ME1 is quite boring, does it get better in ME2 and 3?

[Whytry]

Im still enjoying it but it doesnt seem "story rich" as i thought it was before playing.

[captainducko]

Yes. Mass Effect 1 has slow moments. Personally I love it as it's a slow burn, but I accept some people want a bullet storm. Mass Effect 2 grips you from the opening scene and doesn't let go, a roller coaster. Mass Effect 3 is a bit of a let down but it has some cool moments, and lots of action. The Michael Bay Mass Effect. But Mass Effect 1 had some budget constraints and is an xbox360 game, it won't be as polished as recent titles.

[BiggerBoat75]

Escrito originalmente por rWhytry:

Im still enjoying it but it doesnt seem "story rich" as i thought it was before playing.

HOW T FRACK A DOODLE DOO CAN U FIND MASS EFFECT BORING?!

[Whytry]

Escrito originalmente por BiggerBoat75:

Escrito originalmente por rWhytry:

Im still enjoying it but it doesnt seem "story rich" as i thought it was before playing.

HOW T FRACK A DOODLE DOO CAN U FIND MASS EFFECT BORING?!

HOW T FRACK A DOODLE DOO CAN YOU NOT FIND MASS EFFECT BORING?! (ME1)

[Pwincess]

Just transitioned from 1 to 2, ME2 and ME3 both have way better pacing and better action. 1 had lots of "run long distance" and "wait for elevator/tram/whatever" interruptions, and annoying amounts of backtracking, which are largely solved in the sequels. 3 is amazing, though a lot of people don't like it due to its... eh... jarring ending.

[Whytry]

Escrito originalmente por Pwincess:

Just transitioned from 1 to 2, ME2 and ME3 both have way better pacing and better action. 1 had lots of "run long distance" and "wait for elevator/tram/whatever" interruptions, and annoying amounts of backtracking, which are largely solved in the sequels. 3 is amazing, though a lot of people don't like it due to its... eh... jarring ending.

i just finished Mass effect 2, i think its the best game ive ever played. im glad it did away with the looting useless crap and waiting for elevators.

[Blackdark]

2 & 3 are big improvements over 1 in the gameplay department. I would say stick with 1 or find a playthrough save file that you would like to use.

[Keleas2]

Yes, ME2 is probably the best of the three, and ME3 is great until the ending... :/

[Muu]

ME1 is the best in the series.

[Whytry]

Escrito originalmente por Princess Muu-Muu:

ME1 is the best in the series.

The Ending was great but the game as a whole was meh, ME2 on the other hand is a masterpeice.

[Talahörnchen]

ME1 can be tedious at times, driving around in the Mako is horrible, combat is repetitive etc. but if you are a player that focuses on the story then part 2 and 3 will be a lot more enjoyable, and I very much recommend playing ME1 before you start those since your progress carries over. Just don't play Andromeda.

[Zandercode]

ME2 > ME3 > ME1 > MEA

That's the general critical and user consensus. ME1 is slower, clunkier, and a lot of parts feel sort of empty and barren, though it has a spectacular ending and a lot of good world building.

ME2 is damn near a perfect video game in almost every way. If there's anything to criticize it would maybe just be that the areas feel a bit smaller and more linear than ME1 (but MUCH richer and more detailed in return), and I think the main plot / villains are slightly weaker, but the companion quests which are the focus of the game are consistently excellent and varied. The game is satisfying and relatively polished from beginning to end.

ME3 comes very close to topping ME2 in terms of the sense of scale of the conflict, with a galaxy at war and everything, and so many great story threads started in 1 and 2 get resolved quite satisfactorily... then the ending happens... and, well, it's controversial, so that alone knocks it down below ME2. There are some mods that "fix" the ending if you're into that though, haha.

Finally, MEA simply feels like a different franchise altogether (because it kind of is) made by a completely different development studio (because it kind of was) and while the combat gameplay is undeniably the best yet, and the environments are gorgeous, it just doesn't have the life and character or polish of the trilogy. An argument can be made that it's actually better than ME1 in many ways though, given that, like ME1, it focuses on big open-world exploration, but does it better. So still worth a shot.

[BCFreeman]

Imho ME3 is the best by far in the series.

[Blake]

Nope they're all ♥♥♥♥

[Thalien]

Mass Effect 1 is my favorite, while 3 pulls up in second place, 2 did just about everything I didn't want to happen to the series, removed the RPG elements, ruined powers by limiting it to one usable at a time on a cooldown timer, ruined the lore of the ammo in weapons by adding magazines to everything and flavoring it as "heat sinks" that were just a mod before. Also ruining armor and weapon customization. Killed off the skill trees with all the nuance.

It also slowed down combat for me as well, enemies became bullet sponges and you were so restricted in your powers and weapons compared to before. You could fully mod up your weapons and make some killer tools, you could combo your powers together in great ways.

Then 2 hit and suddenly you can shoot one power off and maybe a comrade has a power that syncs with it and it makes a little "poof" that does some bonus damage. Firefights drag on longer as a result of that and the ammo, so you are swapping weapons because suddenly your future weapons can no longer cool off on their own.

I can see people liking it as it took it from an rpg shooter to an arcade shooter though, so if thats more your thing the games will get better soon for you.

[Aegix Drakan]

The problem with ME1's story is that most of the Assignments (side quests) are VERY light on story, and the game kind of encourages you to play a ton of them... The Main Quests, by contrast, are super lengthy, chunky, and have some really good moments.

That said, ME1 does have the most balanced gameplay, if the least flashy.

2 feels better, having more towns, and side quests are either much shorter, or are intimately tied to your party, so they feel more Story Rich. (Gameplay is a bit too simple for me though)

3 improves that even further. It does a fairly good job of remembering your past decisions and loading you up with lots of good little story beats, and a few really really good ones.

And the combat is almost back to ME1 levels of tightly balanced, with a whole lot more flashiness.