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[Evil Johnny 666]

I've been reading Ringworld and playing Halo CE lately so I started to think about the Mass Effect series for a bit. But thing is, I never played ME3. I did really like ME1 even if flawed, the sci-fi universe felt very compelling, the story was interesting despite being about saving the universe (was well disguised we could say), the characters were interesting, the planets, the exploration, etc. Mass Effect 2... like a lot of sci-fi series these days, they felt the need to take a lot of influence from cheesy hollywood space operas, which I didn't really like. I thought the main story was pretty boring most of the time, except for what wasn't directly about the real main story, if you get what I mean. There were still a lot of interesting sci-fi moments, some planets were very nice, especially Omega, and I don't mind all that much the lesser rpg elements, the gameplay was still fun in itself. It was just a shame the hubworlds are much smaller now. Although a lot of the dialogue became more and more predictable with less choice, some bits were more cheesy, etc. I thought Shepard to be pretty bearable in ME1, but I've ended up almost disliking him in ME2. I didn't even try The Shadow Broker unfortunately.

 

Now, my real question, should I try ME3? Apparently the story is even cheesier (like with that kid thing) and the main story even more generic. Apparently there's even less dialogue choice, as if that was possible, and it feels to much like it probably wants to tap you on the back for saving the galaxy (something I could care less about since I don't like there) and telling you how much of a hero you are, because of you, the gamer.

 

Does the side quests save the game? Are the characters still interesting and are there interesting planets? Is there any place, planet, city or side quest that are reminescent of real old school sci-fi like ME1 did? Any grand sci-fi moment? Like you might have understood, I'm more a fan of laid-back sci-fi stuff that doesn't too much take tricks from nowadays popular filmakers (which I don't like at all). Is there something for me here? You know, I can still play ME2 and enjoy it, but not nearly as much as ME1, still, I think there's still something worth for me in the game.

[SilJeff]

Just give it a try for yourself. It isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be.

 

~A bit less dialogue wheels in conversations, but still you have decision making. Difference being that here there is no instance of every choice in a specific dialogue wheel being the same exact sentence like in ME1 and 2. You have more organic conversations now that you aren't using dialogue wheels that say the same thing no matter your choice.

 

And yes, your choices do have an impact in the end thanks to the Extended Cut. There are over 30 possible epilogue combinations based on your choices in the trilogy [like, there are at least 6 possible outcomes for the Krogan/Tuchanka].

 

~The story is far better than ME2, well aside from the ending. Much more emotional, plus it actually does stuff [instead of being a waste of time that focuses on a glorified side quest instead of preparing the galaxy]. Aside from Kai Leng, there is nothing more cheesy than the other games, and most of the story is darker than the others due to this being the Reaper war itself.

 

~There are indeed sidequests unlike what some people claim. Unfortunately, there aren't as many as ME2, but like 2, they do have a different layout unlike ME1 where every sidequest was one of 4 reused buildings. You have N7 missions, which use the maps from the original MP maps. There are also really fun ones like Grissom Academy and the Ardat Yakshi Monastery. There are fetch quests, but those replaced the Mining/Planet Scanning of the previous games, not the actual side quests. And there are some awesome DLC in the game [Citadel, Leviathan, and From Ashes].

 

I think the following elements in the trilogy were at there best in 3:

 

1. Gameplay

2. DLC [aside from character packs. I preferred Kasumi and Zaeed's DLC over Javik's, but Javik is still a great character]

3. Conversations. I know people hate the decrease in dialogue wheels in conversations, but I think there are still enough, they simply trimmed the fat.

4. level design. Aside from the N7 missions that is.

5. Not the best in the trilogy, but I think 3's story pre-ending was almost as good as 1's. Huge improvement over 2

[ImaginaryMatter]

I would suggest playing it. ME3 has a lot of changes from ME1 that, although not necessarily worse, are different. For example, the dialogue prompts are fewer in number and, more often than not, only offer a binary choice; in return though you get better flow in conversation's and more character development from Shepard. A lot of these are personal preferences; although ME3 does drop the ME2 Renegade action one liners.

