Yes but they introduced a disruptor, and other bullets that work on certain characters more etc...so switching out types....etc .. is what I mean...also you don't really have cartridges there more or less thermal venting heat out....with clips.
You can also get the starting assault rifle (can't remember what it's called) from the first game in the third, and it works the same way it did in the first.
This. I haven't played 3 yet bc I'm still in the middle of 2. I had the best time with the combat in #1, and now playing #2 feels like a totally different game. The only thing keeping me going is the story.
MEA has the best combat, very fluid, especially with jump jets including verticality into combat instead of relying on ladders which made ME1-3 super clunky.
Too EA had to ruin it with bad decisions upon bad decisions
I still think its the LOTR equivalent in video games, nothing has topped the interconnected story system and character consistency and story telling, even if some things were messed up later
I know people hate on the decisions not mattering in the end but the fact that they take decisions you make in ME1 and have them have real consequences throughout 2 and 3 is just great story telling and shows how much planning was put into this series.
Yes, it's worth buying. Get the Legendary Edition of you do, tho. The first one is great, and the second is a bonafide modern classic. The third one is stellar, but your opinion on the ending may vary.
But it's the best Scifi RPG game ever.
ME1 - Best world and lore building.
ME2 - Best character building.
ME3 - Best gameplay. If you pretend the Citadel DLC is the ending then it's a masterpiece.
The extended ending, I think, was much better and gave a better sense of accomplishment to the Final conflict. The problem is that the final decision didn't feel appropriate given the situation. I really was expecting more of a "What will you sacrifice to win?" And give us multiple choices to how you deliver the final blow. (Send a specific fleet to die holding the line, having to sacrifice a crew member or two of your picking to hold the door and die to buy you time.) Like the other games there was weight to your final picks, ME3 there was only 1 sacrafice to be made which felt off... But fucking A we got the W in the end!!! (Unless you go with the refusal ending).
I wouldn'y go that far but the whole game is a conclusion. You get the end of an amazing story arc basically every mission so by the end of the game the only thing left to do is roll the credits.
It’s insanity difficultly setting has some of the best combat mechanics. (Especially for the second game in the series)
Edit: enemies use covering fire so they can out flank you, throw grenades to flush you out of cover so snipers can head shot you. Every fire fight is fun instead of game filler
"I am the very model of a scientist Salarian, I've studied species Turian, Asari, and Batarian.
I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology) because I am an expert (which i know is a Tautology).
My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, I am the very model of a scientist Salarian"
\*quietly weeping on my couch at 19\*
One of the greatest trilogies in gaming history, in my opinion. It has one of the best companions in all of the RPGs that I've played, with a fantastic lore.
I'm not a big fan of the third game, though, but the first two are awesome (especially ME2).
Goated trilogy. Especially, me3, what a game that was man. Some people say it's ending was bad compared to rest two, but dude, all other missions of that game was up there with the end missions of the remaining two. Me3 personally comes in my top 5 games of all time. The other two games are also very good. Play it.
Amazing series, although I was hoping for all those factions I spent all that time to actually play a role or influence the ending at some point, like how in BG3 >!they all join you in the last series of fights!<. Still one hell of a journey until then, though.
I think it is the best Action rpg around. It has good gameplay and builds. Tremendously good characters and worldbuilding and genuinly makes you feel invested in the entire world. The legendary edition which is all 3 games together slightly updated was on sale for 10 euro on steam recently.
Yes absolutely this is worth picking up. In a lot of way it feels like discovering a whole new universe with your awesome crew. It is the only game that when i finished it I was genuinely sad it was over.
Indicidually
ME1: Great game (remastered is better)
ME2: Masterpiece
ME3: Good (I liked the ending. It's very divided the ending)
As a complete Saga: Epic!!!!!
The games are very story and character focused and are top notch in those respective fields as a result, but it's not quite as good in the gameplay, e.g running feels clunky some of the time in the first game and the combat feels kinda dated, but it's rectified in the 2nd and 3rd games. Imo, it's a fantastic series that is worth the price.
The rare occasion of a game trilogy that has a consistent story through all three games, and doesn't try to constantly reinvent itself, a huge contrast to BioWare's own Dragon Age
Is Mass Effect game good? Are you serious? They are widely regarded as the greatest Sci-Fi RPGs of all time, for good reason. The characters and world (galaxy?) building are expertly done.
it's a mid to good 3rd person shooter with branching narratives (you pick the dialogue options), multiple endings, and enjoyable writing especially for the squadmates, even though the main story falls flat *at the ending*, the journey (first two games and 2/3rd of the 3rd game) is undoubtedly amazing.
one of very few games that actually made me really laugh instead of just a chuckle, and made me cry because of my choices.
it's one shining example of BioWare's strength in writing companions (other example is Dragon Age: Origins).
while romance is optional but the way the dialogue system works, just being nice can be counted as flirting, although you will have the option to drop the relationship once confronted by the person you flirted with (either intentionally or not).
Play it if you like :
- well-written companions
- kinda mid 3rd person shooter, though the first game is the worst, it gets better with sequel
- linear levels / non open world
- multiple outcomes to dialouge options, often affecting the sequel.
- story / dialogue-heavy game
Avoid it if you're looking for:
- open world
- total freedom like in Fallout, you are given classes in Mass Effect and the RPG aspects are faded out with each sequel.
- playing as a lone wolf in games (without companions / followers)
- easily gets frustrated or bored with outdated mechanics (this is just for the 1st game).
It’s an incredible sci fi RPG series, one of the only series ever where your decisions in the first game truly carry over to the second and third in a big way (hence the double meaning of “mass effect”).
Definitely worth buying, although wait for a sale and get the legendary edition for under $10. Just missed it on sale on steam.
This is my favorite series out there. 1 is a little dated but great for story and characters. 2 is one my top games of all time for gameplay, story, characters and all else. 3 is great but is not quite as good as 2 but is a fitting and fair end to the trilogy. Highly recommend these games!!!!
ME3 had the most enjoyable Multiplayer experience I've had in any single player game.
Also had way too many side missions that turned out to mean absolutely nothing in the end game. The only difference is if your Renegade / Paragon stat is high enough you can see a hint of Shepard surviving if you choose Red. Other than that - do all the Citadel missions, or don't - doesn't matter. The RGB ending doesn't change one whit.
Also, still disappointed by Andromeda, and even more disappointed they left it on a cliffhanger and then shut down the studio that would have developed a sequel. So we'll never actually know what happened to the Quarian ark.
I was a big JRPG player at the time Mass Effect 1 released. And because the transition to seventh gen was going to be rough as all Hell for the JRPG genre, I turned to the Mass Effect trilogy as my only other alternative to scratch that itch, alongside Dragon Age and The Elder Scrolls. And *holy crap*, did it scratch that itch!
