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[MassStorm]

ME1 is and will remain the best for me. No doubt about it. Then ME3 and my least favorite is ME2.

[PinkToolTheater]

ME1 - story, exploration
ME2 - best intro, best ending, best squad interaction
ME3 - emotional roller coaster of an epic mixture of feelings

I loved them all. But I finished ME3 2 months ago and its SILL stuck in my head on a daily basis.

[rt604]

The best game in the trilogy for me was Mass Effect 1. The first game made the universe feel vast and the story had a great deal of jaw dropping moments for myself: first human spectre that has to hunt down a legendary rogue spectre, Saren, who allied himself with a vastly advanced juggernaut, Sovereign, along with a Geth army. I really liked all the characters in ME 1. There was a lot of weapon and armor customization, typical rpg style equipment evolution as well, as you progress through the game you get better equipment. I really liked the skill tree for soldier Shepard, and individual cool downs for each power. I know the environments along with the weapon and armor appearances lacked variety along with the terrible inventory system but for me they were totally outweighed by what I really loved about the game.

I liked Mass Effect 3 second among the three games. They brought back some weapon customization and a better skill tree. But I didn't like the new weight system they had in place to affect power cool downs. The combat was definitely a little more fast paced, but still had tactical element. ME 3 had good weapon variety, but weapons had issues (ie recoil on typhoon and unnecessary weapon nerfs). The ending was also underwhelming to say the least.

Mass Effect 2 was the worse for me, among the three games, but it's still good. The story wasn't as epic as ME1, but the characters were pretty good. I also really didn't like how the developers simplified the skill tree and they sacrificed weapon customization for weapon variety.

[SurfaceBeneath]

If you just compare the base games, I'd say that 2 ranks as my favorite of the trilogy. However if you add on all the DLC and post release content then 3 just barely eeks it out over 2. There's just so much content there and the multiplayer is pretty legit.

ME1 is a great start to the series but the dated design, repetitive gameplay, and boring characters place it far behind the other two.

[Legbiter]

Tough call. The whole of Mass Effect is more than the sum of it's parts

[N7 Shadow 90]

ME3 is my favourite, followed by ME2, and then ME1. I believe that the whole trilogy was absolutely incredible, and it just kept getting better and better.

[Chala]

ME2>ME3>ME1

[Saito404]

ME1 is the only game I like.

[Applepie_Svk]

ME1 there was a plot, and imagine plot in game which is trying to built upon the premise that it´s story-driven experience...

[TiaraBlade]

Hard to say. ME1 was a great game but ME2 blew it out of the water due to its enhanced graphics, smoother gameplay, and a larger crew that was still quite well realized. ME2 also took a chance by breaking with the "collect the 4 plot coupons" structure to instead break it down into mini-missions. On top of that, the suicide mission was fantastic!

As I played through ME3, I kept thinking "this may be the best game I have EVER played" but the ending never fulfills its promise (forgetting the other controversies, the ending battles just didn't seem big or epic enough. I expected street fighting and trench warfare on a huge scale and it never felt truly like a WAR. Also, would have loved to see the rest of the crew instead of just my normal small squad).

From a gameplay POV and how it brought so much together, ME3 is the best of the three. But ME2 is such a giant leap foward, it's hard to not give it the nod especially in light of its much superior ending.

I just don't know.

[ioannisdenton]

ME1=ME2>ME3

[ioannisdenton]

Legbiter wrote...

Tough call. The whole of Mass Effect is more than the sum of it's parts

this . this. this!!
I bought the trilogy yesterday, i am a sucker and i know it!

[Eclipse merc]

ME1 > ME2 > ME3 for me.

[S.A.K]

Would have said ME2 before EC and Citadel, but now its ME3 for sure.

[free17]

[nos_astra]

ME1 - atmosphere, style, soundtrack, world-building, a bit torn about the characters (they were just introduced and needed more fleshing out: Ashley and Kaidan are ok, Liara and Tali are good concepts, Wrex has his moments, Garrus is very generic), didn't mind the gameplay (I fondly remember how often I died because I'm too stupid to play)

ME2 - painfully dumb plot, too cartoon-ish characters for my taste, character interaction limited to interacting with Shepard (we're building a team without building a team), gets points for fleshing out/retconning the geth, characterizing Tali and Wrex a bit more and introducing interrupts, the plot just ruins it for me, though

ME3 - suffers greatly from not having a solid prequel to build on which leads to giant leaps in logic and retconning, the Normandy's crew seems more alive, more casualties in the suicide mission help improve individual quests (Grissom without Jack, Tuchanka without Mordin, Rannoch without Legion, I guess not having Wrex may be an improvement, too), the ending is the accumulation of unfortunate decisions over the course of the whole trilogy (I don't fault ME3 alone for it), orchestral soundtrack sounds nice but I'd prefer a more sci-fi-y score, gameplay is fun (I wish the biotic powers weren't so inconsistent with the lore), big downside: animations are extremely choppy on my PC

I'd say for me:
ME1 > ME3 > ME2

Modifié par klarabella, 10 mars 2013 - 10:56 .

