Should I do Insanity difficulty on my first run?

[large_casino]

Probably a stupid question but anyway. Playing ME for the first time ever and I have no idea what to expect. I don't mind some challenge.

[Slithers]

Absolutely not, those first insanity run's can make the game's fresh again.

[Dethlane]

Up to you. You can always lower it if it gets too difficult and there are achievements for completing ME 1/2/3 on insanity from the very beginning, so there's no reason not to try it.

[plasticneq]

Absolutely worth a try
Higher difficulty requires you to pay more attention about whats going on during combat, your positioning, what skills you have for dealing with certain enemy encounters.

Just be sure to equip the best possible gear that u have, visit shops regularly and invest in some crowd control abbilities of your squad like: singularity, force push, lift etc.

U can always lower the difficulty if the gameplay becomes tiresome.

[Dethlane]

Originally posted by plasticneq:

Just be sure to equip the best possible gear that u have, visit shops regularly and invest in some crowd control abbilities of your squad like: singularity, force push, lift etc.

Shops aren't needed, you get all (with few exceptions, most notably quarian armor) the gear you need from loot. CC yeah, biotics can be a lifesaver, e.g. a simple lift turns charging krogan from lethal threat to shooting dummy.

[ULTRA]

It's reasonable in ME1 but your ♥♥♥♥ is gonna get all messed up in ME2 and ME3 because the mechanics change and you generally need to have a strategy picked out through leveling already

[Sedgendary]

Originally posted by Dethlane:

Originally posted by plasticneq:

Just be sure to equip the best possible gear that u have, visit shops regularly and invest in some crowd control abbilities of your squad like: singularity, force push, lift etc.

Shops aren't needed, you get all (with few exceptions, most notably quarian armor) the gear you need from loot. CC yeah, biotics can be a lifesaver, e.g. a simple lift turns charging krogan from lethal threat to shooting dummy.

My recent run through ME1 had a decent amount of drops for quarian armour. But yeah for the most part never bought much in the first game

[Stiven]

Originally posted by large_casino:

Probably a stupid question but anyway. Playing ME for the first time ever and I have no idea what to expect. I don't mind some challenge.

yes. this game is piss easy

[Dethlane]

Originally posted by Sedgendary:

Originally posted by Dethlane:

Shops aren't needed, you get all (with few exceptions, most notably quarian armor) the gear you need from loot. CC yeah, biotics can be a lifesaver, e.g. a simple lift turns charging krogan from lethal threat to shooting dummy.

My recent run through ME1 had a decent amount of drops for quarian armour. But yeah for the most part never bought much in the first game

I guess it's random. In my latest run I had only 1 drop of quarian armor (smth III).

Originally posted by ULTRA:

It's reasonable in ME1 but your ♥♥♥♥ is gonna get all messed up in ME2 and ME3 because the mechanics change and you generally need to have a strategy picked out through leveling already

Not really. Legendary edition is much easier than the originals. Granted, there are some tight spots, but the threat they pose is not even remotely near how it used to be.

[Uolar]

Insanity isn't as bad as people make it out to be but there are some parts where it's like fighting against a brick wall, I'd say go for it if you haven't made up your mind yet. You can always lower the difficulty if it gets too overwhelming

[Franss the Coffee Addict]

I think only me2 I had issue with insanity on occasion, especially on collector ship. But that might be more of my fault since I was running engineer and didnt bring the best firepower to the mission

[Crypto Gamer]

ME2 is the hardest on insanity.

ME3 can be hard but you can make OP builds or get OP squadmate builds. (Eg.Garrus Ascends to Godhood).

ME1 is only hard at early lvls, but becomes easier as you lvl up.

You can always downgrade the difficulty if you find it too hard.

[Chris]

I did exactly this on my first playthrough and ME1 is certainly manageable without too much problems but ME2 and ME3 have some extremely difficult sections.
Also doing so will spoil your enjoyment of the games.

[SnW]

do it, and whenever you win a battle you will feel the gratification. i even use mods to make the game harder.

[momopovich]

As others have said, ME1 and ME3 are a cakewalk on insanity, ME2 can be tough if you use a poor class/team combo (teammates especially keep dying)

I say go for insanity right away, worst case scenario read a guide for ME2 (or just use kasumi and bind her abilities on your action bars).

[momopovich]

Originally posted by Chris:

ME2 and ME3 have some extremely difficult sections.

ME3 is ridiculously easy with good guns on squadmates, Shepard also has a ton of options to become a demi god.