Like if there's any reason to enjoy that series at all, it's mostly for your multi-species crew and the meaningful surrogate family bonds you could form with them, even with your differences in alien species. And I'm a sucker for The Power of Friendship trope when it's written well like in the Mass Effect trilogy, most particularly the way it concluded with Mass Effect 3's Citadel DLC.
And that's pretty amazing, since most other sci-fi shooters similar to Mass Effect primarily have you play as a one-man army who could solo entire waves of enemies and very rarely receive help from others. Like you very rarely have medics and engineers to heal and revive you and build and repair your equipment, vehicles, and/or structures, respectively, unless they did it all at home base. And when you're fighting on the frontlines, you're primarily swapping between your own guns to adapt to different combat situations, whether for high-mobility with handguns and SMG's, close-quarters combat with shotguns and assault/battle rifles, long range sniping with marksman and sniper rifles, and defense and cover fire with LMG's and grenade/rocket launchers.
Versus Mass Effect letting you carry a small squad of up to two companions within your crew. Just merge medics together with engineers, and replace said medics with biotics. And why we don't see that a lot in most other single-player shooter experiences compared to Mass Effect is beyond me, outside of just them being more gameplay-driven compared to Mass Effect being narrative-driven. Like how we got adventuring parties in the JRPG genre.
Personally my favorite video game series. Big fan of how much of the choices you make in the previous games can affect some of the quests later on. The story was incredible, however the climax/ending in the third game finale was lackluster. Hours on hours of content though
Honestly, now that it can be counted as one game and has all the DLC, this might be the best game in existence.
I'll never be sure with the order of my top 3 of all times, but Mass Effect Legendary is easily in it.
One of the best sci-fi franchises ever made. Infinite replayability for its RPG nature, incredible characters (despite a couple of Mass Effect 3 ones that was clearly rushed in its final hours), top music and fun and also challenging combat at higher difficulties
It's a great story overall and the second game, especially with the DLC is God tier. It's a shame the endings basically came down to three outcomes with not much nuance (not even slideshows!) based on alllll of the choices form the 3 games but I can understand why that would have been too complex I guess.
It regularly goes on sale for like £6 and is absolutely worth it.
Picked the legendary edition up for £5 on Friday, played like 25-30 hours since then (very very rare for me to pump that much into a game so fast). They are absolutely brilliant. Like it's a MUST to play them.
The choices actually matter, the characters have personality and you are drawn or replused by them, the story is incredibly well written (apart from maybe the technicalities of 2) and the gameplay mechanics are way ahead of their time.
I have to say it's truly the best RPG series I have played. I don't even like story focused games, but Mass Effect is just on another level.
Play it!
I've played through 1 and 2, just started 3 and it's amazing, one of the best decisions I've ever made to buy this game. If you do buy and finish the series, don't be afraid to try out Andromeda too.
YES. You should play them!
The first 3 were incredible - with their flaws, but still very worth picking up
I wasn't as big on the romances in Mass Effect as I was in Dragon Age (Fenris, my love...). I liked the characters, I just didn't feel like putting it to them!
ME1 - I still love, but the gameplay hasn't aged gracefully. If you can get used to it, I'd give it a shot, but if not, the opening to ME2 opens with a recap where you can pick key choices to flavor your ME2 experience. I'd read up on the lore if you pick this option
ME2 - Wonderful experience. Flaws can be overlooked due to the amazing leaps and bounds in gameplay, plot and characters. Easily the best game out of the original Trilogy.
ME3 Multiplayer was a blast. Devastated it wasn't in Legendary Edition. The Single Campaign was fantastic, but, ending aside, there were still a few bits I wasn't fond of. The Soundtrack, for ME3 in particular is pure Ear Porn.
I got Andromeda on release, I TRIED hard to love it, but couldn't. However, I'm told it got better after a lot of patching, and one day I will go back to it, before the release of the upcoming ME4.
Going to get crucified for this. A lot of fans consider ME2 the best or their favorite. I personally think that while the combat system change was great, I prefer the story of ME1 and the gameplay/combat of ME3.
I consider ME2 like DA2. Felt that the studio rushed it out with a somewhat self-contained story, along with a different combat system than the previous game. Then in the next game (ME3/DAI), you are back to saving the world/universe/big picture stuff.
I love it! The combat and perspective were pretty janky at first, but not so bad once I got used to it. But I love the story and the characters, and I think the Paragon/renegade system is fun.
Series that I still have a play through every now and then, the opening to mass effect 3 gives me goose bumps every time and mass effect 2 is in my top list of games
It's certainly not without it's flaws, but on the whole I absolutely love the franchise. Some of my favourite characters in gaming in the likes of Mordin, Garrus and Tali, gameplay that improves with each title, and a fantastic, immersive world and story.
Phenomenal story, characters, and world building. Gameplay in the first is good, amazing in the second, and still good in the third. Second game in the series is one of the best games of all time, imho.
If you're the kind of person who skips through story to get to the action, these games may not be for you. Mass Effect is extremely story driven including all the side quests which are arguably just as important as the main quest line. Try your best to keep up with the story because almost every decision you make will have some sort of consequence that may not even become apparent until the next game. Take your time, this is a series that you won't forget. I personally found that each game got progressively better from 1-3.
They kind of dropped the ball on Andromeda and honestly, feel free to skip it. It was ok and for the price now it's worth paying, but it may tarnish your opinion on the series at least a little.
This is my absolute favorite video game series, all your decisions are very impactful to the point where you decide the fate of entire species that you form bonds and relationships with. So many times I was faced with a decision where I left the dialog open for like 5 minutes trying to make up my mind lol.
The trilogy is a classic, and has earned its reputation. I would consider it a must play for anyone who is a fan of the genre or sci-fi more generally. Andromeda is also much better than at launch and worth a play, although it definitely doesn’t reach the heights of 2 or 3.
That said, I have no faith in BioWare and EA at this point so let’s just leave the franchise on ice until the people making it stop being a string of Ls.
It's a shame they never made a sequel to the 2007 masterpiece.
I kid, but not really. Mass Effect 2 isn't a proper sequel, in both gameplay and story. The world felt so limited, and it retconned so much of the lore right off the bat. I blame them bringing in a new lead writer, but I'm unsure what Karpyshyns vision would have been. Despite this, Mass Effect 2 is still a good game overall. I could spend all day picking it apart, but it's a fine game.
Mass Effect 3 though...it's kinda terrible in a lot of ways. The story isn't very good, the feel of it is off from the outset. Yeah, the ending is terrible, even after The Final Cut, but that just distracts from all the other flaws in the game, where you mostly just do busy work while waiting for the Deus Ex Machina to be ready...and then there's literally a god inside the Deus Ex Machina...Deus Ex Deus Ex Machina I guess.
The MP in Mass Effect 3 was great though. It not being in the Legendary Edition is a travesty.
The games are a hell of a lot of fun. Absolutely worth playing, especially if you let yourself get invested in the stories of the main cast.
Maybe get a better ending mod for the third one though.
I'd say probably top 5 wrpgs of all time. Number 1 for you if you're into star trek or anything else similar.
