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As someone who didn't have nostalgia for the series, but bought it to play through the trilogy, Mass Effect 1 felt rough to get through. BUT, if you can manage it, Mass Effect 2 utilizes some decisions from it that really round it out. I'm in the midst of 3, but 2 is really the one that feels special and is 100% worth it alone.
As someone who didn't have nostalgia for the series, but bought it to play through the trilogy, Mass Effect 1 felt rough to get through. BUT, if you can manage it, Mass Effect 2 utilizes some decisions from it that really round it out. I'm in the midst of 3, but 2 is really the one that feels special and is 100% worth it alone.
Agreed.
The original ME1 definitely brought over a lot of KOTOR in the way battles looked and played out. LE brushed it up though and it's much better for QOL, but it's still got the bones of a much older game.
ME2 and 3 reworked the battles from the ground up to make it much more like a modern 3rd person shooter. You can easily place your party members where they need to go and the battles are way more fast paced.
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As someone who didn't have nostalgia for the series, but bought it to play through the trilogy, Mass Effect 1 felt rough to get through. BUT, if you can manage it, Mass Effect 2 utilizes some decisions from it that really round it out. I'm in the midst of 3, but 2 is really the one that feels special and is 100% worth it alone.
This is great info for prospective players. I played the games around the time they came out and then replayed with the Legendary Edition a couple years ago and generally had the same take. The first game has a slower pace and inferior gameplay compared to the sequels, but there are some good story moments and it does a lot of worldbuilding for the sequels.
As someone who didn't have nostalgia for the series, but bought it to play through the trilogy, Mass Effect 1 felt rough to get through. BUT, if you can manage it, Mass Effect 2 utilizes some decisions from it that really round it out. I'm in the midst of 3, but 2 is really the one that feels special and is 100% worth it alone.
Thanks for this information, I have played ME1 3 times and always stopped once I leave the citadel in the beginning of the game... Can't get past the intro even though knowing how good the series is. I might have to buy it to finally get to the second game
This series is incredible, but I haven't been able to go back to it. My dog got sick while I was in the middle of part 2, and when I hear the opening theme music at the title screen it's too much and reminds me that he was curling up by my feet (something he never really did before) as if he knew, before I did. Maybe one day I'll go back to it. This was 3 or so years ago.
Fantastic trilogy of space RPG games! $6 is a steal for all of this content! Highly recommend if you're into sci fi RPG's with great narrative and game play!
This series is incredible, but I haven't been able to go back to it. My dog got sick while I was in the middle of part 2, and when I hear the opening theme music at the title screen it's too much and reminds me that he was curling up by my feet (something he never really did before) as if he knew, before I did. Maybe one day I'll go back to it. This was 3 or so years ago.
I'm sorry to hear that .. we've lost a cat member of the family but dog, cat either way they're part of the family and it hurts like heck ..
Worth noting if you're more of a PC gamer that the PC version of this routinely goes on sale for $6 especially closer to Christmastime around the Steam Winter sales (though if you're going to do the PC version you might as well buy it directly from the EA store where it will probably also be $6.. it's rare but some steam users have complained bitterly about having problems accessing the game whereupon if you're buying right from the publisher's storefront, EA, then you eliminate that problem or hopefully so .. though it does add another game program launcher type thing to your list of programs which might be irritating for some).
Everyone beat me to it in terms of saying how awesome this game is .. the graphics are absolutely dated so don't let the "legendary edition" part fool you in that regard , even say rebooted Tomb Raider year 2013 will look way better than Mass Effect 3.. but if you're not put off by the graphics especially in Mass Effect One (I mention this only because I haven't been able to get my kids to play it no matter how often I talk about how amazing the storyline is they just can't get past the dated graphics ) , the storytelling and worldbuilding as others have pointed out is amazing..
My first experience with it was playing mass effect 2 (yep played it out of order) and I loved that so much I bought ME1, played that, went back and played ME 2 again (your choices from ME1 carry over into ME2 and in turn your choices from ME2 carry over into ME3) and followed that with ME3.. I bought the original versions of the games way before this Legendary Version came out and the great thing about the Legendary Version is that it includes all the DLC that you used to need to purchase individually from the games.
Thanks for this information, I have played ME1 3 times and always stopped once I leave the citadel in the beginning of the game... Can't get past the intro even though knowing how good the series is. I might have to buy it to finally get to the second game
PurpleTeam157 made a good point .. snag it for the $6 totally worth it for the price then play ME2 to get blown away by the dramatic intro and ..well the whole game in general (it gets a bit slow after the dramatic intro then picks up again as you go along and by the time you get to the end .. well in my case blown away all over again ).. I'd argue as far as a "cinematic" feel ME2 outclasses ME1.
I went back and played ME1 after that only to have the "complete experience" and also because my choices carried from ME1 into ME2 but like PurpleTeam says ME1 isn't essential to enjoy ME2 .. decide after finishing ME2 if you want to go back and do ME1 then play ME2 again (I did this and enjoyed ME2 just as much the second time through) and then follow that up with ME3 (ME3's ending was controversial for a lot of people but I personally enjoyed it)
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The original ME1 definitely brought over a lot of KOTOR in the way battles looked and played out. LE brushed it up though and it's much better for QOL, but it's still got the bones of a much older game.
ME2 and 3 reworked the battles from the ground up to make it much more like a modern 3rd person shooter. You can easily place your party members where they need to go and the battles are way more fast paced.
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I almost bit on this, I knew I had ME2 but didn't know about the rest. Turns out I already have this on my EA account.
Definitely a must play if you've not touched these or only did Andromeda (blah)
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Everyone beat me to it in terms of saying how awesome this game is
My first experience with it was playing mass effect 2 (yep played it out of order) and I loved that so much I bought ME1, played that, went back and played ME 2 again (your choices from ME1 carry over into ME2 and in turn your choices from ME2 carry over into ME3) and followed that with ME3.. I bought the original versions of the games way before this Legendary Version came out and the great thing about the Legendary Version is that it includes all the DLC that you used to need to purchase individually from the games.
Appreciate that, and sorry for your loss too.
PurpleTeam157 made a good point
I went back and played ME1 after that only to have the "complete experience" and also because my choices carried from ME1 into ME2 but like PurpleTeam says ME1 isn't essential to enjoy ME2 .. decide after finishing ME2 if you want to go back and do ME1 then play ME2 again (I did this and enjoyed ME2 just as much the second time through) and then follow that up with ME3 (ME3's ending was controversial for a lot of people but I personally enjoyed it)
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