 

The biggest difference though is the large shift in focus, genre, and tone. ME3 continues ME2's increased importance of Shepard (aka Space Jesus), anthropocentrism, character moments over world building, Cerberus, and action set-piece/cutscene spectacle. The story's quality I find to be about the same for both ME2 and ME3, although ME3 does actually advance the plot forward and has to make up for ME2's lack of doing so. It still resembles ME2's episodic structure although the main plot actually makes up a much larger part of ME3 versus ME2's 4-5 missions story missions. The character stuff is still great, although don't expect to see much from the ME2 cast (the ME3 squad is mostly composed of the ME1 group and new characters). The side quests revolve around a cameo from an ME2 squadmate, the multiplayer maps, or are a random fetch quest -- the side missions have very little resemblance to the ones from either ME1 or ME2.

 

As for impact of choices... well you just have to play the game, some people are satisfied, some are not. It's hard to talk about this without getting too deep into spoiler territory.

 

As for the game play, the common opinion is that it's the best in ME3 as it is overall more streamlined and quicker (Shepard can now sprint, vault, and combat roll). The weapon mods make a return and they're are a greater variety of weapons. I personally prefer ME2's system but that's another deep conversation about mechanics. As was said before there's less dialogue prompts and conversations contain noticeably more auto-dialogue.

 

Ultimately, ME3 resembles ME2 much more than ME1.

[Valmar]

I could give a long thoughtful answer, like those above me... but I'm tired and lazy. I'll just share my opinion, albeit without the context and elaboration.

 

I don't think you'd like ME3. Not something I enjoy saying as a huge fanboy of it, but I don't think it'd be your cup of tea. While I bet you'd love the gameplay aspect of it, many of your complaints about the first two, imo, are amplified in the third and some of the things you mentioned enjoying are not as big in the third one. More of what you disliked, less of what you liked. At least, that's my feelings on it. Others clearly disagree, as is there right.

 

You could watch an hour or two of a let's play and decide for yourself if it's something you'd like. Personally I really don't think you'd like it based on what you like/disliked about the other games. I may elaborate on this later if EVERYONE else is recommending you play it, simply to be the 'other side' of the argument.

[SporkFu]

@OP: Please clarify what you would consider a grand sci-fi moment.

[Kurt M.]

I agree that, unlike ME1, ME2 feels a bit like a Marvel comic (a bit surrealistic and absurd), at least to me. But ME3 is completely different in that matter. Even completely different from ME1. It gives a great feeling since the very beginning, like one of your favourite classic games you like to enjoy again and again, and the darker theme and the war blends perfectly with the story and gameplay.

 

My suggestion: begin another playthought, then enjoy ME1, endure ME2 and deeply enjoy ME3

[Orikon]

Give it a try. Except I would strongly suggest you do not play the base game only,because you're going to be quite disappointed. From Ashes and Leviathan are a must,if you loved the characters you'll most likely enjoy the Citadel DLC (though the dlc is entirely fan service),but since you didn't play ME3 before,get yourself Omega instead (if you can afford it). Ignore the whining about Omega,its great piece of DLC.

 

Overall,yes,ME3 is better than ME2,with the exception of the game's ending (lower your expectations about that....seriously). The story has a lot more emotional moments. Plus,unlike ME2 is much,much less like a "video game" and more like a well crafted interactive movie with RPG elements.

The combat is also far superior to Mass Effect 2. And yes,your choices do matter. Especially if you go to YouTube or the wiki and see how things might've turned out.

 

Now, my real question, should I try ME3? Apparently the story is even cheesier (like with that kid thing) and the main story even more generic. Apparently there's even less dialogue choice, as if that was possible, and it feels to much like it probably wants to tap you on the back for saving the galaxy (something I could care less about since I don't like there) and telling you how much of a hero you are, because of you, the gamer.

 

Does the side quests save the game? Are the characters still interesting and are there interesting planets? Is there any place, planet, city or side quest that are reminescent of real old school sci-fi like ME1 did? Any grand sci-fi moment? Like you might have understood, I'm more a fan of laid-back sci-fi stuff that doesn't too much take tricks from nowadays popular filmakers (which I don't like at all). Is there something for me here? You know, I can still play ME2 and enjoy it, but not nearly as much as ME1, still, I think there's still something worth for me in the game.