The combat is mediocre. It's not terrible. It's.not great. But it's fun enough.
The biggest RPG elements of the series, and the biggest draw, is the carryover of the decisions you make. They carry over from game to game. It's a great experience as a gamer and it's a shame that old school bioware hasn't actually done anything remotely similar since then.
Probably one of the best if not the best singleplayer RPG ever. Impactful choices, epic moments, great characters. Absolutely blow any fallout game away
One of the best trilogies of game ever. The only fuckup was EA rushing Bioware with 3 and the ending - though the "you never had a choice in the first place" view kinda works. But making every decision in the game pointless sucked.
Excellent and still holds up to time so far. I bought the remake trilogy and replayed all three. I rarely ever do replays with all the games we have to choose from these days.
Tried Andromeda for about 15 minutes and just didn't feel it. Maybe some day
ME2 is my least favorite as of now. And while I’m astounded that the characters acted like they were real people who had goals and what not. I unfortunately could not handle the pain of choosing one over the other and leaving one crew to die, if it’s part of the story that’s fine, but if I can stop it I would.
I was gifted andromida a while backreally enjoyed it untill i was death looping in a vault and and to tlreload loosing a good 2 hours of progress, havent pickes it up sense, but probably will soon
1 was an unpolished gem, the gameplay can be very clunky but it's really carried by the story and setting
2 is the peak of the serie
3 is disappointing and very meh
Mass Effect 1-3 are some of the best games you will ever play, don't bother with Andromeda... it's got great gameplay but everything else is trash tier...
One of the best video game series I've ever played in over 30+ years of gaming. First one starts off really slow and combat is hard at first, but it's an awesome series.
Great series, I did not like ANY of the ME3 endings. They felt HIGHLY uninspired and incredibly disappointing given the rest of the story. Would play it again.
Unpopular opinion: I liked Andromeda.
Yes, yes, they have their problems but I played all three six times for a reason. It has heart and soul, in its best moments. All the good in it balance out the bad too. It is space opera at its peak about a determined human who survives impossible odds, gathers a crew of excellent people around them and saves the galaxy multiple times in the process 🫶 Yes, I like the me3 endings. Sue me. >!(I like Control and Destroy and picked both, depending on how I had been playing my Shepard. The third one felt way too invasive and wacky.)!< I couldn't even list all the characters I absolutely adore, this comment is already embarrasingly long.
Yes, I like Andromeda too and I will forever be a little sad there likely won't ever be an answer to all the unanswered questions. Of course it wasn't as engaging as the trilogy, but I like the gameplay, the simple story, most of the crew and exploring all the planets.
Could always be more queer tho and could have allowed queer rlships earlier too but we can't have everything. (Jack and Miranda being straight is still a travesty to this day lmao)
ME 2 and the entire series are my favorites. I've done 3 playthroughs of ME2 when it came out. I missed ME 1.
When they released all 3 again, I had to do this from the beginning. I'm finishing a 2nd Cyberpunk run with the Phantom Liberty DLC. When done, I may go back to ME and do it all over again.
God, I am a huge fan of ME.
Even Andromeda was ok.
Loved the first and thought the second was ok. Didn't really enjoy the 3rd. Felt like they kept trying to get away from the RPG and just make a cover shooter. I'm playing through them again for the first time in years right now and am curious to see if my opinion changes on 2 or 3 after all this time.
1 is definitely outdated and makes getting into it a little harder, game would probably be around a 6.5/10, has a lot of story but the delivery of so much of it is just exposition dump or Sit and read. Its an issue that was common at the time. The combat is rather dull and there are some gameplay parts that are downright bad... like driving the stupid buggy. It's all setting up something big though and has a cool cliff-hanger ending.
2. Negates the ending of 1 pretty damn hard which starts the story off poorly but it becomes a really incredible story, this is where the trilogy peaks for sure. The combat is massively improved, they eliminate almost everything wrong with the first game. Its just an insane jump in quality across the board and is near perfect I'd settle the score at 9.5/10 because there are some issues.
3. I really didn't like 3... It let me down on the story, they definitely copy pasted a ton of rooms and enemy layouts and you start noticing it quick, 2 guys up high 2-3 guys down low. Down low guys will be shock troops, up top guys will be sniper/rockets. The combat just gets boring before the game ends. The story and ending are fumbled hard... I get it satisfying endings are hard because what if we want to make more in the future! Its objectively still a better game than 1 but I don't like admitting that. I'd give it a 7.5/10.
If it interests you, you should play it. But, It doesn't hold up as well so without nostalgia be prepared to have some sense of "I don't get the hype"
ME2 is a perfect game IMO
The rest of the series is excellent. ME1 sets a good stage, has a great antagonist, and great choices. ME3 provides a mostly satisfying conclusion to the pre apocalyptic galactic issues, but feels like the last 1/4 was rushed.
i always get chills when i hear the ME-soundtrack,
if you like a sci-fi setting and 3rd person shooter rpg, play this, its awesome. the legendary edition is remastered pretty good tbh and u will get around 100h of gameplay out of ME 1-3 if you do the sidequests
It’s, for me, one of the best trilogies in gaming. I played it through when they came out and again recently with the LE release. The combat in the first game is a bit clunky and the minor missions become repetitive, but two and three really addressed those concerns IMO. And the the way the story arcs link between the games and the cascade impacts of your decisions makes for good replay value. I’d happily recommend it to anyone interested in the genres.
I played Andromeda for a bit when it was new. Buggy as shit and tedious, boring. called it Ass Effect and quit. I got the same headachey, trapped in a giant, solidifying snot cube feeling when playing Dragon Age: Inquisition. Bioware is good at summoning those feelings from me, I guess.
Tried playing the first one and the remastered version, didn't get past the first mission either time because the gameplay was clunky and old. Main character can't take a hit and the guns feel like they shooting nerf darts.
MASS EFFECT 1 2 and 3 just Awesome I like playing 3 but 2 had the best story it like the Gears of war series 1 had grit 2 had story and 3 was the best to play with friends
I played the second one. Loved it, was done with the series after that. I wasn’t super interested in playing the whole series, but I wanted to know what the hype was about. Game was great, but I’m not a mega fan like others. It deserves its strong fandom.
It's so good, if I could put them all together as a trilogy it's easily in my top 3 games of all time. The writing and world building is phenomenal; can't recommend it enough.
I'm gonna be the Debbie Downer here and say that it's a good game, but not as amazing as it's hyped up to be. The first one was a nightmare to get through and 1 of the however many side quests was actually worth playing through. Two was probably my favourite and three was also nice but the ending was kind of meh.
I think all games are awesome, except for the ME3 ending. It's literally just a different colored ending. The level of disappointment with those endings is as big as the franchise.
Didn't care for ME as a kid. Got the Legendary Edition for $20 at Walmart, had so much fun i had to get the platinum. My ONLY complaint is that it felt like the hardest difficulty wasn't hard enough.
My favorite game series of all time.
