Mass effect 1 was the best entry in the series. Prove me wrong.
>Comfy sci-fi feel
>Fantastic story
>Actually an RPG
>Exploration of planets
>Best soundtrack in the series
>Mass Effect 1 best
muh dude
ME2 and ME3 are shit tier Gears of War
>>337150349
>Mass effect 1 was the best entry in the series
10/10. 100% agreeing with you. part 2 took away too much customization. too much was taking out from part 1.
all anyone talks about is the interactions with teamates for part 2. those people who care more about some going to forget anyways backstory of random teamates was the audience they wanted.
the audience who enjoyed mass effect 1 for the GAME it is got ignored.
to add. if you think the mako was just not for you and or you think very negative of it.
what are you doing? playing on mako planets for hours at a time? you trying to play gta on a random planet? you trying to jump over lava to prove something?
>>337150349
op gets its
elcor MC when?
>>337150349
100% right
>anons actually think ME2 was good
real niggas know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_JVEXDrJYg
>>337150349
agree but:
the only thing which keeps it from getting 100% in my books is that the planetary exploration could have been even better. I mean most planets are empty and rng
>>337150349
Gameplay was shit.
let's face it 2 was the apogee of the serie
>>337152206
>>337150349
>Best game
>Worst gameplay
>>337152302
but uninhabited planets are empty anon
>>337152032
EXCITED TONE: I AGREE WITH THIS MAN
That. God. Damn. Inventory tho.
>>337150349
>Actually an RPG
>Exploration of planets
Better luck next time OP
>>337150349
>you will never again
>>337152539
DISAPPOINTED TONE: SHAME THEY DIDNT PUT ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN 3'S MULTIPLAYER
>>337152685
you can customize your shepard with a large tree of skills to put points in.
you have the choice to use every point or to not put points into abilities for role playing purposes.
every teamate also has a huge skill tree.
that got dumbed down for part 2 and 3. the biggest dumbing down actually was the skill tree.
fucking Kaiden was on par with shepard when it comes to skill point tree.
and you could explore planets.
sorry if you need a door to walk through to feel like you are exploring.
>>337152841
post yfw you saw sovereign for the first time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFH1BF2jDW4&ab_channel=%E6%9C%8D%E9%83%A8%E5%A4%95%E7%BE%8E
Noveria's one of my favourite locations in vidya ever just for the music.
Those sections where you explore random barren planets with the Mako had some big issues, but I still kinda love them just for the feeling you get when you explore them, look at the pretty skyboxes and chill to the subtle background music.
>>337150349
as far as story, atmosphere, rpg elements and dialogue are concerned, it was the absolute best. game gave you a taste of a new universe that you really wanted to learn more about. the gameplay was the absolute weakest in the series though.
while the other 2 games mechanics were way tighter, everything else suffered immensely. it was fucking shit.
>>337153015
>customization = RPG
I bet Need for Speed Underground is your favourit RPG of all time.
but ME1, even if it a great game, had the shittiest gameplay/gunfight in the serie.
ME1 is the best to play for the first time and ME3 Multiplayer is the best for gameplay
>>337153034
Why? I agree with you.
>>337153560
>>337152450
>what are thermal clips
>>337153223
im sure you are one of those people who need to think real hard on how you want to use $60.
>talking about betting
stop embarrassing yourself 90s kid.
go start a new game of both 1 and part 2. look at the skill tree for both
>>337153212
ME1 did a lot of things poorly but it had its heart in the right place. I think it's by far the game with the best direction of the three.
The other two felt tighter gameplay wise, but ultimately the most tragic thing about the franchise is that instead of expanding upon, polishing and refining all those good ideas ME1 had that weren't executed so great, the sequels threw all that out the window and went in the wrong direction ("epic" actionshlock story about saving the galaxy from an ancient evil by running through a lot of corridors and shooting things).
The saddest thing about Mass Effect is that it never lived up to its full potential.
Nah, the best one wasI WILL DESTROY YOU
>>337153560
>finish mass effect one 2 times
>get real excited about part 2 release
>start a new game
>have to pick up ammo clips...
>>337153862
GOGOGO
ENEMIES EVERYWHERE
GOGOGO
GOGOGO
ENEMIES EVERYWHERE
GOGOGO
>>337153749
>>337153872
>complain about ammo clips
Are you guys so bad that you need unlimited ammo to kill mobs ?
>>337153862
ENEMIES EVERYWHERE
You guys know you can enjoy each game in the series equally, right? You don't have to have 1 out of 3 be your favorite.