 

"Apparently the story is even chessier (like with that kid thing) and the main story even more generic. Apparently there's even less dialogue choice..."

The story isn't cheesy,but yeah,there is less dialogue choice,which now mostly sums down to either Paragon or Renegade. But honestly it never really bothered me that much. They left enough dialogue options to make you feel like you do have a choice,while cutting down the unnecessary stuff. Plus,in ME3 most important moments,you will have a full dialogue wheel with investigate and a ton of questions.

 

"Does the side quests save the game?" Wat?

Yeah,there are side quests,especially is you buy the DLC.

 

"Are the characters more interesting and are there interesting planets?"

Not sure what you meant by "are there interesting planets" (no,there is no planetary exploration,blame the shortage of development time for that oe),but you do get to visit Rannoch,Thessia,Tuchanka,etc.

Regarding the characters,most of characters are returning characters from previous games,so you know what to expect. The only thing you'll probably dislike is that everybody got Zaeed-afied,that is,characters will now have auto-dialogue,with Shepard automatically responding. The only exception is key moments in the story,either that character's specific story or the story in general,where you'll get full cutscenes with dialogue choices.

 

And no,the "old sci-fi feeling" in completely gone in ME3,which is personally like a lot. Even if you're a fan of the "old sci-fi" stuff,the fact is the Mass Effect universe is simply better with the modern Sci-fi vibe ME3 has.

 

But yeah,take it. If you can afford it I'd also take the Digital Deluxe (you get From Ashes for free). The game's price is quite low,so you'll be able to get some DLC as well.

[voteDC]

The game is cheap enough now that even if you ended up not liking it, there isn't a huge amount of money being lost.

Biggest problem I ran into was the feeling that I'd lost 'control' of my Shepard. Bioware have made things more cinematic, for want of a better word, and so you get less input over the conversations. It really does feel at times as if you are playing a predefined Shepard rather than one you'd taken through the previous two games.

 

Overall it is still a good game with some really great "hell yeah!" moments.

Edit: I agree about not just playing the base game and would add in grabbing the free Extended Cut DLC.

Do disagree about Omega though. It's exceedingly combat heavy. Now this is great if you like the combat in Mass Effect 3 but if you don't then it has to fall back on the rather weak story and how much you like Aria.

[Probe Away]

I enjoyed ME3, but then I thought ME2 was amazeballs.

I kind of agree with Valmar - if (for some strange reason) you didn't like the direction the series was headed in ME2, you'll probably have the same issues with 3. It's very Hollywood.

That said, most of the ME1 characters have big roles in 3 (unlike 2's crew members, who got screwed) and the game deals far more directly with the reapers, which gives it at least some similarity to 1.

Edit: BTW, the multiplayer is fuuuuuun.

[Display Name Owner]

Well honestly if you started having doubts as early as ME2 you'd find a lot wrong with ME3. Most people say 2 is the best in the trilogy, which I find quite baffling if I'm honest, but that's the nature of opinions I guess. For me, I totally enjoyed ME3, until I actually finished it then started really assessing the story; now all the flaws just stick out to me too much to ignore. Imo all those flaws are story related, but I still think it's the best in the series in plenty of ways:

 

Gameplay is all around better, combat is vastly improved, level design is better; it feels the most "real" out of the bunch - none of those inextricably placed crates and random barriers, side quests are much better designed for this reason as well. Also enemy AI is improved and the enemies themselves are just better crafted.

Also, some people accuse the game of being grimdark, but I actually love the tone of it - it's grim in ways, yeah, but it's also genuinely funny at times. 

 

But again, the story has some real problems. There are enough threads here pointing them out, but then they're all full of people on both sides of the argument so your mileage may vary obviously. If ME2's shift towards 'cheesy Hollywood / action movie' bothered you, expect more of that in ME3. Also the Reapers are just generally handled in a somewhat unsatisfying way, from how you go about defeating them to how they're explained. Also, some of your choices play out very nicely, especially in the Krogan arc, but certain other decisions, namely the Collector Base one, are handled... less nicely. Still, apparently the number of variables is much bigger than people give it credit for.