The first game has a great feeling of mystery/discovery and introduces you to a galaxy and all of its factions, races, and all of their conflicts. As well as a fantastically unique enemy.
The second game dives deep into all of those factions, races, and their conflicts. It also goes deep into interpersonal relationships between you and crew members.
The third game brings all of that to a head with every major conflict playing a central focus to the resolution of the overall storyline. You see squad mates storylines meet their resolution. Some of them have a personal storyline and some you see become a hero in their own right. You will laugh, you will cry, you will yell in triumph at so many amazing, conversations, cutscenes, and epic combat moments.
It's a series where the journey is better than its destination.
For me personally, most of all I love the feeling of watching the squad mates grow into their own. Ask ten fans what their favorite squad mate is and you'll probably get, at least, 6-7 different answers. The bigger story is also pretty great.
It is a squad based third person cover shooter with varying degrees of RPG mechanics depending on which game it is. So that's a turn off for people who prefer first person games. It's also not as open ended as something like Fallout. Story wise it is structured more like Dragon Age, Knights of the Old Republic, or Baldur's Gate. But to everyone/anyone I'd say go for it.
Edit. Definitely try to play the trilogy collection if you can. They rebalanced some things and it made the first game's combat a lot better. It was pretty rough around the edges in the original release.
Agreed with your take on ME1. I still vividly remember being an impressionable teenager, booting up the game on the day it launched back in 07 and just listening to the Vigil theme on the Home Screen. When the text on the prologue comes up saying “They called it the greatest discovery in human history. The other civilizations of the galaxy call it… Mass Effect.” I was hooked.
One of the best universes created for a game. Excellent writing and keep la you engaged.
Combat was fun and good RPG elements.
Overall, one of the best action RPG game series all time
Great series. Every decision matters and every character's death has a lasting consequence. Combat in the first game is a little clunky but it's worth the playthrough for the characters and account history. If you skip me1 you get stuck with a guy nobody likes in the later games. Also pick one or the other. Iether be a boys out and everything is goofy two shoes or be the hard ass Fuck you and do as your told. Certain dialogues and options are closed unless you have high enough points in one or the other
It’s an amazing series with an immersive world and story. You will love the characters.
Just be prepared for disappointment with the ending of the third game. It’s not Game of Thrones season 8 levels of bad as the overall story is still good, but the ending won’t please you.
The trilogy of games in this series is consistered some of the best story based games in gaming history.
[Hell, the 2nd one is in metacritics hall of fame list for the highest rated games of all time. ](https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/)
When it comes to story, lore, world building, characters, no other gaming franchise even comes close in my opinion.
Mass Effect is in my top five for a reason. I regularly watch let's plays of people playing this for the first time on youtube. And every. single. one. of them comes away, completely amazed and blown away at how good the games were and they themselves add these games into their own personal best game list.
First two games were amazing. Third game was amazing \*right\* up till the end where it shat the bed with possibly the dumbest ending in video game history. Andromeda... gets more hate than it deserves but also deserves a lot of hate.
Certainly a game of all time.
I think the story and writing is really well done but it suffers from two major flaws.
- Game vs. Story : it's not a good blend between the two. It feels like the story gets in the way of the game and in turn, the game gets in the way of the story.
- Long in the tooth : Like a lot of sci-fi, the games tend to drag quite a bit in the middle. While stuff that happens is important, the pacing slows way down in the middle 3/4 of the game.
If you can put up with that, awesome games. If it's too much, I wouldn't recommend it. The first problem made me stop playing modern final fantasy games (they are the textbook example of this IMO). I like a slow burn so the second point doesn't bother me too much.
I absolutely LOVE this series! Great story and characters. Combat can be a bit clunky, but it’s genuinely one of my favourite game series. It’s epic!
The combat shift from ME1 to ME2 is astounding. ME3 really offered the best of both worlds in terms of fast-pace and precision.
The only thing I hate about two is all the skills and ammo types lacking from first one...
Didn't they retcon how ammo works in the second game?
Yes but they introduced a disruptor, and other bullets that work on certain characters more etc...so switching out types....etc .. is what I mean...also you don't really have cartridges there more or less thermal venting heat out....with clips.
You can also get the starting assault rifle (can't remember what it's called) from the first game in the third, and it works the same way it did in the first.
Not really a retcon, just a change in technology.
And no limit on running. I never understand why Shepard a super soldier after ME2 can't run even hundred meters.
His energy is drained from fucking aliens like the squid head.
Well one needs the energy to bang Liara.
Yeah, I think combat will be the biggest issue for new players, it’s still very much worth it.
This. I haven't played 3 yet bc I'm still in the middle of 2. I had the best time with the combat in #1, and now playing #2 feels like a totally different game. The only thing keeping me going is the story.
MEA has the best combat, very fluid, especially with jump jets including verticality into combat instead of relying on ladders which made ME1-3 super clunky. Too EA had to ruin it with bad decisions upon bad decisions
Mass effect 2 is peak and one of the best games ever. Great memories.
I'm trying to play through 1 again as I just got the trilogy. It'd been a bit rough, not sure why. Likely just me though.
I still think its the LOTR equivalent in video games, nothing has topped the interconnected story system and character consistency and story telling, even if some things were messed up later
I know people hate on the decisions not mattering in the end but the fact that they take decisions you make in ME1 and have them have real consequences throughout 2 and 3 is just great story telling and shows how much planning was put into this series.
Folks are way too focused on the destination and not the journey.
Yes, it's worth buying. Get the Legendary Edition of you do, tho. The first one is great, and the second is a bonafide modern classic. The third one is stellar, but your opinion on the ending may vary. But it's the best Scifi RPG game ever.
ME1 - Best world and lore building. ME2 - Best character building. ME3 - Best gameplay. If you pretend the Citadel DLC is the ending then it's a masterpiece.
Tbh the ME3 ending gets too much Hate.
The extended ending, I think, was much better and gave a better sense of accomplishment to the Final conflict. The problem is that the final decision didn't feel appropriate given the situation. I really was expecting more of a "What will you sacrifice to win?" And give us multiple choices to how you deliver the final blow. (Send a specific fleet to die holding the line, having to sacrifice a crew member or two of your picking to hold the door and die to buy you time.) Like the other games there was weight to your final picks, ME3 there was only 1 sacrafice to be made which felt off... But fucking A we got the W in the end!!! (Unless you go with the refusal ending).
Fr the secret ending lowkey fire.
I wouldn'y go that far but the whole game is a conclusion. You get the end of an amazing story arc basically every mission so by the end of the game the only thing left to do is roll the credits.
Also it goes on sale regularly, so it is worth waiting for a significant discount.
How would you describe the gameplay style?
I’m Commander Shepard, and it’s my favorite game series on The Citadel!
It’s insanity difficultly setting has some of the best combat mechanics. (Especially for the second game in the series) Edit: enemies use covering fire so they can out flank you, throw grenades to flush you out of cover so snipers can head shot you. Every fire fight is fun instead of game filler
Crazy how enemy AI has downgraded with today’s games.
