2>3>1

2 literally kills shepard. shepard is dead after the intro of 2. 2 is an abortion of a game.

The gunplay got better with each game, but the story suffered.

2 was the best mix of character missions and gunplay, but its story was ultimately a footnote between 1 and 3.

don't worry, the protagonist dying didn't actually matter at all and I can't remember a point where it came up at all in the third game

can't count

1fags everyone

1>>>>>>dogshit>>>>This is irrefutable.

cries about mako

I have never understood what make people seethe so much over it. Guessing its a midwit thing, since midwits always cry about ME1

Soundtrack was much better in the first game.
Only tracks I remember from 2 and 3 were the ones they reused

I'm putting together a tea-

bigger

a t-

BIGGER

a team

perfect

that'll take 20-30 hours to put together and get to know each other

to ultimately go do a thing that will take less than a tenth of that time

oh and only the two consistent teammates from the og team will make it into next game

JUST

I remember being here before ME3 came out and people speculating about what the ME2 characters would be doing and how they'd be involved. Eventually there were leaks, but before then people would say

Zaeed and Kasumi are definitely only getting 30 seconds or a text entry lmao

And then it turns out that described everyone from 2, not just the DLC characters

I don't really care what happens in 3 since I never played it.

ME3 was the best one. Not just gameplay wise. You fags are conformist cucks and low IQ retards who only care about the ending.

one day, my sweet

I agree
Story =/= Game

They all kinda suck desu

1 > 2 = 3 for me but all the games are good

only likes mass effect 2 because you can fuck tali

that's a fine reason, but you can't then cite gameplay

1 >>>>>>>>> 2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3

A real sequel to ME1 would have been the best game ever and I am still pissed about that.

Anyone with a semblance of taste orders it 1>3>2, fuck off if you disagree.

Is this the de?

It did. They mostly got rid of it halfway to make in a generic corridor shooter.

1 > 3 > 2
this is objectively correct

runs around holding his gun out because he cant manually holster it

LOL

2 > 1 > Andromeda > 3

Unironically. If you disagree it just means you're fat, gay, brown, black, and/or jewish.

Based but 1 had the best weapon customization

But muh ending

Don't care the whole game besides the ending was absolute kino

3 > 1 > 2
I was a 1fag a lot of time but half a year a go I replayed all games and realized the fun part of the game is the GAMEplay and 3 is by far the best

I just started 3 for the first time last night. It's like lost media, I was too busy having sex in 2012 so I never got around to it :^)

gameplay is the most important thing

plays games that are 70% story-focused

and the shooting in all three caps out at PS2-levels of competence, people claiming any of them play well are retarded

In Mass Effect 3 you can't even holster your weapon. In this space adventure RPG, you cannot holster your gun, so when you talk to NPCs you are always aiming a gun right at them like it's some kind of life or death interrogation. It's so dumb and it ruins my immersion. Even Mass Effect 2, with all its stripped down rpg features, was sensible enough to give you a "holster your gun" button. With each game they forgot more and more what it means to be an rpg.

Actual explanation was that they were saving memory on xbox 360. Animations and such took a good chuck of it with bigger textures and shit.

Me1 has +x% on a given combat stat. That's among the worst examples in vidya. +30% damage is as bad as modification of vidya weapon games get.

That's bad optimzation and project management.

With each game they forgot more and more what it means to be an rpg.

It's true, gets worse with each installment. Me5 will be like da4.

In this space adventure RPG

None of the mass effect games are rpgs

70% story-focused

you don't spend 70% of the time doing story, you spend most of the time shooting things, get real.

The first one was, zoomy. You're retarded if you argue otherwise.

3 was a better game than 2 and I'm tired of pretending it wasn't.

No you don't.
There's like 4 90 second combat encounters per mission and you can dialogue your way through most "boss" fights.