>>337154003
so you like the look of random ammo clips on the floor?
you saw that and thought "thats a good idea"
>>337153034
>>337154017
COMMUNIST!!!!!
>>337153843
you know why, right?
bioware got officially bought out by EA after mass effect was created. originally EA had nothing to do with bioware or the title outside of the absolute shit port of it for PC.
EA caught on that bioware had a winner on their hands and bought them out post haste. all the team changes and shit happened directly following the buy out which resulted in what we got.
thank EA. they were the actual real reason bioware went down the shitter.
>>337153034
nah, ME2 was the best even with the retcons and the loss of equipment, weapon, and skill varieties.
>>337154061
it never bother me in half life or Quake...
I even liked the combat more than 2 and 3.
>>337153872
>tutorial for how to reload
>>337154003
The problem isn't limited ammunition to kill things since even on higher difficulties you find it lying everywhere and have multiple skills to dispose of enemies. The problem is that it's a retarded alternative and completely fucks up the lore thanks to ancient planets and older, remote civilizations suddenly having thermal clips.
>>337154272
i know EA likes that you are their audience.
>>337154121
Alas, that's what happens when something becomes too popular for its own good I suppose.
>>337154359
it's what happens when you're a public company able to be bought out. you can't protect the integrity of your own brand if someone else gets put in charge of your hard work.
>>337154003
>superior future science solution to ammunition problem
>next game takes lore based military science back by thousands of years
you're ok with that?
>>337154302
>me too
>>337154463
>why are you blatantly telling a lie?
I've actually played the game. Don't call me a liar.
>>337150349
I like this game but the combat degrades into these button mashing cluster fucks
also characters with regenerating health seem to be OP in comparison to those that don't have it.
Haven't finished it yet because it's boring as FUCK to be quite honest
>>337154601
>I've actually played the game.
other people have also.
i had a huge /hr/ topic when i beat part 3. throwing down images left and right.
you are talking to a real fan of the game. not just someone looking to reply to a 4chan topic.
the ammo on the floor was a bad game decision.
had nothing to do with the inability to control a game and kill baddies.
ME follows the classic 2 > 1 > 3 principal set forth by games link Spyro and Crash Bandicoot, in where the 2nd is the best, followed by the first one (though you could debate the first is best) and the third is still ok but not as good.
>>337154447
Have you read the codex?, those aren't "ammunition", they just keep the heat. The weapon still have "unlimited" ammo
SJWs, EA, and COD/GEARS fags ruined the series
>>337154752
>had nothing to do with the inability to control a game and kill baddies
I didn't say it did. In fact, I said ammunition isn't a problem since you have alternatives to dispose of enemies easily.
Have you even been reading my posts or did you just lash out because you felt obligated to argue with someone?
>>337154897
its not often you can call someone a sheep and it makes sense.
you are a sheep.
>>337154897
ok so what happened when you ran out of heat sinks? did the gun revert back to the ME1 functionality?
no, it didnt. "heat sinks" effectively were ammunition.
wow ppl actually fell for the spin
>>337155056
>Have you even been reading my posts
im probably the only one who did.
im arguing that the ammo on the floor is a bad design choice.
looks awful and makes the game look arcady.
are you not realizing im talking about design choice when i talk about the ammo on the floor?
ME1 is obviously the best, but 3 > 2.
Aside from ME2 having an amazing ending and ME3 having a god awful ending, everything about 3 was an improvement.
>>337154897
Functionally, it's an ammo system. If the gameplay was actually consistent with how Thermal Clips are described in the Codex, the game would let you fire your weapons even if you ran out, but it would switch to the cooldown system from ME1. Instead, you simply lose the ability to shoot once you run out of clips, which makes no sense.
This'd be the perfect sort of thing for modders to implement to make the game more faithful to its own lore, actually.
>>337155194
>>im arguing that the ammo on the floor is a bad design choice.
I'm not disagreeing, you retard.
You're arguing with someone who thought the same.
>>337154339
>>337154897
It still introduces the same problems as limited ammunition. Mass Effect 3 even says "No Ammo" when you're out of thermal clips.
>>337150349
Nothing to prove. You are right OP. 2 "improved" gameplay by getting it a bit closer to whatever dozens of other 3rd person shooters were doing already. Meanwhile they took the story to an unnecessary deviation, while inflating the stakes to such ridiculous places, they couldn't do them justice in 3. I like to pretend that 1 was the beginning and end, and that 2 and 3 are some sort of IOS spin off DLC made by EPIC.
