Is it boring only in the beginning?

[irfanullahjan]

I got the trilogy on Origin because it was on sale and the reviews praised it. But I stopped playing ME 1 after first few check points. The dialogs part is really time wasting and controlling other guys is also not my thing. Does it get interesting after that?

[Puzzlemint]

No.

ME1 is easily the weakest of the three, gameplay-wise, and BioWare's strength has always been in its storytelling, world-building, and character development. If you think the dialogs part is "time wasting", then you should probably just skip BioWare games in general.

[Nerevars Goat Univeron]

The begining was very slow up intill you leave the citadel. While dialoge and world building are the main focus of the game, a solid 30+ minutes of just that does drag quite a bit. After that it becomes much more fun, definently the second best of the series, behind 3.

[mlow44]

Personally I find Mass Effect 1 plenty interesting, but if you find the dialogue boring then this series is just simply not for you. Talking and making decisions during dialogue make up a huge portion of the game, and while there's plenty of action as well, the pacing just doesn't sound like your cup of tea. You can spacebar through most of the dialogue at least, but the first game is really 3 parts RPG to 1 part shooter, and thus you'll spend a lot of time exploring the maps, talking to people, upgrading your character, and swapping out items in your inventory. The second and third games streamline the skill progression and inventory systems, but you'll still spend quite a bit of time in dialogue.

[irfanullahjan]

Thanks a lot for your time guys! I will try to give it another go after exams. I don't inherently hate dialogs. I have actually spent quite a few hours on The Walking Dead which has almost no action.

[bradypp]

It is quite slow and quite dated now gameplay wise, but you gotta give it a chance for the story. If you like the walking dead then I'd say you'll have no problem with dialogs when you get 'hooked' :)

[Workshed]

You dont ever really need to worry about controlling your other characters, just worry about what you are doing with Shepherd. Your squad mates are going to get knocked out a lot and generally do a lot of stupid sh1t during some of the combat, nothing to really worry about.

[Cyber_Wizard]

I still like the first one the best!!! :)

[Mr Long Pants]

Yeah I still feel like 1 was the strongest in the series as far as story goes. Gameplay not so much.

[SwobyJ]

ME1's Eden Prime is just 'okay', and the first Citadel stretch (especially if you want to do all sidequests possible) literally makes me fall asleep.

After that it gets good to okay.

And in the final stretch it gets really cool :)

[Spicy Lobster]

ME2 is the best story wise, and even combat wise for me,but all 3 are cool

[DoubleD]

Keep playing. One of the best Game Trilogy's.

[Slampig]

No wonder Bioware died. All these people wanting shooters instead of award winning, story-driven RPGs.

[uberfrag+.]

Originally posted by Uberman7788:

No wonder Bioware died. All these people wanting shooters instead of award winning, story-driven RPGs.

LOL!! Hater.

1) Bioware is not dead 2) Only kids demand shooters, adults love story-driven RPG's. 3) Nuff said, go play CoD/Titanfall, it's made for lil' people like you.

Fully ontopic: I insanely loved ME2, ME1 was also great but ME2 was just the best, certainly when entering Club Afterlife on Planet Omega, I never had such feeling in any game before in the past 25 years. ME3 was mehh, not my kind of game. Too bad that on Steam you pay 20EUR for ME2, while on other sites you find the Trilogy (ME1,2 &3) for 20EUR lol.

[kcitee]

This game is great considering when it was made.

[Akira49]

It may be boring at the beginning for you. It's just prelude to great plot that you have to discover. Although I have 0h played on Steam. I used to own Mass Effect 1 before I used up 5 time activation limit. You will love this game, especially final parts of the game which I play and have chills at the same time (still, after so many playthroughs and time that has passed).