 

I don't really know whether to say "yes, do" or "no, don't play it" tbh. It's worth a try because it's a good game, but the story can be aggravating in ways, not helped by the fact that ME2 was ultimately meaningless in terms of the main plot. If I were you I'd Youtube some of the game, you can probably get quite a good idea of how the story goes by watching the first few missions.

I don't even know if I said anything that wasn't said already, but that's my answer.

[themikefest]

I enjoyed the game even though at times I was playing femshep's stunt double.

 

I was in my local game store the other day, and they had a used copy of ME3 for $9,99

[ZipZap2000]

@Mike I still have to remind myself I already own the game when I see it, constantly tempted to buy it. .

 

Op it's heart breaking in some ways and in others exhilarating and others still so melancholy you won't be sure wether to laugh or cry. Plenty of moving, heart warming and inspirational moments the combat is almost perfected and you finally get to see the human side of so many of the games characters. Get the citadel DLC you have no idea what you're missing out on without it.

 

I hated the original ending, like the new endings and LOVE the game. I'm sure you will too.

 

 

Edit: As far as DLC that isn't citadel goes id wait and see how you feel about the combat first before getting omega and if you like Aria that's something else you should consider I enjoyed it and found the story compelling enough to keep me interested. But it can get frustrating and feel like a bit of a grind if your not a combat enthusiast. I'd recommend getting Javik if you're getting citadel. And Leviathan has a dark almost horror theme to it with some traditional problem solving elements (find code unlock door grab code unlock other door proceed to next area) I enjoyed it but I can see how others might not.

[Vazgen]

I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it. 

 

Seriously though, ME3 has a lot of improvements over previous games, mostly in gameplay department. It's much more fluid, fast-paced and interesting. No longer do you have to hold mouse button for 5 minutes shooting an assault rifle with Marksman to kill an enemy. There is a lot more room for different builds than it is in both ME1 and ME2. Two characters using the same skills can end up with a different playstyle. Addition of power combos, actually different weapons (not "get Spectre weapon and don't bother with anything else" like in ME1). Enemies are different, use various tactics and are generally more interesting to fight (not to mention most satisfying headshots ). Although personally I find the combat a little too easy, even on Insanity. The most satisfying difficulty for me was the Insanity in ME2 where you had to adjust your tactics to combat all the protection layers enemies had. ME1 Insanity is just boring, enemies constantly spam Immunity and take direct Mako hits with barely losing any health. 

One more thing there is to consider is that ME3 provides further character development for all the squadmates you've had throughout the series. You might like some and dislike the others but they are all included and develop further (my personal favorites are Jack, Grunt and Mordin). If you care about those characters you will have quite some fun in quests involving them. 

[voteDC]

In ME1 using Warp on an enemy using Immunity renders it useless. A Wrex/Liara combo cuts through enemies on insanity easily.

Also while you may not have the flash effects of two and three, you can combine powers to an extent. Great fun can be had seeing how high you can get an enemy using biotics.

Yes you can 'break' some gameplay mechanics in ME1, that doesn't mean you have to do it though.

[nukembaby]

I've been reading Ringworld and playing Halo CE lately so I started to think about the Mass Effect series for a bit. But thing is, I never played ME3. I did really like ME1 even if flawed, the sci-fi universe felt very compelling, the story was interesting despite being about saving the universe (was well disguised we could say), the characters were interesting, the planets, the exploration, etc. Mass Effect 2... like a lot of sci-fi series these days, they felt the need to take a lot of influence from cheesy hollywood space operas, which I didn't really like. I thought the main story was pretty boring most of the time, except for what wasn't directly about the real main story, 

 

If you thought ME1 was better than ME2, then you won't like ME3. I may be biased being primarily an MP player, but I think ME3 is all about combat. The story is pretty bland and predictable, but the new combat dynamics are so varied it keeps the game interesting for me through many replays. Personally I would like an option to skip through the non-combat portions of the game!

[Linkenski]

"a bit less dialogue choices"???? Son, believe me, I noticed ME2 had less dialogue wheels but saying that ME3 has just "a bit less" is the biggest understatement ever. ME3 often has minute-long conversations with no options at all, even less with cinematic camera angles, so it has about a 150% increase in auto-dialogue which at worst makes Shepard unbearable to listen to, and try did away with the middle neutral dialogue option so there's usually only two dialogue choices per dialogue wheel.

