Forum:Please, I need your advice...

Hi, I am a kind of newcomer into the mass effect trilogy and as everyone else here I guess, I totally became addicted of this game ! The thing is that : Firstly, I started with ME2 (played more thant 20 hours now, I have to recrouit a few more people, make them loyal and find an IFF). Never played the first opus. Secondly, I started with a female character because I usually like controlling sexy badass chicks. But to be badass I made myself a dirty paragon and now my face is covered with huge scars that are nothing but sexy. And moreover I then discovered that there could be romance in this game and I completely felt in love with Jack's character which is not an option for a female shepard while I have to chose between the completely boring jacob or aliens =/...

So I am now thinking about starting the game again, with a male character, and why not from the beginning ? I mean the first Mass effect. The important point is that I just love being a vanguard, so logically I should create a vanguard again but I think I understood that it was a bit less epic in ME1...

So to sum up, my questions are : considering all that, is it worth the time going back to the first ME or will I be disappointed by the gameplay/graphisms or anything else, especially playing as a vanguard ? Is it worth doing to keep the same character between games or could I finish ME2 before going back to ME1 ?

I am sorry to ask such advices but I have to optimize my gaming time to avoid girlfriend argue =D ! So many thanks in advance for who will be kind enough to help me ;)