Only the waifus are inferior in 1. I hope the new mass effect goes back to one and adds some cute alien lady of some sort. A catgirl race? Yes please
>>337153034
>>337154897
>"b-but the codex said it"
>the same codex they used as a crutch in ME3 and 3 to handwave all those nerd things like lore and worldbuilding they couldn't be bothered with
>the entire universe switched to an entirely different system in the spam of a few years
>you still find those ammos in locations you shouldn't be able to chronologically
>weapons don't revert to the ME1 system when out of ammos
They just wanted the CoD audience senpai, simple and clean
>>337155343
considering im the only person who replied to you.
have YOU considered you used the wrong wording?
but you cant be that full of yourself right?
andromeda will probably keep the ammo on the floor shtick
>>337155229
>three times the amount of fetch quests
>journal is worse
>way more auto-dialogue than 2 when 2 already had more than 1
>nearly every conversation is just two choices on the right side down from three you'd have in 2 and 1
Nah
>>337152356
ME2 gameplay was barely any better. Face it, if you're playing ME for the gameplay you're play the wrong game.
>>337155487
>have YOU considered you used the wrong wording?
>The problem isn't limited ammunition to kill things since even on higher difficulties you find it lying everywhere and have multiple skills to dispose of enemies.
>The problem is that it's a retarded alternative and completely fucks up the lore thanks to ancient planets and older, remote civilizations suddenly having thermal clips.
No, you're just an illiterate moron attempting to save face when you haven't even read what you claimed you did.
>>337155229
I kind of agree actually, but ME3's ending just left such a bad taste in my mouth that I haven't felt the urge to go back and play it even once since I finished it, whereas I replayed 2 many times.
>>337152883
I want to play as a walking tank goddamit
>>337154463
the beginning with shepard getting off the operating table literally has you pick up a gun, miranda tells you to find ammo, then you get a prompt to reload
>>337153034
>>337155621
>you're just an illiterate moron
the irony.
the design choice is so awful. makes you wonder what exactly about COD keeps developers addicted.
>>337155626
i feel like so many people did the same thing. finished part 2 often with large amount of hope left in side.
3 takes away hope. enjoyable replay ability.
>>337155764
>the irony.
Oh, I see. You're pretending I now like the ammo concept to somehow make your posts look less retarded.
>>337153862
Those lines still hunt my dreams
>>337153034
>>337155916
i get so surprised by anyone in these topics who talk as if the changes in part 2 was a good idea.
by this time, many years after the release of 2 and people still push shill lines when it comes to part 2. its mind baffling.
>"Mass Effect 3 was great, the ending was the only bad part."
>>337152206
let me help you with that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtS3BRC9MDM
>>337156027
Just in case you're legitimately confused and not just shitposting: I don't like the design choice of the ammunition, nor its implementation.
>>337150349
Even though it has the worst combat I'm inclined to agree.
>>337150349
>Actually an RPG
the rpg mechanics were pretty lousy though.
>only one stat has any effect on the game/story at all
>inventory was more of a hindrance than anything else, with items coming down to WOAH I FOUND GENERIC ARMOR V, IT'S JUST LIKE IV BUT SLIGHTLY BETTER
>all skills are designated to classes and it comes down to what you want to unlock first than having any sort of unique builds
>>337153034
>>337153034
You are not Saren.
>>337153034
>Download the top rated ME1 HD texture pack off nexus
>characters are suddenly wearing completely new outfits
>Shepard's armour texture is basically his ME2 armour poorly placed on top of the mesh from ME1
>generally looks pretty shit
they can't all be RE4HD tier can they
It was the best after Mass Effect 2
>>337153034
>>337153034
>mfw I didn't save the council
>>337153160
the mako scenes were so much better on xbox.
Twin sticks made it pretty easy to control.
Using keyboard it's a constant struggle and took away from the chill.
>>337155229
mass effect 3 had higher highs and much lower lows than 2, but the entire game overall felt the most "cinematic experience" out of any of them. I never felt like i had any say. It was cool and all, but i really missed the ability to just be a straight up cocky asshole in the face of everything instead of a whimpering ass.
Being an rpg doesnt get you points when your rpg mechanics and gameplay are shit.