Is the story cheesier? Hell yes it is, and its even more Hollywood and even straight up Michael Bay all of the time with constant 'bigger-than-life' scenarios and rule-of-cool badassery.

Not to fully discredit it though, because it does sort of keep most of the lore and the characters consistent to their previous nature and the lore established previously, but expect many contrived miracle-solutions to some of the trilogy's biggest subplots, and expect lots of empty but cool sounding platitudes and melodrama.

I quite liked some of ME3 at the end of the day, but I feel like it lost so much of the touch both ME1 and ME2 had. ME3 deels like the biggest departure of the franchise out of itself and Mass Effect 2.

[Valmar]

Since there are so many people pushing for you to play it and only one other saying you wouldn't like it I figured I'd add a bit more specifics about why I feel you won't like it. I will mention before hand, however, that I am bias as a huge fanboy of the series and may have some difficulty telling you not to play it. Despite its faults I still think its a good game but I also have to remember that not everyone likes it. My wife, for example, who had a lot of fun in the second one absolutely hated the third one. I want to say you should play it because I think EVERYONE should experience Mass Effect, I love it so much I can't not want to share it. That being said I still don't think you'd like it. It's complicated... lol.

 

 

I've been reading Ringworld and playing Halo CE lately so I started to think about the Mass Effect series for a bit. But thing is, I never played ME3. I did really like ME1 even if flawed, the sci-fi universe felt very compelling, the story was interesting despite being about saving the universe (was well disguised we could say), the characters were interesting, the planets, the exploration, etc.

 

The third game is even more about saving the universe since its during the reaper war. There are very few new characters, honestly, with the exception of Vega and DLC. You won't be meeting a dozen new squadmates with interesting back stories this time around. There is little time spent getting to know your squad since at this juncture it is assumed you already know them and have a connection. Which you probably do, in all honesty.

 

Still, many of the characters from the first two games are sidelined for the majority of the game. Generally speaking you'll get one quest that relates to the characters in the second game and thats it. Tali, Garrus, Liara and Kaidan/Ashley are the only ones who join up with you again, leaving all others to do their own thing. Liara is the only one, however, that is with you from the start of the game (though Garrus comes in early) while the others you have to wait till halfway through the game to get. If you cared nothing about the characters in the second game, however, this might not be a problem for you.

 

There is drastically little exploration. Granted ME2 didn't have exploration the same as the first game but at least in ME2 all the sidequests involved you going to a planet. So it still had some sense of exploration. You could scan a random planet, find a distress signal and go investigate. In ME3 all this is gone. There are still some N7 missions here and there and side missions (some are timed, btw) but you don't go around exploring space and discovering missions yourself. Leviathan DLC added some sense of exploration in this regard but for the most part it is gone.

 

In ME2 you scanned a planet, found a mission and did it. In ME3 you scan a planet, launch a probe and then boom, that was the mission. You get some little war asset codex talking about how your squad recovered such and such but you don't actually do it yourself, its a instant success story. Remember in the first game how you could find hidden minerals and a few old ships in space now and then that weren't actually gameplay quests but did recover something? Picture that only for practically everything.

 

You get to visit a few worlds, yes, but I feel it lacks compared to the first two games. In nearly every instance of you visiting a world it is strictly for the sake of killing reapers or cerberus and has something to do with the reaper war. There are no hub worlds where you can just visit to explore around a while. You visit the worlds during a specific mission and thats it. I know this isn't entirely different from ME2's formula but it did at least have a few hubs to explore to add more sense of exploration. Though I guess this is subjective.

 

 

 

Mass Effect 2... like a lot of sci-fi series these days, they felt the need to take a lot of influence from cheesy hollywood space operas, which I didn't really like. I thought the main story was pretty boring most of the time, except for what wasn't directly about the real main story, if you get what I mean.

