ME2 didn't have Liara as a squadmate (Liara fanboi, very sad.)
ME2 forced us to work for/with Cerberus (important to the plot yadayada. I didn't like it.)

ME3 had almost no illusion of choice in dialogue, and really forced emotions and opinions down our throats.
ME3 had the dream sequences... HATED these.
ME3 undid a lot of our choices, or made them irrelevant.
ME3 had the damn fetch quests.
ME3 had Kai Leng... I can't stand any scene he appears in save the one you get to finally kill him.
ME3 from Thessia and on felt horribly rushed.
ME3 The endings... THE ENDING. GOD DAMNIT.

Anyway.

It's pretty close for me between ME1 and ME2, but ME1 had the better plotline and had Liara as a squadmate (easily my favorite character), and frankly I've never played ME for the gameplay, it was always about the plot, the characters, and the world. ME1 does the plot and characters best (imo at least), ME2 does the world the best.

Overall, I give ME1 first place, with ME2 a close second. ME3... let's just pretend it never happened.

[Shadowwot]

I really enjoyed ME1 and I agree that it had the best story of the trilogy; but I prefer the sequels because the gameplay in ME2 and ME3 was way better.

[Jagri]

Yes I believed Mass Effect 1 was the best of the trilogy.

[Deuterium_Dawn]

clos wrote...

ME1 is the best except for three things. Mako was terrible, running around in that vehicle looking for resources sucked bunches. Second, the lack of variance in many of the side mission, all planets/environment blended into each other. Third, combat system was clunky as heck.

I actually loved the Mako, the problem as you said was that it was essentially all the same. I don't really think the answer to that was to cut out exploration entirely.  And at least the resource missions in ME1 were optional. In ME2, you had to tediously scan planets without even the fun of that drunken cow steering or you couldn't research any of the upgrades, and not getting the ship upgrades screwed you in the CB assault.

ME1 was definitely the best of the series for me, followed by 2. The Tuchanka and Rannoch arcs in 3 were epic, but the rest of the game didn't really measure up.

[Spectre_Shepard]

from a storytelling standpoint, yes.

from a gamely standpoint, no

[txmn1016]

I prefer ME2. Especially after I read the books and got more context.

[TrollDemon]

I liked Mass Effect 1 on all accounts save for gameplay. I did like the environments up until Mass Effect 2 introduced hub worlds. Then I viewed Mass Effect 2 and 1 as both equal.

[IntoTheDarkness]

Grasich wrote...


Pros for each:
ME1 has the most (at least illusion of) control over the dialogue.
ME1 has the best squad makeup (imo).
ME1 has the best antagonist (Saren is a perfect anti-Shepard)
ME1 portrayed the Reapers as unimaginable horrors, which I quite liked.
ME1 had the most and best choices. (imo)

*snip*

Overall, I give ME1 first place, with ME2 a close second. ME3... let's just pretend it never happened.

mostly agreed except for favorite characters...  Mine was Harbinger, and he appeared as a cameo in ME3.  [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/uncertain.png[/smilie]

BW is producing worse plots with every sequal it makes ever since EA took over. I wonder when this plot quality deteriorating will be finally over. At this rate in 5  years Blizzard will have a better story in games.

Modifié par IntoTheDarkness, 10 avril 2012 - 01:34 .

[Squadrito]

Story wise, yes. Gameplay, no. Those Mako missions were so unbelievably time consuming, and usually boring.

ME2 was the game I started playing first, then bought 1. I enjoyed 2 for its gameplay and story. So in my opinion ME2 was the best.

ME could have been the best...but, no.

[Militarized]

I prefer ME2, liked the characters much better. I actually liked the human reaper and collector stuff... some thought it was silly but oh well.

[Gurneyslabb]

Liked mass effect 2 alot more

[winterbrood]

ME 1 for sure was the best. It had an amazing plot, and unlike ME2 you were never wasting your time. Sure, the combat was the worst in the series, but to me Mass effect has never been about the combat. Alien fighting was just there to keep you entertained and immersed in the story, the true gem of the Mass effect series. Also planet exploration was really innovative, even if poorly executed.

[Doomhams]

ME1 was the best story wise I think. The end sequence was great. It really had that sense of urgency, that sense of, I better hurry and do this or we are all screwed. Didn't have that in ME2 or ME3 IMO.

[McCredie64]

ME1 had a great story overall, but the gameplay was lacking and it took a LONG time for the game to actually pick up for me, I had to force myself to keep playing to Virmire, and that was where it became interesting. Feros, Noveria and Therum are very tedious and long. Saren was a great polar opposite to Shepard and Sovereign was the most theatening and ominous enemy I've ever experienced in a video game. The ending was epic and fulfilling, but as I said, the game as a whole is pretty tedious up until the last few missions.

ME2 had the perfect pace and kept me immersed the ENTIRE time. It followed a non-linear plotline and had totally unexpected twists that kept me on the edge of my seat (Shepard dying, discovering the Protheans true fate and discovering at least partially what the Reapers motives were to name a few). It was completely character-driven and that was the best part. A wider range of characters gave you more freedom of choice, plus each of them was a qualified badass. Everything you had done throughout the game tied back beautifully into the main plot at the end of the game (Reapers, destruction blah blah). I didn't think the over-arching story was weak at all, it just showed that there was more to the Mass Effect universe when you weren't racing against time to stop an imminent Reaper invasion. This freedom made for the most well-written, funny, epic and involving game in the trilogy.

ME3 had fantastic gameplay but I found the overall story to be a bit disapointing. All our major decisions from Mass Effect 1 & 2 were turned into meaningless points that in the end amounted to absolutely nothing. Squad characters, even returning ones, were less interesting this time around and the ending was unforgivable. They polished the graphics and combat to great standard, but they seemed to abandon their greatest strength: characters and story. <_<

Modifié par McCredie64, 10 avril 2012 - 01:52 .

[alpha54]

Overall, ME3 was probably the most enjoyable for me. It is easily the most polished out of the 3. The game play feels really fluid.

ME1's story was amazing, but damn the game play is clunky. I'm currently in the process of replaying ME1, which I hadn't touched in a few years, and it is a struggle. That game really has not held up.

[paleobones]

Mass Effect is my favorite game

[Jamie9]

Mass Effect 2 was my favourite. All 12 squaddies IMO were really well written. Most of them had 2 main quests each dedicated to them.

Harbinger and the Collectors were an appropriately menacing enemy.

We got Illium, the Citadel, Omega and Tuchanka as hub worlds.

The Suicide Mission is the best level in any video game ever.

[TJX2045]

 ME1 had the weakest combat, but had the strongest end game story wise.  It always made me satisfied with my choices at the end.

ME2 had the best end game in sheer epic nature.

ME3 had the strongest combat of the two, but the weakest ending.

Modifié par TJX2045, 10 avril 2012 - 01:43 .