Replayed mass effect 1 on insanity recently, it was awful. The games combat is so fucking shit. Also planet exploration was bad. Oh boy, another empty dirt square with nothing in it
>>337153034
>>337157606
>mfw I thought this was a huge choice that would have serious impact
>It's completly irrelevant
>>337154339
Nevermind containers with modern armour and weapons on Ilos though, protheans totally had the same companies as now
>>337153034
>>337157883
>Replayed mass effect 1 on insanity recently, it was awful.
on the next human coming to the podium which is me says, when I replayed 1 on insanity which i did atleast twice. found it to be a good time.
damn. it sure is weird when 2 people think differently. it would be a shame if someone tried to make us fight.
>>337150349
Combat was garbage and so was the fucking Mako.
>>337157606
>reapers? Nah nigga, you crazy
>oh shit shepard! It's the fucking reapers, save us please!
>>337157909
kek
>>337153034
>>337158237
You found popping marksmen and holding shoot for half an hour against a krogan who used immunity making him take no fucking damage fun? Mass Effect 1 was basic as fuck with awful AI and bullet spounge enemies.
>>337157883
But that excitement upon discovering another probe or another mummified Turian after traversing mountains modeled after sweetgum seeds..
>>337158728
All the mountain grass worlds are literally hitler.
Lol lets make a map composed of 90% mountains too tall for the Mako to climb that will be fun
![The Art of Mass Effect -158 [Archive-Scans].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/KpdZ4vf.jpg "The Art of Mass Effect -158 [Archive-Scans].jpg")
Is there a way to hide the HUD when exploring planets on foot?
>shitty controls and slow gameplay
>overrated story
>mako
no
>>337157883
I agree on exploration, its even worse when most missions are
>Land on planet
>Drive for 2-5 minutes to assignment marker
>Shoot up another one of three different base types
It was such a chore
>>337150349
>exploration of planets
>rolling around in a little baby car over a featureless landscape to salarian corpses, literal trashcans and one of three exciting types of warehouse
Mass Effect was good but planet exploration was an absolute dogshit chore
>he didn't fuck Liora
EA a shit
Maybe the RPG elements were great, but damn if the games game play wasn't complete shit. I missed out playing it when it released and boy was the combat terrible. Say what you will about 2&3 but at least the combat wasn't as shit as that game. I even played through KOTOR after trying ME1 and still enjoyed everything as if it where my first playthrough.
TLDR combat is fucking terrible.
>>337159205
>>337159332
>>337159035
>>337152685
>>337152302
>kiddies with no imagination.
you were born in the 90's weren't you?
>>337159756
Facebook tier meme.
Absolutely embarrassing
>>337150349
>YOU ARE NOT SAREN
>tfw you never played ME3 and never will
>>337159838
>Le my generation was so much better than yours meme.
Most people born in the 90s are in their 20s
>>337159879
>t-the ending was fine, they just had too many loose ends to tie up
kys pham
>>337159997
Feels good mang
>>337153034
>>337160102
Not defending the shit ending, it was terrible.
Just saying that meme looks straight off of Facebook or funny junk.
>>337160089
hes right though
>kiddo
>>337159838
They could've done something other than only having mission related things happen. Like native fauna running around, or retreating from you, or trying to hide and getting hostile if you bumble into their nest. Random settlements with miners or scientists, maybe you can buy little items from them or help them find their lost probe on the other side of the mountain.
Mass Effect was a great game but the world looked like shit. Like the ice planet that was supposed to be a hub of intergalactic business, and the main area was just this series of stone steps with one office and one empty store with a fucking Hanar hanging out in it.
ME3 ending was trash, but I think the suicide mission in ME2 was kind of shit too
ME1 had the goat ending sequence
>>337156027
>>337156191
Will you two just fuck already?
>>337159997
It's good if you just imagine that there's no ending because Shepard dies and doesn't get to know what happens.
>The ending was Shepard saying goodbye to all his/her friends, Shepard dies of bloodloss in the Reaper flagship after activating the catalyst.
>>337155821
dumb neanderthal spongeposter
>>337160908
>going FTL in a fucking mako
>>337160651
>He's over 30 and still on 4chan as if that's something to be proud of.
Lmaoing at ur life.
Having juvenoia like a fucking typical pleb.