 

I'm pretty sure I get what you mean. For me the side quests were the main entertainment for ME2 aswell. There were just so many things to do. ME3 lacks this, where no sidequest really feels like its outside the main story. Everything ties back to the reaper war. With the exception of fan-service DLC that is Citadel, of course. Depending on how you feel about the main story this may or may not be a negative. I'm sure some like the consistency of everything feeling like it contributes to the overall goal. I don't think they're wrong but I still preferred the variety the first two games shared. They had a lot of cool little stories within them that were completely independent from the main plot.

 

I do feel the story made a lot of stupid decisions simply for the sake of drama which may be linked to the hollywood crap you're talking about. Such as what they did to the geth, for example. Though a lot of this is subjective in nature so its hard to give a definitive answer. To me what they did to the geth completely changed their entire 'character' and contradicted everything they stood for just for the sake of adding some drama to the scene. Because ~DRAMA!~

 

I felt like there were a lot of aspects of the story that were made overly dramatic just for the sake of drama but, like I said, its pretty subjective.

 

 

Now, my real question, should I try ME3? Apparently the story is even cheesier (like with that kid thing) and the main story even more generic. Apparently there's even less dialogue choice, as if that was possible, and it feels to much like it probably wants to tap you on the back for saving the galaxy (something I could care less about since I don't like there) and telling you how much of a hero you are, because of you, the gamer.

 

 

The story is fairly cheesy with a lot of emphasis on SAVE THE EARTH so if thats a turn off for you then I don't think you're going to be impressed.

 

That being said you don't get too much tapping on the back for your success. Not saying that it isn't there but what is there is fairly reasonable given what you accomplished. If they didn't remark on anything you do it would be a bit strange given how important everything you do is to the victory against the reapers. I suppose it depends on what you consider 'tapping on the back'.

Spoiler

After saving the galaxy Shepard is either dead or only seen gasping crushed under a bunch of rubble. Definitely no back tapping here. Unless you want to be stickler and include Anderson's "you did good son" which I don't consider fair to count given the circumstances.

 

 

As for dialogue choice yes you get significantly less. I don't care what anyone says the dialogue options in ME3 are crippled compared to the first two games. Do you remember Zaeed from Mass Effect 2? The merc Cerberus hires, older gentleman with a scar over his eye? Or Kasumi, the thief? I'm not sure if your copy of the game had them because they were DLC. Anyway, just in case you didn't let me try to explain how dialogue worked with these characters outside their missions.

 

Click interact button. Hear them rattle on about something. That's it. There is no cinematic camera shot, no dialogue wheel, nothing. You just walk up to them and they say something. Zero interaction besides hitting a button once. In ME3 this principle has been applied to damn near every NPC in the game that has a 'side quest' (the ones that complete instantly by scanning a planet). That doesn't mean dialogue choice isn't there because you do have options for the more important NPC characters that tie in the to mission more heavily

 

Still the quest system and its corresponding dialogue system has been reduced to Shepard just eavesdropping on random people. You don't even formally accept the quest, you just walk by as they happen to be talking about their problem then you fly to the planet they mentioned, scan it and then walk back to them and hit the interact key to turn in the quest.

 

If you felt ME2 took away dialogue choice then you're /really/ going to think ME3 does, IMO.

 

 

Does the side quests save the game? Are the characters still interesting and are there interesting planets? Is there any place, planet, city or side quest that are reminescent of real old school sci-fi like ME1 did? Any grand sci-fi moment? Like you might have understood, I'm more a fan of laid-back sci-fi stuff that doesn't too much take tricks from nowadays popular filmakers (which I don't like at all). Is there something for me here? You know, I can still play ME2 and enjoy it, but not nearly as much as ME1, still, I think there's still something worth for me in the game.

 

I've went over a lot of this above but will reiterate my points.

 

The side quests are extremely lackluster compared to the first two games, imo. The first two games had side quests that, like you mentioned enjoying, didn't tie in to the main story and were their own little plot lines. Yes ME3 has side quests but they all feel so tied into the reaper war that they don't really have the same sense of being a side quest t hat the first two games did, if that makes sense.

 

There are no hub worlds and only Citadel is visitable and explorable. You do visit some alien homeworlds for like two missions but they don't give you the same sense of exploration, imo, that having a hub would gives. You're there to fight things and blow stuff up, not to explore. You can look out at the back drops and go "ooo, pretty, look at this place" but the magic is hindered, I feel, by the fact that you're killing people left and right. While in a hub world you can just walk around and immerse yourself with the citizens and get a feel for the place, as it were.