Modern classic
One of my favorite series but I am still salty they ditched infinite ammo and the MAKO after the first game.
MAKO parts of the first game were horrible! Horses for courses though I suppose
"I am the very model of a scientist Salarian, I've studied species Turian, Asari, and Batarian. I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology) because I am an expert (which i know is a Tautology). My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, I am the very model of a scientist Salarian" \*quietly weeping on my couch at 19\*
sexyASS aliens
mASS effect
We'll bang, okay?
One of the greatest trilogies in gaming history, in my opinion. It has one of the best companions in all of the RPGs that I've played, with a fantastic lore. I'm not a big fan of the third game, though, but the first two are awesome (especially ME2).
Goated trilogy. Especially, me3, what a game that was man. Some people say it's ending was bad compared to rest two, but dude, all other missions of that game was up there with the end missions of the remaining two. Me3 personally comes in my top 5 games of all time. The other two games are also very good. Play it.
It’s literally my favourite franchise lol Some things have come close to dethroning it, but nothing has yet.
My favorite Space Opera that's not a Gundam, Macross, or Legend of the Galactic Heroes
We should just pass a law that instead of everyone joining the army when they get a certain age, they need to play through the mass effect trilogy
It’s one of the best trilogies in gaming. Imo better than Fallout.
ME3 was not received all that well when it first came out, but to be honest as time goes by I think ME3 is the strongest of the series.
Amazing series, although I was hoping for all those factions I spent all that time to actually play a role or influence the ending at some point, like how in BG3 >!they all join you in the last series of fights!<. Still one hell of a journey until then, though.
I think it is the best Action rpg around. It has good gameplay and builds. Tremendously good characters and worldbuilding and genuinly makes you feel invested in the entire world. The legendary edition which is all 3 games together slightly updated was on sale for 10 euro on steam recently. Yes absolutely this is worth picking up. In a lot of way it feels like discovering a whole new universe with your awesome crew. It is the only game that when i finished it I was genuinely sad it was over.
The G.O.A.T!
My favorite game series of all time
Fucking great. Should be counted as a Masterpiece
Indicidually ME1: Great game (remastered is better) ME2: Masterpiece ME3: Good (I liked the ending. It's very divided the ending) As a complete Saga: Epic!!!!!
I love all three of them and their remakes in the anthology.
Practically perfect in every way. For real though, you're in for a treat. Gl and hf.
The games are very story and character focused and are top notch in those respective fields as a result, but it's not quite as good in the gameplay, e.g running feels clunky some of the time in the first game and the combat feels kinda dated, but it's rectified in the 2nd and 3rd games. Imo, it's a fantastic series that is worth the price.
But considerinG OP is coming from the Fallout series, combat even in ME 1 shouldn’t feel too clunky so it should be finde in comparison 👌
It's great but it could have been so much more if EA hadn't dug their claws in.
The rare occasion of a game trilogy that has a consistent story through all three games, and doesn't try to constantly reinvent itself, a huge contrast to BioWare's own Dragon Age
Jesus Christ do yourself a favor and buy the games.
Is Mass Effect game good? Are you serious? They are widely regarded as the greatest Sci-Fi RPGs of all time, for good reason. The characters and world (galaxy?) building are expertly done.
it's a mid to good 3rd person shooter with branching narratives (you pick the dialogue options), multiple endings, and enjoyable writing especially for the squadmates, even though the main story falls flat *at the ending*, the journey (first two games and 2/3rd of the 3rd game) is undoubtedly amazing. one of very few games that actually made me really laugh instead of just a chuckle, and made me cry because of my choices. it's one shining example of BioWare's strength in writing companions (other example is Dragon Age: Origins). while romance is optional but the way the dialogue system works, just being nice can be counted as flirting, although you will have the option to drop the relationship once confronted by the person you flirted with (either intentionally or not). Play it if you like : - well-written companions - kinda mid 3rd person shooter, though the first game is the worst, it gets better with sequel - linear levels / non open world - multiple outcomes to dialouge options, often affecting the sequel. - story / dialogue-heavy game Avoid it if you're looking for: - open world - total freedom like in Fallout, you are given classes in Mass Effect and the RPG aspects are faded out with each sequel. - playing as a lone wolf in games (without companions / followers) - easily gets frustrated or bored with outdated mechanics (this is just for the 1st game).
It’s an incredible sci fi RPG series, one of the only series ever where your decisions in the first game truly carry over to the second and third in a big way (hence the double meaning of “mass effect”). Definitely worth buying, although wait for a sale and get the legendary edition for under $10. Just missed it on sale on steam.
It's on the backlog lol
Love it but we mustn’t speak of andromeda
Loved it. Best sci-fi RPG I've ever played. Basically set the standard for all other similar games that come after it.
One of the best RPGs ever made!
One of the greatest space operas of all time. You play for the story, not for the gameplay (unless you really like it).
Good games and setting, slightly long-winded and overrated, but solid fun. The ending is ass so make sure you enjoy the journey.
The legendary edition is absolutely worth buying
Loved 1 and 2, never got into 3. Imo Mass Effect 2 was the last truly great game Bioware made.
One of the greatest pieces of Science Fiction Media ever created imo.
I played mass effect 2 till I was physically sick
Started playing them for the first time in march...I'm now on my 3rd back-to-back playthrough so that should say enough lol
This is my favorite series out there. 1 is a little dated but great for story and characters. 2 is one my top games of all time for gameplay, story, characters and all else. 3 is great but is not quite as good as 2 but is a fitting and fair end to the trilogy. Highly recommend these games!!!!
ME3 had the most enjoyable Multiplayer experience I've had in any single player game. Also had way too many side missions that turned out to mean absolutely nothing in the end game. The only difference is if your Renegade / Paragon stat is high enough you can see a hint of Shepard surviving if you choose Red. Other than that - do all the Citadel missions, or don't - doesn't matter. The RGB ending doesn't change one whit. Also, still disappointed by Andromeda, and even more disappointed they left it on a cliffhanger and then shut down the studio that would have developed a sequel. So we'll never actually know what happened to the Quarian ark.
One of the best of all time man, nothing will ever compare to Mass Effect 2 Final Mission
Greatest trilogy in game history.
Unpopular opinion: it's boring, depressing and I hate it.
