User blog comment:Legionwrex/Comparing the Mass Effect Trilogy!/@comment-5287758-20120921061532

Mass Effect 1: Dawn of a truly epic trilogy. Excellent storyline, engaging plot moments, thrilling climax events, a sense of victory after completion of the game. The combat system was the drawback. Too many weapons, mods, amps and armors to maintain. No common cooldown time for powers. But there are a large variety of mods to choose from and different grenade types. Storyline is quite non-linear. Excellent portrayal of moral dilemma while choosing whom to sacrifice on Virmire(Man, I cried at that point). Good romance mechanics. All in all, an excellent game.

ME2 introduces Cerberus to the player directly, but doesn't mention their past encounters with Shepard. I was literally screaming at the screen during the meeting with TIM : Admiral Kahoku's murder, Akuze massacre, rachni experiments, converting colonist into husks. Awesome prologue scene with the Normandy being destroyed. Excellent choice of squadmates and bonus powers. I liked the Shredder ammo a lot. Pity they dumped it in ME3. The loyalty missions were rather cumbersome(12 missions!), but they did give you a chance to explore the ME universe better. Limited choice of weaponry though, with no grenade(except flashbang and inferno, that too with cooldown times!). Vast galaxy map, lots of places to explore. Stupid mining system. Good research and upgrade system. Mordin, Legion, Thane, Samara: four great great people. Impressive DLC packs, especially Lotsb and Overlord. Enrapturing final mission, discovering something horrible abt the Reapers: HARVESTING. Overall, good game, but rates lower than ME1 in my books.

ME3(with EC, Ashes and Leviathan): Words cannot express how awesome this game is. Its truly a masterpiece, in almost every aspect, from the lore to the conversation, gameplay mechanics to decision making, etc. No other game has ever made me cry and laugh as ME3 has done. Epic. Simply Epic.