>>337161102
>how do fucking mass relays work
makos are rated for FTL travel, they just don't have enough mass to be fired by a normal sized relay. hence the babby relay
>>337161306
fucking whatever
>infinite ammo with a cooldown mechanic
>finite ammo with a reload mechanic
SAME FUCKING SHIT
>>337161695
The heat can be mitigated in the first game to the point where you don't even have to worry about overheating
>>337161789
>not firing high explosive rounds that make your gun insta-overhead
>>337162062
>tfw overclocked sniper rifle goes overheat after 1 shot
>>337162062
you could make your assault rifle fire high explosive rounds without overheating
>>337161789
>>337162062
>not catching everything in singularity then throwing groups into the atmosphere
>>337150349
Bioware had already gone to shit at this point
>>337160908
suicide mission kicked ass.
though the entire plot of mass effect 2 seems trivial after three, the entire game was about building up your spacebooty squad and in the end if you don't pay attention and just tried to make a beeline for the finish your mates would get fucking massacred and it's all your fault.
Mass Effect 1 was the worst entry though.
>lackluster UI/inventory
>bad Mako controls
>empty planets that you "explore", there are like 2 collectibles (textboxes) and maybe a copypaste bunker with the same enemies in it everytime
>characters barely talk, in 2 and 3 party members actually have a point of being there
>repetitive environments and enemies
>clunky combat
>Citadel elevator rides
>bad pacing, the story only kicks in at the final couple hours of the game
>sidequests mostly consist of collecting things from the planets
>no marketing, no one knew about this game
It goes 2 > 3 > 1 and I'm sure Andromeda will fit in somewhere around 3, maybe better.
post yfw random crate drops elite armor/weapon
>>337162365
>no marketing, no one knew about this game
>being this casual
>>337162379
post yfw you edited game file to get 200 million credits and had to open 2 thousand boxes one by one to get everything unlocked
>>337159997
you really should if you enjoyed the rest of the series desu.
even though the very ending is kind of trash there are a lot of other plotlines that are wrapped up pretty neatly.
Overall it's a fairly good game, just massive wasted potential and a few major fuckups.
>>337162365
>no marketing, no one knew about this game
you were right until this point
>>337159838
Planet exploration is pretty great if you literally pretend it has any content.
Let me just pretend Mass Effect 3 had a great ending too. If you use your imagination, mass effect 3 is great!
>>337159451
>implying bioware's lasting legacy is mass effect
>implying mass effect 2 is a bad game
>>337162365
>no marketing
Anon, we both know you didn't get into Mass Effect until after the trilogy was complete
>>337162592
I've watched enough of the cutscenes on youtube to know the entire story is underwear shitting retarded
>>337162365
kys and stay kys you fucking underrage faggot
>>337153034
Mass Effect 2
>Comfy Sci-Fi feel
>Fantastic story
>Great combat
>Best soundtrack in the series
>Best ending in the series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTsD2FjmLsw
>>337159451
I'm not sure what triggers me most. The fact you used Mass Effect as an example for pre-EA Bioware when they were good or the fact that you think the first is any better than the other two third person shooters/dating simulators.
>>337163168
>fantastic story
>beach episode: the video game
it was one big filler that contributed nothing and you were required to play dlc to understand the situation you are in at the beginning of me3
>>337163168
>mfw the loyalty missions were the best part of the entire game
I honestly don't like the combat in ME2, it's monotonous and tedious
>>337154820
2 is worse than 1 by a very large margin though so your point is objectively wrong
>>337163168
>Fantastic story
Slow down.
>>337153034
>>337162842
The Krogan and Quarian/Geth sections were pretty good and have some of the best moments of the series.
The Kai Leng is the absolute worst, even more so than the very ending.
I played through ME1 27 times. 9 of those were 100% runs. I remember everytime It was still so fun.
ME2 came out and I remember playing through the first time. It just felt different. Not mass effect. I played through ME2 I think 2 times maybe?
I realized that ME3 could only be worse so I didn't bother playing that....Guess which one my casual friends like the best? I let them borrow ME1 and they couldn't even stand to play it.
>>337162365
>Story
1 > 2 > 3
>Gameplay
3 > 2 > 1
>>337162842
It's not as bad as 2 tho.
>>337150349
Mass Effect 2 was certainly more honest and straightforward in its gameplay. Mass Effect 1 tries harder to be more like a traditional RPG than the basic gameplay really allows for smoothly. Mass Effect 2 knew exactly what it was.
>>337163363
The biggest crime of ME2 was being the second entry of a "space opera" Trilogy. If they had called it "Mass Effect: Team building" for the actual sequel", people wouldn't have given it the shit it got.
>>337150349
Im currently re-playing the game on veteran as expert or w/e the class is called.