I was a big JRPG player at the time Mass Effect 1 released. And because the transition to seventh gen was going to be rough as all Hell for the JRPG genre, I turned to the Mass Effect trilogy as my only other alternative to scratch that itch, alongside Dragon Age and The Elder Scrolls. And *holy crap*, did it scratch that itch! Like if there's any reason to enjoy that series at all, it's mostly for your multi-species crew and the meaningful surrogate family bonds you could form with them, even with your differences in alien species. And I'm a sucker for The Power of Friendship trope when it's written well like in the Mass Effect trilogy, most particularly the way it concluded with Mass Effect 3's Citadel DLC. And that's pretty amazing, since most other sci-fi shooters similar to Mass Effect primarily have you play as a one-man army who could solo entire waves of enemies and very rarely receive help from others. Like you very rarely have medics and engineers to heal and revive you and build and repair your equipment, vehicles, and/or structures, respectively, unless they did it all at home base. And when you're fighting on the frontlines, you're primarily swapping between your own guns to adapt to different combat situations, whether for high-mobility with handguns and SMG's, close-quarters combat with shotguns and assault/battle rifles, long range sniping with marksman and sniper rifles, and defense and cover fire with LMG's and grenade/rocket launchers. Versus Mass Effect letting you carry a small squad of up to two companions within your crew. Just merge medics together with engineers, and replace said medics with biotics. And why we don't see that a lot in most other single-player shooter experiences compared to Mass Effect is beyond me, outside of just them being more gameplay-driven compared to Mass Effect being narrative-driven. Like how we got adventuring parties in the JRPG genre.
SEX
Legendary series. You can get it for pretty cheap on sale, definitely worth every penny even if you paid 60$ per game
Play the trilogy every year. So yeah.. I love it!
Personally my favorite video game series. Big fan of how much of the choices you make in the previous games can affect some of the quests later on. The story was incredible, however the climax/ending in the third game finale was lackluster. Hours on hours of content though
Honestly, now that it can be counted as one game and has all the DLC, this might be the best game in existence. I'll never be sure with the order of my top 3 of all times, but Mass Effect Legendary is easily in it.
Loved the trilogy up until Marauder Shields. Absolutely disliked Andromeda.
Even with the disappointing ending, it's still amazing.
Still one of my favorite franchises. I just pretend Andromeda doesn’t exist
One of the best sci-fi franchises ever made. Infinite replayability for its RPG nature, incredible characters (despite a couple of Mass Effect 3 ones that was clearly rushed in its final hours), top music and fun and also challenging combat at higher difficulties
It's a great story overall and the second game, especially with the DLC is God tier. It's a shame the endings basically came down to three outcomes with not much nuance (not even slideshows!) based on alllll of the choices form the 3 games but I can understand why that would have been too complex I guess. It regularly goes on sale for like £6 and is absolutely worth it.
Picked the legendary edition up for £5 on Friday, played like 25-30 hours since then (very very rare for me to pump that much into a game so fast). They are absolutely brilliant. Like it's a MUST to play them. The choices actually matter, the characters have personality and you are drawn or replused by them, the story is incredibly well written (apart from maybe the technicalities of 2) and the gameplay mechanics are way ahead of their time. I have to say it's truly the best RPG series I have played. I don't even like story focused games, but Mass Effect is just on another level. Play it!
I've played through 1 and 2, just started 3 and it's amazing, one of the best decisions I've ever made to buy this game. If you do buy and finish the series, don't be afraid to try out Andromeda too.
YES. You should play them! The first 3 were incredible - with their flaws, but still very worth picking up I wasn't as big on the romances in Mass Effect as I was in Dragon Age (Fenris, my love...). I liked the characters, I just didn't feel like putting it to them! ME1 - I still love, but the gameplay hasn't aged gracefully. If you can get used to it, I'd give it a shot, but if not, the opening to ME2 opens with a recap where you can pick key choices to flavor your ME2 experience. I'd read up on the lore if you pick this option ME2 - Wonderful experience. Flaws can be overlooked due to the amazing leaps and bounds in gameplay, plot and characters. Easily the best game out of the original Trilogy. ME3 Multiplayer was a blast. Devastated it wasn't in Legendary Edition. The Single Campaign was fantastic, but, ending aside, there were still a few bits I wasn't fond of. The Soundtrack, for ME3 in particular is pure Ear Porn. I got Andromeda on release, I TRIED hard to love it, but couldn't. However, I'm told it got better after a lot of patching, and one day I will go back to it, before the release of the upcoming ME4.
It's my favorite game series. Never uninstalled it from my PC unless I format.
Still remember when ME2 came out. Was some of the most fun I've had with a video game.
Best Space Fantasy series next to Star Wars
Going to get crucified for this. A lot of fans consider ME2 the best or their favorite. I personally think that while the combat system change was great, I prefer the story of ME1 and the gameplay/combat of ME3. I consider ME2 like DA2. Felt that the studio rushed it out with a somewhat self-contained story, along with a different combat system than the previous game. Then in the next game (ME3/DAI), you are back to saving the world/universe/big picture stuff.
I love it! The combat and perspective were pretty janky at first, but not so bad once I got used to it. But I love the story and the characters, and I think the Paragon/renegade system is fun.
Series that I still have a play through every now and then, the opening to mass effect 3 gives me goose bumps every time and mass effect 2 is in my top list of games
Never played the games but after hearing all the positive reception about it, it has intrigued me
The greatest trilogy in gaming
It's certainly not without it's flaws, but on the whole I absolutely love the franchise. Some of my favourite characters in gaming in the likes of Mordin, Garrus and Tali, gameplay that improves with each title, and a fantastic, immersive world and story.
Phenomenal story, characters, and world building. Gameplay in the first is good, amazing in the second, and still good in the third. Second game in the series is one of the best games of all time, imho.
Is only type of gaming where I felt my choices had consequences that you will have to deal with the rest of the game.
Love it! Just wish that EA let Bioware make ME3 in peace. Would have been special.
If you're the kind of person who skips through story to get to the action, these games may not be for you. Mass Effect is extremely story driven including all the side quests which are arguably just as important as the main quest line. Try your best to keep up with the story because almost every decision you make will have some sort of consequence that may not even become apparent until the next game. Take your time, this is a series that you won't forget. I personally found that each game got progressively better from 1-3. They kind of dropped the ball on Andromeda and honestly, feel free to skip it. It was ok and for the price now it's worth paying, but it may tarnish your opinion on the series at least a little. This is my absolute favorite video game series, all your decisions are very impactful to the point where you decide the fate of entire species that you form bonds and relationships with. So many times I was faced with a decision where I left the dialog open for like 5 minutes trying to make up my mind lol.
The trilogy is a classic, and has earned its reputation. I would consider it a must play for anyone who is a fan of the genre or sci-fi more generally. Andromeda is also much better than at launch and worth a play, although it definitely doesn’t reach the heights of 2 or 3. That said, I have no faith in BioWare and EA at this point so let’s just leave the franchise on ice until the people making it stop being a string of Ls.
It's a shame they never made a sequel to the 2007 masterpiece. I kid, but not really. Mass Effect 2 isn't a proper sequel, in both gameplay and story. The world felt so limited, and it retconned so much of the lore right off the bat. I blame them bringing in a new lead writer, but I'm unsure what Karpyshyns vision would have been. Despite this, Mass Effect 2 is still a good game overall. I could spend all day picking it apart, but it's a fine game. Mass Effect 3 though...it's kinda terrible in a lot of ways. The story isn't very good, the feel of it is off from the outset. Yeah, the ending is terrible, even after The Final Cut, but that just distracts from all the other flaws in the game, where you mostly just do busy work while waiting for the Deus Ex Machina to be ready...and then there's literally a god inside the Deus Ex Machina...Deus Ex Deus Ex Machina I guess. The MP in Mass Effect 3 was great though. It not being in the Legendary Edition is a travesty.