Correct

Just replayed 2 and it aged like watery dogshit. 100% of side missions are the most tedious, boring crap I've ever played. You get dropped of an empty planet and spend 25 minutes traversing mountains to reach purposefully obnoxiously placed obj markers

Fuck no, it's a singleplayer game, I love having my assault rifle shoot 30 explosive bullets in 1.5 seconds killing everything in sight by the point of no return

*Replayed 1.
My bad

I FUCKING LOVE MAKO

ME1 hater can't read or write properly

I don't see it that way AT ALL, but i'm not that invested, good day to you

1 > 2 > 3 > Andromeda
This is FACT
3 was more fun than 2 if you count the multiplayer.

andromeda was already like da4, but it came and went so quickly no one noticed

It honestly is. Outside of the ending 3 is by far the better game.

fpbp

Judging a game by its worst elements is reddit pleb tier. When people praise ME1, no one is talking about the side missions. The fact that they accomplished the world building of this giant fucking galaxy is nothing short of astonishing. I would even say some of the side missions are cool, but if you make it your goal to clear all the side assignments, you are engaging the weakest part of the game.

1>3>2
The ending of 3 is not nearly as bad as you made me expect and it's a pretty decent game otherwise, while 2 has the least soulful Normandy and the Citadel.

I agree

There's nothing fun about using the Mako, it's dogshit

1 is the only game in the series worth playing. 2 & 3 are overly dramatic auto dialogue Hollywood blockbuster slop action flicks

I think autists prefer 1 because it's static, sterile and empty with whites and greys being the prominent color theme, constantly reusing familiar building elements(copy paste corridors everywhere, dozens of weapons that look and feel the same bar being +1 in number), making it easier to categorize, understand, and predict. You always know what comes next, you land on a side mission and find the same corridor as before, same color palette, you pick up a weapon and it's the same Edge pistol as before just one number higher. Even when something is not copy paste it's similar enough to the previous thing not to overwhelm and confuse the autistic senses. ME2 and 3 added alot of characters, character interaction, and diverse and different environments and are overall more energetic, all things that make autistics uncomfortable

I think autists prefer 1 because [autism]

Ok

Nah it's 1 > 2 > 3 forever and always.

Exosive bullets are good, as they alter the function of the weapon or rather the projectile, so would rubber projectiles be, if they let you spare enemies. Reducing 10% recoil isnt good game design.

Tali is literally the reason why Mass Effect is so good.
The gameplay is mid overall, but who gives a crap about gameplay? Characters, story, relationship romance & choices are what makes a game good.

I liked 1 because it felt like an actual world. Sure it got silly at points, but it had a genuine respect for it's setting and allowed it to stand on it's own merits.
In a sense Mass Effect 1 felt more like Battlestar Galactica, while Mass Effect 2-3 felt more like a Guardians of the Galaxy quipfest with silly unique characters and action set-pices.

Mass effect 2 is not better than Mass Effect 1. Mass Effect 2 has

No inventory

No map unless you are in a hub area

No journal, Squad or Codex hotkeys

Only have like 5 skills to level up in Mass effect 2 while Mass effect 1 had around 10

Level cap in ME2 only 30 compared to 50 in ME1

No weapons to find, only get a few weapons but can upgrade them

No Planet exploration

30 carry limit with Probes. Meaning you have to go back and forth over and over again to fill up Probes

The entire probe mechanic is awful and boring

Being auto teleported to planets when triggering cutscenes

Having to edit the INI file to fix the FOV and mouse acceleration

The only thing that ME2 does better are the combat and graphics...everything else is objectively worse.

so then you agree 1 is the best

The people who prefer 2 and 3 are dumb. That was Bioware's intention. "Let's dumb down the game so more dummies can enjoy it" and alienated a lot of their original fans by turning Mass Effect into Gears of War in space.

This. I loved the explosive rounds on the sniper. You shot where the enemy was standing and they'd ragdoll straight into the ceiling and die.

A proper sequel to ME1 would have been the best game ever. We were so, so close.

The only thing that ME2 does better are the combat and graphics

ME2 expands the number of skills, but it also neuters their impact to the point where combat feels like whack-a-mole. I genuinely enjoyed the combat in ME1 more, even though it was pretty basic.
ME3 does it best, as much as I hate banshees.

