New to Mass Effect 2

[737]

So I have a few questions... What happened to omni gel? Why can't I use it? How do I heal?
Did they really remove duck?
Does the game REALLY use ONE KEY for sprint/cover/use??????? I'm sorry but what the ♥♥♥♥?
I'm not trying to be rude but combat felt way better in Mass Effect 1! I keep using cover when I wanna pick up an item! Why did they remove most of the good stuff from the first game???
Also, the guns now have ammo and not the heat function they had before.

[MENACING!]

You have medigel now, use it to revive teammates. Later you can upgrade it so it also heals you.

There's lore explaining the new Thermal Clips, it's in the codex. Guns still overheat but the heat sink is replaceable. They have "ammo" for balance reasons.

It's much better to have one key for several actions. The more free space I have in the keyboard the better.

[737]

Guess I gotta adapt, but damn, I liked the first one so much more when it comes to combat.

[Stormtempter]

This is the result primarily of being more console friendly and streamlined. The same thing happened with DA2.

More multi-function buttons, less dedicated keys. Instead of equipping each member of your team, you only equip yourself. Planet exploration and Mako removed, maps are tighter with more curation and less exploration.

[Codo]

I played the trilogy, and yes it feels weird at first....
But believe me,you'll get used to and like it more than ME1 controls.
Especially the thermo magazines (I always had the intend to reload in ME1, and always accidently threw bombs -.-)

[The Prime Minister of Canada]

The jump from ME to ME2 combat was a bit jarring at first, but once you get used to it, you'll find that the combat mechanics in this game are FAR superior to the first.

[KarlDraigo]

yeah, from someone new to it and making the jump to ME2 was a bit uncomfortable, but in the end it was much better and more fun

[Yoda]

ME1 combat is bad, even on a controller you can't tell who your shooting. ME2 had better combat but ME3 has changed to become flexible when punching and sticking to cover.

[Black Hole]

me3 has 2 weapons that dont use ammo, the prothean gun you get if you get the dlc for that character and citadel dlc which give you an avenger that doesn't use thermal clips, it's the best gun in the game in my opinion, but sadly late in game.

[Cemeiya]

Haha, I also threw bombs instead of reloading in ME1, lucky that I´m not the only one....

[Black Hole]

I a lot of times for the first game used throw which is op, and then would use warp which was far better compared to warp in the second game, but the gun play is much better in the next one to be honest, but I do miss the items you received in the first game, and the ability to give your squad better gear that made them more effective.

I also always used an armor ability unless I'm a soldier to regen my health, and the squad mates that didn't have a natural healing ability.

I also really liked the loyalty missions in the second game, really added to the character development. Sadly your character is fully realized from the first game really it's really about the other characters becoming their own heroes.

[Skytrill]

The first one was a true Bioware game with the need to take your time and pause during the combat. The 2nd game is more of an action game and despite a much better presentation and overall, the combat system suck balls to me and can't figure out what's happening and I keep dying because there's no omnigel. I've beaten that game in the days and loved it, now I really can't see why because I've been spoiled with the ME1 system recently. Used to hate ME1 in the days for the combat, I guess I grew up and enjoy more a turned-based system now than action shooting.
I guess they wanted to please a larger audience and it even worked with me back then.

[Black Hole]

Uh thanks for necroing this from months ago.

All three games are worth playing.