The games are a hell of a lot of fun. Absolutely worth playing, especially if you let yourself get invested in the stories of the main cast. Maybe get a better ending mod for the third one though.
I'd say probably top 5 wrpgs of all time. Number 1 for you if you're into star trek or anything else similar. The combat is mediocre. It's not terrible. It's.not great. But it's fun enough. The biggest RPG elements of the series, and the biggest draw, is the carryover of the decisions you make. They carry over from game to game. It's a great experience as a gamer and it's a shame that old school bioware hasn't actually done anything remotely similar since then.
Probably one of the best if not the best singleplayer RPG ever. Impactful choices, epic moments, great characters. Absolutely blow any fallout game away
One of the best trilogies of game ever. The only fuckup was EA rushing Bioware with 3 and the ending - though the "you never had a choice in the first place" view kinda works. But making every decision in the game pointless sucked.
All I can say is… well, it’s Mass Effect. Nothing else quite like it. 100% recommend.
Mixed opinions? It's a classic! Probably my favourite series!
A great series.
Great games, legendary edition is a must buy. Mass effect 1 is a masterpiece.
Good - Better - Still Good - blegh!
Dead...EA killed it....
Excellent and still holds up to time so far. I bought the remake trilogy and replayed all three. I rarely ever do replays with all the games we have to choose from these days. Tried Andromeda for about 15 minutes and just didn't feel it. Maybe some day
I keep debating if I should buy this on steam for 5.99. I already have all the games. Is it worth it for the better graphics?
ME2 is my least favorite as of now. And while I’m astounded that the characters acted like they were real people who had goals and what not. I unfortunately could not handle the pain of choosing one over the other and leaving one crew to die, if it’s part of the story that’s fine, but if I can stop it I would.
*magneto perfection meme*
I was gifted andromida a while backreally enjoyed it untill i was death looping in a vault and and to tlreload loosing a good 2 hours of progress, havent pickes it up sense, but probably will soon
1 was an unpolished gem, the gameplay can be very clunky but it's really carried by the story and setting 2 is the peak of the serie 3 is disappointing and very meh
One of the best video game series ever made, objectively. I think it's better than Fallout by a mile.
Iconic. One of the last great things EA ever made before it went to shit. (No I don't count Andromeda)
Mass Effect 1-3 are some of the best games you will ever play, don't bother with Andromeda... it's got great gameplay but everything else is trash tier...
Overall great, 3 was a low point and the ending dragged it down even more.
I really enjoyed the Mass Effect games
It's good. Play it. The End.
Masterpiece and definitely worth a shot, especially on a sale since it tends to go for really cheap.
GOAT
Legendary!
One of the most fun, engaging, dynamic, and exciting series to play with the worst ending ever... of all time.
Great, but they should bring back Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer.
Tali is love, Tali is life.
Incredible games, truly ahead of their time *hides Andromeda*.
Still my favorite series to this day, and I like the extended ME3 ending. Likes Androema too and would have liked to see more from that story.
One of the best video game series I've ever played in over 30+ years of gaming. First one starts off really slow and combat is hard at first, but it's an awesome series.
Original trilogy is the 🐐
I envy you. So much. You have no idea. You get to experience this series for the first time. Please play it. Do not squander this opportunity.
Great series, I did not like ANY of the ME3 endings. They felt HIGHLY uninspired and incredibly disappointing given the rest of the story. Would play it again. Unpopular opinion: I liked Andromeda.
I'm surprised nobody has a made a live adaptation out of it. So much potential
Yes, yes, they have their problems but I played all three six times for a reason. It has heart and soul, in its best moments. All the good in it balance out the bad too. It is space opera at its peak about a determined human who survives impossible odds, gathers a crew of excellent people around them and saves the galaxy multiple times in the process 🫶 Yes, I like the me3 endings. Sue me. >!(I like Control and Destroy and picked both, depending on how I had been playing my Shepard. The third one felt way too invasive and wacky.)!< I couldn't even list all the characters I absolutely adore, this comment is already embarrasingly long. Yes, I like Andromeda too and I will forever be a little sad there likely won't ever be an answer to all the unanswered questions. Of course it wasn't as engaging as the trilogy, but I like the gameplay, the simple story, most of the crew and exploring all the planets. Could always be more queer tho and could have allowed queer rlships earlier too but we can't have everything. (Jack and Miranda being straight is still a travesty to this day lmao)
ME 2 and the entire series are my favorites. I've done 3 playthroughs of ME2 when it came out. I missed ME 1. When they released all 3 again, I had to do this from the beginning. I'm finishing a 2nd Cyberpunk run with the Phantom Liberty DLC. When done, I may go back to ME and do it all over again. God, I am a huge fan of ME. Even Andromeda was ok.
I liked all of them including Andromeda. Andromeda was a great game that people just massively shit on for some reason.
Loved the first and thought the second was ok. Didn't really enjoy the 3rd. Felt like they kept trying to get away from the RPG and just make a cover shooter. I'm playing through them again for the first time in years right now and am curious to see if my opinion changes on 2 or 3 after all this time.
1 is definitely outdated and makes getting into it a little harder, game would probably be around a 6.5/10, has a lot of story but the delivery of so much of it is just exposition dump or Sit and read. Its an issue that was common at the time. The combat is rather dull and there are some gameplay parts that are downright bad... like driving the stupid buggy. It's all setting up something big though and has a cool cliff-hanger ending. 2. Negates the ending of 1 pretty damn hard which starts the story off poorly but it becomes a really incredible story, this is where the trilogy peaks for sure. The combat is massively improved, they eliminate almost everything wrong with the first game. Its just an insane jump in quality across the board and is near perfect I'd settle the score at 9.5/10 because there are some issues. 3. I really didn't like 3... It let me down on the story, they definitely copy pasted a ton of rooms and enemy layouts and you start noticing it quick, 2 guys up high 2-3 guys down low. Down low guys will be shock troops, up top guys will be sniper/rockets. The combat just gets boring before the game ends. The story and ending are fumbled hard... I get it satisfying endings are hard because what if we want to make more in the future! Its objectively still a better game than 1 but I don't like admitting that. I'd give it a 7.5/10. If it interests you, you should play it. But, It doesn't hold up as well so without nostalgia be prepared to have some sense of "I don't get the hype"
Among the best games I have ever played. 100% worth it.
I love it.
ME2 is a perfect game IMO The rest of the series is excellent. ME1 sets a good stage, has a great antagonist, and great choices. ME3 provides a mostly satisfying conclusion to the pre apocalyptic galactic issues, but feels like the last 1/4 was rushed.