[AllThatJazz]

SilentK wrote...

Hmm...

For me ME3 is the one that I enjoy playing the most. Characters, especially now after all the dlc makes it shine a bit extra for me. Still I want all my Shepards to go through ME2 and build up the story and their relationships with the rest of the crew. Find ME difficult to play due to the fighting and inventory.

ME3 >> ME2 >>>>ME(just because of dated gameplay)

Luckily the journey is much more important for me than the end. Still get goosebumps when I do the SM in ME2 and I've take 7 FemShep's through it over the years. But the storymissions with mute companions leave me sad now after experiencing the banter in the latest game. It has become one of my little hobbies to bring new combos of crewmembers just to hear what they would say on different missions. And that they talk to each other on the ship. ME3-ending I live with and find it ok. The rest of ME3 however,Tuchanka, Rannoch, Grissom Academy and other fav missions of mine, just how real my FemShep feels to me makes me love this game to bits and pieces. Think of new Shepards I would like to play all the time.

Couldn't agree more! I've just started a new ME1 Femshep on PC, and while I love the game to bits (better minigame ftw!), the combat is doing my head in somewhat and I'm already looking forward to ME3 - meeting Javik, squad banter, Citadel dlc stuff - and I've only just been made a Spectre!

There are amazing things about each of the games, and significant flaws in each too - but my personal ranking is ME3, then 2, then 1. And as for the dlc, I think the third game was the charm. x

[Mr. Fleas]

ME3>ME2>ME1 as long as I ignore the ending.

Otherwise, ME3>=ME2>ME1

I've beaten all three of them what seems to be countless times, but ME3 is when it got really emotional and involving for me. I absolutely loved how the game flowed (apart from the ending)

[GoldenPersona]

Mass Effect 2 made me care about the universe. Mass Effect 1 didn't have any galactic culture, ME3 didn't have any culture. Mass Effect 2 took you everywhere and let you experience the culture and what role certain characters played in the development of the cultures. Without Mordin I would not have cared about the genophage whatsoever. It was inconsequential to my goal.

The game focuses more of the galaxy an the cultures of the different races and puts less emphasis on Reapers. Mass Effect works best without the Reapers (I consider the Collectors to be villains of the week rather than Reaper related). I can't wait for MASS EFFECT 4 (come at me I dare you) because it will not have a Reaper plot.

[Quitch]

ME1 has the best story and ME2 has that fantastic final mission, but I have to nominate ME3 as the best. It has the best combat system, you make huge decisions on Rannoch and Tuchanka, but most importantly it's the one where it felt like the crew were fully aware of one another and we were a big family. ME2 loyalty missions were nice, but everything in ME2 happened between one squad member and Shepard, where as in ME3 you get all sorts of banter pre, during and post mission and it varies depending on who you take. I love that.

I think ME3 has a huge advantage in that it has two game's worth of interaction with the NPCs to work with. Certinally I'd say there was a vast improvement in the quality of the NPC writing between ME1 and ME2.

Modifié par Quitch, 10 mars 2013 - 11:02 .

[Ieldra]

ME3: Best combat, best map design, best mission design, best team member interaction, best visuals and sound, best ambient mood in most missions. ME3's best missions are also the best of the trilogy. Best overall, if you take all aspects into account. DLC has also best antagonist (Petrovsky in Omega).
Major flaws: autodialogue that destroys player's ideas of their Shepards, contrived drama.

ME2: Best in-depth protatogist/NPC interaction. ME3 had the quantity, ME2 had the quality. Best balance of autodialogue and conversation choices. Also, the best final mission of all three games, the oversized T-800 notwithstanding, and overall best roleplaying potential.
Major flaws: weak sense of location, map design, restrictive karma system.

ME1: Best exploration, best science fiction atmosphere (ME2 had a comic book atmosphere, ME3 ignored the need to rationalize the fantastic in in-world terms).
Major flaws: Reused sidequest locations, contrived morality (mostly in sidequests), unwieldy equipment system.

Modifié par Ieldra2, 10 mars 2013 - 11:22 .

[Sable Rhapsody]

Mass Effect 2, hands down. IMO it struck the best balance between focus on roleplay vs. combat, and it highlighted the strength of the series: the characters. I've never felt that plot was ME's strong suit, so the weaker central plot didn't bother me too much.

Modifié par Sable Rhapsody, 10 mars 2013 - 11:27 .

[DirtySHISN0]

One, my favourite overall experience.
Two, my favourite characters.
Three, tech armor.

[the_last_krogan]

mass effect 2 .... the sci-fi dirty dozen