User blog comment:Battlemaster Grunt/What is the best Mass Effect? 1,2, or 3?/@comment-4973403-20121002235448

My opinion: ME1: Good solid basis for a game, good graphics. The primary missions such as Noveria, Ilos, Feros and the Citadel were great, original terrain and seemingly logically placed enemies. The downside:the game re-used a lot of scenery, the mines and bases were all pretty much the same, just like in (I know I'm going to catch a lot of flak for saying this...) Dragon Age 2. I did not care for the fact that most characters could not use a weapon more powerful than a pistol...what kind of military is the Alliance running here; although I suppose that encourages (not forces) people to learn to utilize their powers (my first playthrough was as an Infiltrator and I barely used my powers. Finally: Elevators.  although I made up a game for when I was on the elevators, I'd knock out a set of exercises while I was waiting.

ME2: While I do not enjoy watching the Normandy being destroyed and Shepard dying, I suppose they needed a way to get Shepard into Cerberus. The first thing that was disappointing, was ammunition. Conrad Vernier had it right, thermal clips were a dumb idea, BUT I can see why they put them in the game, since they greatly lowered the number of weapons in the game. The introduction of sub-machine guns was a good move to alleviate the number of characters who can not use a form of rifle. Storywise, ME2 had the worst plot, it really does not further along the ME plotline, except for the add on content involving Object Rho. ME3: My favorite. The storyline takes off immediately. My first playthough I really felt somewhat rushed to get my goals accomplished in order to beat the Reapers and liberate Earth. Combat is more mobile in the game instead of being the run around and hope you're lucky style of 1, and not the stand off and shoot from range style of 2. Finally, Shepard can choose his own weapons loadout. The plot floes from one objective to the next with one exception: Leviathan. Leviathan, as good as it is, does not fit with the rushed tempo of the rest of the game. Leviathan would have made a good spin-off game. Running around the Citadel gets pretty old pretty quick. I turn on the game and I'm ready to shoot some baddies, but I spend an hour running around the Citadel completing minor quests and delivering things; granted, I stop quite a bit to listen to the more amusing conversations that people have. Here's what I'm going to say about the end...NO BOSS BATTLE...and it's a good thing! The storyline ending was the best form of ending (not the best ending, but the best form) I could hope for in ME. Lets face it, we all thought the human/Reaper fight was pointless, and battle against Sarens skeleton was only a little better (at least it completed the plot to destroy Sovereign. Overall I felt that 3 was the best.  Now go ahead and agree or disagree.