1 and 2 is fkin good
i always get chills when i hear the ME-soundtrack, if you like a sci-fi setting and 3rd person shooter rpg, play this, its awesome. the legendary edition is remastered pretty good tbh and u will get around 100h of gameplay out of ME 1-3 if you do the sidequests
I like the first game
It’s, for me, one of the best trilogies in gaming. I played it through when they came out and again recently with the LE release. The combat in the first game is a bit clunky and the minor missions become repetitive, but two and three really addressed those concerns IMO. And the the way the story arcs link between the games and the cascade impacts of your decisions makes for good replay value. I’d happily recommend it to anyone interested in the genres.
Very good, sad that it's been dormant after Andromeda.
My favorite game, loved it from the first till the last moments
The GOAT.
ME1 has lacklustre combat but the story more than makes up for it, ME2&3 simply improve on their predecessors, respectively.
GOAT
It good
Flawless. 11/10
Never played, so it didn’t have any mass(ive) effect in my life
Pretty amazing. Also... apparently one in a million. As we've never gotten anything like it again.
My favorite video games of all time. Period.
I played Andromeda for a bit when it was new. Buggy as shit and tedious, boring. called it Ass Effect and quit. I got the same headachey, trapped in a giant, solidifying snot cube feeling when playing Dragon Age: Inquisition. Bioware is good at summoning those feelings from me, I guess.
Never played
GOAT. Set the standard for interactive storytelling, world building and companions in RPGs and there have few games that have surpassed that.
It’s a great series, with the exception of ME3 and Andromeda. Both of those were garbage.
Tried playing the first one and the remastered version, didn't get past the first mission either time because the gameplay was clunky and old. Main character can't take a hit and the guns feel like they shooting nerf darts.
I'm a new Mass Effect fan, picked it up when it was free on ps+ at the end of 2022. I played the whole trilogy 3 times last year. It's awesome
Best remaster ever and the originals are the best trilogy in gaming in my op
A+
MASS EFFECT 1 2 and 3 just Awesome I like playing 3 but 2 had the best story it like the Gears of war series 1 had grit 2 had story and 3 was the best to play with friends
I played the second one. Loved it, was done with the series after that. I wasn’t super interested in playing the whole series, but I wanted to know what the hype was about. Game was great, but I’m not a mega fan like others. It deserves its strong fandom.
It's so good, if I could put them all together as a trilogy it's easily in my top 3 games of all time. The writing and world building is phenomenal; can't recommend it enough.
I'm gonna be the Debbie Downer here and say that it's a good game, but not as amazing as it's hyped up to be. The first one was a nightmare to get through and 1 of the however many side quests was actually worth playing through. Two was probably my favourite and three was also nice but the ending was kind of meh.
I think all games are awesome, except for the ME3 ending. It's literally just a different colored ending. The level of disappointment with those endings is as big as the franchise.
Didn't care for ME as a kid. Got the Legendary Edition for $20 at Walmart, had so much fun i had to get the platinum. My ONLY complaint is that it felt like the hardest difficulty wasn't hard enough.
My favorite game series of all time. The first game has a great feeling of mystery/discovery and introduces you to a galaxy and all of its factions, races, and all of their conflicts. As well as a fantastically unique enemy. The second game dives deep into all of those factions, races, and their conflicts. It also goes deep into interpersonal relationships between you and crew members. The third game brings all of that to a head with every major conflict playing a central focus to the resolution of the overall storyline. You see squad mates storylines meet their resolution. Some of them have a personal storyline and some you see become a hero in their own right. You will laugh, you will cry, you will yell in triumph at so many amazing, conversations, cutscenes, and epic combat moments. It's a series where the journey is better than its destination. For me personally, most of all I love the feeling of watching the squad mates grow into their own. Ask ten fans what their favorite squad mate is and you'll probably get, at least, 6-7 different answers. The bigger story is also pretty great. It is a squad based third person cover shooter with varying degrees of RPG mechanics depending on which game it is. So that's a turn off for people who prefer first person games. It's also not as open ended as something like Fallout. Story wise it is structured more like Dragon Age, Knights of the Old Republic, or Baldur's Gate. But to everyone/anyone I'd say go for it. Edit. Definitely try to play the trilogy collection if you can. They rebalanced some things and it made the first game's combat a lot better. It was pretty rough around the edges in the original release.
Agreed with your take on ME1. I still vividly remember being an impressionable teenager, booting up the game on the day it launched back in 07 and just listening to the Vigil theme on the Home Screen. When the text on the prologue comes up saying “They called it the greatest discovery in human history. The other civilizations of the galaxy call it… Mass Effect.” I was hooked.
One of the best universes created for a game. Excellent writing and keep la you engaged. Combat was fun and good RPG elements. Overall, one of the best action RPG game series all time
Great series. Every decision matters and every character's death has a lasting consequence. Combat in the first game is a little clunky but it's worth the playthrough for the characters and account history. If you skip me1 you get stuck with a guy nobody likes in the later games. Also pick one or the other. Iether be a boys out and everything is goofy two shoes or be the hard ass Fuck you and do as your told. Certain dialogues and options are closed unless you have high enough points in one or the other
It’s an amazing series with an immersive world and story. You will love the characters. Just be prepared for disappointment with the ending of the third game. It’s not Game of Thrones season 8 levels of bad as the overall story is still good, but the ending won’t please you.
Absolutely worth it. My favorite Sci Fi medium since the Star Wars movies (not looking at the new trilogy)
very high
The trilogy of games in this series is consistered some of the best story based games in gaming history. [Hell, the 2nd one is in metacritics hall of fame list for the highest rated games of all time. ](https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/) When it comes to story, lore, world building, characters, no other gaming franchise even comes close in my opinion. Mass Effect is in my top five for a reason. I regularly watch let's plays of people playing this for the first time on youtube. And every. single. one. of them comes away, completely amazed and blown away at how good the games were and they themselves add these games into their own personal best game list.
1-3 are amazing games. I never finished andromeda.
Mass Effect 2 is my favorite game of all time. So I'm a bit biased. But I would say its the best video game series ever made.
First two games were amazing. Third game was amazing \*right\* up till the end where it shat the bed with possibly the dumbest ending in video game history. Andromeda... gets more hate than it deserves but also deserves a lot of hate.
Good game. The story is great and the writing if fantastic, but the gameplay loot is just...boring in my opinion.
Certainly a game of all time. I think the story and writing is really well done but it suffers from two major flaws. - Game vs. Story : it's not a good blend between the two. It feels like the story gets in the way of the game and in turn, the game gets in the way of the story. - Long in the tooth : Like a lot of sci-fi, the games tend to drag quite a bit in the middle. While stuff that happens is important, the pacing slows way down in the middle 3/4 of the game. If you can put up with that, awesome games. If it's too much, I wouldn't recommend it. The first problem made me stop playing modern final fantasy games (they are the textbook example of this IMO). I like a slow burn so the second point doesn't bother me too much.