Entry was hard, and it felt like a challenge. I'm still getting one-shoted from time to time, even after completing all 3 main missions and collecting enough gear.
Huge downsides are the empty planets that are boring as fuck to explore, the fact that you always have bring Garrus/Tali with you in order to open all the boxes (at least as expert) and that expert is totally overpowered.
Singularity is such a cheap power, I remember they fixed it in ME2 but in the first one, it is just op. The mako drives like shit and the whole exp-system sucks ass.
>>337163168
>Comfy Sci-Fi feel
Wrong, its like comparing Star Trek and JJ's
abomination
>Fantastic story
Oh boy i sure like retcons and btw choises matter :^))
>Great combat
Wew generic tps cover shootah #1241537 fokken great m8
>Best soundtrack in the series
le sad quest of many deaths.mp3
>Best ending in the series
Fuck off, just take your (you) and fuck off
>m-muh Mass Effect 2 was the best because uhhhh "gameplay" and more interactions with squad that was enriched by a generic nigger!
Easiest way to spot a millenial.
True patricians played and loved 1, hated 2 and never even touched 3.
>>337163865
>me1 on highest difficulty
>krogan battlemaster
>shitload of resistances
>manage to take him down
>he medigels and gets white health bar so damage reduction
>mfw
>>337163867
It's ok that you have shit taste. We're not here to judge you
>>337163168
>Comfy Sci-Fi feel
Science fantasy you mean.
ME1 is the only one of the three that actually feels like science fiction.
>Fantastic story
ME1's is better
>Great combat
ME3's is better
>Best soundtrack in the series
ME1's is the best
>Best ending in the series
ME1's is the best
>>337163698
>Mass Effect 2 knew exactly what it was.
Yeah, a dumbed-down TPS with Joss Whedon-tier cringe writing for the Hamburger "I wish I could skip the gameplay in my games" Helper console babbys of this world.
>>337155556
ME2 gameplay was pretty fun, especially on the highest difficulties. I really enjoyed it.
>>337150349
Virmire best planet
>Squad tensions with Wrex
>Sovereign's speech that makes you feel tiny and hopeless
>Death of a squaddie
>>337164141
Objectively false.
>>337163698
They were the same. Shoot shit, use your power, command teammates to use their power, shoot more shit.
The only differences in 2 were smoother controls, an obvious cover system and fewer guns. You still had to use special ammo to kill things faster or weaken shields.
It was the same stuff for both games.
>>337150349
>Prove me wrong.
Why would anybody attempt to prove you wrong when that's pretty much a fact?
>>337164064
ttttttttttttttttttttttttthis
>>337163168
>Fantastic story
>Recruit a team of teenagers with attitude
Just because Kasumi was cute doesn't mean you can run around spewing bullshit.
Wrex was best bro
>>337164327
If that is objectively false, then you are objectively retarded you fucking fagget
>>337164064
Mass effect as a series including one is utterly mediocre you pleb.
KOTOR 1 and 2 are superior in every aspect. KOTOR was back when bio ware still cared about their games.
Mass effect one had extremely shitty game play which should be the most important thing in a game.
>>337164095
Good thing is once you get some kind of dmg over time ammo, even your pistol kicks ass.
>literally an ancient evil awakens
>fantastic story
How low are your standards?
>>337164689
Such a waste of a good character tho, fucking disgrace that he didn't have enough screentime in Mass Effect 2
>>337164327
I don't think you understand what "objectively" means. Let me help you out.
When something is objectively something it is proven by facts and it is indisputably right.
For example ME2 is objectively a mediocre game that ruined Mass Effect as a series.
The word you were looking for was "subjective".
>>337164985
It's more about the worldbuilding.
>>337164141
Mass effect 1 had a shitty soundtrack, please remove the nostalgia goggles faggot.
>>337153034
>>337164979
KOTOR 1 is overrated as fuck and the story is weak and too black&white.
KOTOR 2 has a better story but the level design is barren and the game is not even finished.
>>337165095
The soundtrack is superb.
>>337150349
>My opinion is that Mass Effect 1 was the best in the entire series; feel free to disagree.
That's what your sentence should have looked like. You can thank me later, its cool.
...that being said, I agree.
HOL UP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIqHQptIDE4
SO U B SAYIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGF-f3arb04
WE WUZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5GHQNnPUuo
GOOD OST AN SHIET?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhrbK254yRE
>>337165260
>doesn't know dank memes
Cmon
>>337165253
>Mass effect 1 is overrated as fuck and the story is weak and too black & white.
