User blog comment:Traditionalfire/Good things in Mass effect 3/@comment-1440333-20120519170907

There were a lot of amazing things in Mass Effect 3. Main things that stood out for me: 1) How some quests and especially characters only appear if carrying a save over (happened in Mass 2 as well I believe but not as pronouced as here). I had about 20 different sequences to my partner when she played her new game, simply because of my import. 2) The return of older characters such as Oraka, Calyn and Jenna. 3) Charr's message for Ereba. (I actually teared up) 4) The development of the non-squadmate Normandy crew, most especially Cortez and Traynor, but Adams, Chakwas, Ken and Gabby all got good development I think. Cortez at the Memorial Wall was a real highlight for me. 5) The banter between shipmates while on the ship, especially James and Cortez. Also liked how they moved around the ship. Ditto with the Citadel being like a second home base. 6) The story. The battles were incredible, lots of sacrifice. It always felt like you could lose someone and the costs were higher this time. After all everything was a mission. 7) Multiplayer. Say what you will but I loved it. Im not much for MP in general (i dont play Halo or CoD) but this was incredible. 8) The Codex, Spectre Terminal and War Assets all taking things from the previous lore and games and incorporating it in some way. 9) The battle for Earth. Actually fighting through the ruins of my birth city was incredible, especially talking to everyone in that home base beforehand. 10) being able to take sides in people's arguments, and have that influence your game via War Assets.