User blog comment:Mynameiscool/Which one??/@comment-82.239.88.179-20100617171554

Depends how much time & money you've got. The best would be to get both and play them in order.

If you can only get 1, get ME2 if you don't care about the story too much.

but, be careful: I started with ME2, and liked it so much I got ME after. I'm now playing my imported careers on ME2...