 

IMO the sci-fi immersion takes a seat back in ME3. You're not exploring and immersing yourself in this vast universe rich with lore. You're shooting and chucking grenades at it. Though like I said earlier the combat is a lot of fun and a huge improvement over the first two games. So if you want to sit back and have fun in a war-focused sci-fi setting then you might enjoy it. Still, based on what you said you didn't like about the games and what you did like, I still think you'd be disappointed. The game is pretty cheap now so I'd suggest you still try it out just incase you do like it. Though I do suspect you won't. I personally love the series enough to say that even if all signs point to you not liking it the game is worth trying out. I'm just that much of a fanboy.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

I loved Omega DLC. Strong female characters dominate. What's not to love? Plus I'm an Aria fan. Omega supplies a satisfying moment in the story.

[SporkFu]

I loved Omega DLC. Strong female characters dominate. What's not to love? Plus I'm an Aria fan. Omega supplies a satisfying moment in the story.

Omega is fun, no question. Lots of fighting, some good characters, some good role-playing moments, especially as an engineershep.

 

I'd say however a person feels about the plot -- I'm talking ME3 here, not just Omega -- or the end of the game, there are some good moments, even some great ones, that make it worth playing at least once. Form your own opinions, OP. You liked ME1, and there are alot of good little touches and nods to the first game that make it worth it. 

[Iakus]

I loved Omega DLC. Strong female characters dominate. What's not to love? Plus I'm an Aria fan. Omega supplies a satisfying moment in the story.

Omega was all right.  Just overpriced for what it offered.

 

@the OP.  I cannot in good conscnience recommend ME3.  You are right, dialogue options are a lot more sparse in this game, to the point where at times I no longer felt I was playing my character, but Bioware's character in some action-shooter.  There is only one hub world (the Citadel) and side quests are largely made up of recycled MP maps. 

 

Also, I hope you weren't particularly attatched to the ME2 cast, as most of them (and their stories) are reduced to little more than cameos.

 

The story is pretty weak (build an alliance to get the Maguffin built and "TAKE BACK EARTH!!!"), bolstered by copious amounts of melodrama.  Not to mention a couple of glaring retcons as well as poorly-explained changes.

 

That said, it does have some good moments.  The storyarc on Tuchanka was quite well done.  And to some extent, Rannoch as well.  Your choices across the trilogy have a tangible effect on how those unfold. 

 

And you probably already know this, but the ending is extremely controversial.  IMO, one of the worst endings ever, and enough to wreck the trilogy for me.  If you want my honest opinion, stay away from ME3 and just headcanon for yourself how things go.  But that's just me. 

[Obadiah]

I think there's an ME3 demo, if you just wany to try it.

[Valmar]

I think there's an ME3 demo, if you just wany to try it.

 

Oh hey, I completely forgot about that. Yeah, try the demo. Should give you a nice taste of what the combat feels likes.

[voteDC]

I loved Omega DLC. Strong female characters dominate. What's not to love? Plus I'm an Aria fan. Omega supplies a satisfying moment in the story.

That Aria comes across as a panto villain. Nyreen lacks almost any character development*. Petrovsky was the same. The overall story pretty much required that you had read Mass Effect: Invasion to know what was going on, especially to understand why the Adjutants were considered to be such a threat.

If you aren't an Aria fan and not a fan of the combat, there really is little to recommend Omega.

*Seriously. Why should we care when she dies. We knew almost nothing about her. It seems the only reason we were given by Bioware boiled down to "oooo! Look a female Turian."

[CrutchCricket]

An interesting conundrum.

 

In many ways ME3 is worse story and character-wise than the previous games. So you shouldn't play it.

 

On the other hand, if you were never a big fan you're immune to the ME3's biggest dissappointments, namely the ending and ME2 squadmate marginalization. That actually removes the primary reason I'd warn against it.

 

So I guess if you're bored give it a go. Gameplay's decent, you'll get to the end, probably think it's dumb and move on. Can't hurt I guess.

[Daemul]

It's the best game in the series OP, you cannot go wrong.