Also the worst gameplay of the series.
Hey look I can shitpost too.
I donnu if this mass effect 1 elitism is nostalgia goggles or straight up autism.
I'm leaning more for the second.
(and no, not talking about which one people prefer, but the idea that it's anything other than an action game disguised as an rpg)
>>337150349
It was the game with the better writing, which is usually what you want in your RPG. And while the gameplay was rough around the edges, it showed so much goddamn potential. If they had expanded upon the mechanics of the first, we could have had one of the greatest series of all time.
Instead they turned it into a conventional TPS and the plot into such schlock not even hollywood would bother with it.
>>337150349
>>Comfy sci-fi feel
Yep
>>Fantastic story
Yep
>>Actually an RPG
Yep
>>Exploration of planets
Meh... barely
>>Best soundtrack in the series
Yep
Too bad the gameplay is clunky and overly repetative.
ME2 is better
I suppose if you play games for the story than ME1 would be your favorite, but ME is still a game.
>>337165850
I'd say a mixture of both after seeing this thread. Probably babbys first "" rpg""" growing up.
>>337163558
Taking back those planets was great, even the missions leading up to them were good. I liked how every little thing you did, you could go into the war room and check what sort of effect it had on the war effort. It was usually just a little paragraph like "This Krogan battalion is famous for..." but it was still nice.
>>337150349
Let's see....
>shit gameplay and horrible shooting
>the exploration was shit, basically landing on the same damn copy pasted world over and over again
>classes were unique
>inventory system was complete ass
>loot was mostly useless
>story was generic (best of the series)...still generic as fuck
Copy pasted weapons with stats that were all more or less the same
>copy pasted armor
>recycled enemies who said the same 4 phrases all game...ENEMIES EVERYWHERE! !!!
>weak and not very fleshed out squad, Wrex was the only decent one
>Most of the rpg stats were useless
>Max out opening boxes....so cool
Mass Effect is easily the most overrated game on this board. It was a 7/10 game at its very best. And no it wasn't the best game of the series. Mass Effect 2 was a flat out better "game". Stop using that shitty "but it was a real rpg" argument. Especially to justify why the actual gunplay was so shit in ME1. Only thing ME1 did better than the sequels was music and story. Both sequels were better in every other category.
>>337150349
>Exploration of planets
Nigga there was less than 10 explorable planets in the whole galaxy
>>337165732
Thanks for showing us a souvenir from your trip to reddit
>>337163640
I agree.
>equip new armor
>palette swap happens
This needs to return.
>>337167024
I miss Tali's old armor.
>>337167024
Only if the best armor gives you the option of picking a palette.
>>337167024
It won't happen because DLC. At most, maybe palette swaps for each costume. At worst, every color change is 499 BioShit points.
>>337166646
>implying i have not had that saved since ME2 threads
>implying it wasn't made on /v/
>implying you're not retarded
Spotted the real redditor
>>337150349
Mass Effect 3 was best
>>337166646
>I was only pretending etc.
saved you the effort
>>337167317
It's okay to be 15yo.
>>337167564
Underage pls go
>>337150349
Use mako to kill a Geth Titan -> 40exp
damage Geth Titan, hop out of the mako and finish it with 2shots -> 560exp
>sooo gud
>>337150349
Nope.
ME1 and 2 are terrible.
ME3 is terrible too, but the multiplayer was fun, so it's best ME game by default.
I'm going through this right now: http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?cat=508
and I had never really realized before how shitty Mass Effect 2 really is, at least from a story perspective. I guess my judgment was clouded by Garrus.
Haven't gotten to the 3 shenanigans yet. Should be good.
>Mass Effect 1
An hybrid RPG/3rd person shooter
>Mass Effect 2
A 3rd person shooter with light RPG elements
>Mass Effect 3
A 3rd person shooter with RPG elements
Know the difference
>>337150349
>Mass effect 1 was the best entry in the series
That's not hard to be.
>Fantastic story
It was good, but you're pushing it.
>>337153034
Not gonna lie, I would pay top dollar for a Biotic God squad member DLC.
>>337155764
>makes you wonder what exactly about COD keeps developers addicted.
That it sells like 10 million copies each week, probably.
And don't be obtuse, ammo is something that has to happen in modern day setting shooters, not so much in sci-fi ones with lazors.
*RECORD SCRATCH*
A HUMAN REAPER?!