2>3>1

No inventory

i'd rather have a dozen unique weapons than weapons with random stats that drop off enemies

No map unless you are in a hub area

which you don't because there is no exploration

No journal, Squad or Codex hotkeys

j opens the questlog, right?

Only have like 5 skills to level up in Mass effect 2 while Mass effect 1 had around 10

hello, my name is jane shepard. earthborn, ruthless, survivor, war hero, renegade, bad cop, soldier. i shoot things.

Level cap in ME2 only 30 compared to 50 in ME1

you reach that level cap a couple missions before the finale how it should be.

No weapons to find, only get a few weapons but can upgrade them

see inventory

No Planet exploration

legit, but it's inherently worthless if there is nothing to see and do.

30 carry limit with Probes. Meaning you have to go back and forth over and over again to fill up Probes

nexusmods.com/masseffectlegendaryedition/mods/149

The entire probe mechanic is awful and boring

see above

Being auto teleported to planets when triggering cutscenes

legit

Having to edit the INI file to fix the FOV and mouse acceleration

legit

Jane Shepard

lmao tranny post

for the multplayer, true
for the single player campaign 1>2>3

male shep is just fucking boring. hale is legit the better VA and it's not even close.

then why not just mod a better voice in
that's a viable argument for a game's quality in your mind

ME1 and ME:A are both my favorites purely because I love roaming around planets in the space buggy. The Mako and Nomad are kino and you got filtered.

tali'zorah Anon Babbleas normandy appreciation station

ME2 has like 2 or 3 assault rifles. ME1 goes straight up autistic with its loot drop rate, but at least it actually has something like 10 assault rifles you can choose from that have different fire rates, power, firing modes, etc.

I'd rather deal with the stupid amouts of loot ME1 throws at you and actually have a bit of choice than ME2's system of.... nothing.

then why not just mod a better voice in

because one thing i can do and the other i can't. if there was a male VO with a shouty/angry tone i'd pick that.

nothing

heavy pistol until the vindicator -> mattock
mantis -> viper ->widow

i don't think i even used any of the other weapons.

goes from pistol to assault rifle to sniper

meanwhile ME1 has like 12 different pistols you can find throughout the game

why are we leaking fuel again, bitch?

i'd rather have 3 guns per type that are actually different than 12 guns per type that fit in 4 categories but are pretty much the same. like 3 revolvers, 3 low damage/high capacity, 3 semi autos and 3 heavy hitters. i'll just end up using the most accurate one that hits the hardest. i have no use for SMGs because they have shit range, same goes for shotguns or all low damage/high capacity weapons in general.

All the great RPGs in the world share one similar thing, the main story is an afterthought.

name those great RPGs

Based opinion

The weapon variety and function in ME1 is greater than in ME2. This isn't a case of "less is more".

FNV
Morrowind
BG3
Ultima 7
Might and Magic 6

How is the main story an "afterthought" in Morrowind or NV?

FNV

Morrowind

NTA, and I have only played these two, but the main storylines knocked it out of the park in these two examples, unlike ME2.

Its barely there and accounts for less than 25% of the game's content.
Its not a deep or complex story, instead its a generic story that exist to funnel the RPG elements and side content and reactivity.

If you think these stories are deep or something then you either dont do anything besides videogames, just pick up a good novel or watch a good series, much better story.

objective correct take

You can also add Souls to the mix.

3 ahead of 2 or 1

Nope shit thread. I can tolerate someone preferring 2 but not 3.

1 > 2 > 3

don't change the goalposts, you're saying the main story is an afterthought in games where the main plot is started by default and you are repeatedly reminded to do it
if you want to say "you can ignore it and do what you want" and you like that, say that
but don't say the game where you get shot in the head and the next thing that happens is a quest to find the guy who shot you, or a god in a dream tells you to do something and then the next 4 people you talk to also tell you to do have the main story as an afterthought
In Morrowind you get repeated prophetic dreams about Dagoth Ur

lmao
The main storyline of NV is on par with the main storyline of ME2. You heard it here folks.
The fucking delusion some anons are under, jeez.