>>337159879
>image macro
>"meme"
It's time to leave, sport. You don't belong here.
>>337162592
>even though the very ending
It doesn't help that the rest of the game is liquid shit.
everyone knows this there's no need for all this samefagging OP you mong
>>337153034
>>337162365
Lets do this shit
>lackluster UI/inventory
It having inventory already makes it a better system than 2
>bad Mako controls
What the fuck they were fine nigger. Di you really expect to have total control over a fuchug space tank?
>empty planets that you "explore", there are like 2 collectibles (textboxes) and maybe a copypaste bunker with the same enemies in it everytime
This is blatantly false. While some of the planets were similair there was a lot more effort than "2 textboxes" like the nuclear missile you had to disarm
>Citadel elevator rides
Were not that bad. Certaintly not enough to make it worse than 2
>bad pacing, the story only kicks in at the final couple hours of the game
Not really. The first part of the game is you gradually piecing together Saren's plan from a bunch of scattered planets
>sidequests mostly consist of collecting things from the planets
False, just to name a few I can remebember
>The geth spaceship
>Cerberus
>Nuclear bomb
Thank god there was no marketing or else casuals would have flocked to it like they did for 2
>>337172010
It would have been neat if Barla Von had been recruitable.
Or fucking Blasto.
>yfw Cerberus became the big villains of the last two games
>writers keep trying to make them seem evil and threatening, but they end up looking like a bunch of rich incompetents when all of their experiments keep backfiring
>>337152450
>Worst gameplay
You mean worst shooting in the beginning. After you get used to it and get better weapons it's better than shooting than 2.
The combat in 3 can't be capared to 1. Generic/boring, but refined
>>337164064
>Gameplay isn't the most important thing in a video game
How to spot a retard.
>>337177595
Mass Effect fanboys really are delusional. ME2 is far, far superior in terms of gunplay. The fact that you are even trying to say it isn't, let's me know how crazy you are.
>ME2 is far, far superior in terms of gunplay.
This is true anybody who disagrees is a delusion Ilium Indentured servant
>>337178760
>ME2 is far, far superior in terms of gunplay
Yeah I liked how it didn't build at all on the unique system of the previous game and went with the same shooting system every other game at the time used.
>>337159838
No, they just only played it on consoles.
>>337165959
>says exploration of planets is barely there
>then says ME2 is better
meanwhile on citadel /v/...
>>337180006
Name five TPSs that aren't ME, Vanquish, or Gears.
>>337180835
Uncharted
SOCOM
Max Payne
Just Cause
Spec Ops
Binary Domain
Mafia
>>337181187
Is System Shock for plebeians?
>>337181187
>Uncharted
I think that's fitting. Like most other RPGs, ME just wants to be a movie game, or at least they wanted the first one to be. Y'know, I suppose moving away from spreadsheet style gameplay was a bad idea.
Would Mass Effect have been saved by being isometric?
>>337150349
no one can prove you wrong bro
ME1 is an absolute classic and i applaud your taste.
>>337154463
Why did you delete you're post faghat holy shit
>>337150349
It was way too short for its own good. Only three planets, a bunch of side-quests and optional boring vehicle sections.
It's a damn shame, shit was way better than ME3 save for the horrible engine. I'd pay for ME1 ported to ME3.
>>337153034
>>337153034
i
am a patrician
"/v/"
does not affect my patrician exquisite taste
unlike some plebeians
i have "standards:
what they DON'T undersand
are plebiean consoletard normalfags making everything third person shooter gears of war clones
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>thermal clips
literally no lore makes sense in 2 and3
and literally shat (defecated) all over what made mass effect 1 GUD
like
the geth?
doign thigns?
in 3?
are you fuckin kidding me?
completely shits all over the geth in me1
if some people had ACTUALLY gotten invested in the LOAAR like myself
they would;ve dropped their memes in disgust at how FECAL me2 and 3
happen to be
where are the memes and reddity mid 90's rpg writing?
where's my le snarky dialoog?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>red green blue
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>not witcher or made by obsidian
when does EA take bioware out back to be put down like thse other studios?
i am EMOTIONALLY ravaged
at me2 and 3 existing
and if you dare even mention them on my chan
you need to an herocide and also check your privilege
>>337151094
But that vanguard charge in 2/3 is way more fun than all of the action in 1.
>>337180714
You guys try out Alliance Corsair yet? I'm having a blast with it but I still can't get past the Geth Blockade part at the Phoenix Massing.
Anybody got any tips?
