Mass effect?

Yes!! My big brother got me into it (since we have the same game system) He told me to try it out (sadly i played the 3rd first) and i became addicted to it. I played the second and third and got the 1st on my PC so been playing it every once in awhile.

I romanced Liara at first, liked it but then went to Garrus and stayed to him XD I absolutely love him!!!

 

I've played since the first Mass Effect came out (femshep ftw,) and when I knew that I could transfer my save I had to go through it a second time to perfect my game.

Honestly, by the time 3 came out and I realized I messed stuff up even as far back as the first game in terms of what could be transferred, I decided to start back over at 1 and go through it all as male shep so I can also romance Kaiden.

I have enormous amounts of time it seems...

 

You can get the comic for PS3, too. I didn't download the free DLC that came with the PS3 version the first time I played through. It was unfortunate. By default, for femShep it had me sacrifice the council, save Kaiden, and kill Wrex. Literally the opposite of what my main Shep would have picked.

 

I actually enjoy Mass Effect 1 the most out of the three to be honest! Plus if memory serves Genesis doesn't allow you to make the slightly smaller decisions like sparing that female crime lord from the Presidium ( I can't recall her name to save my life), or going through the Rear Admiral Kahoku quest line to get some of the bonus Cerberus dialogue in ME2.

I'm kinda crazy about completion.

 

Am I the only one who really wasn't bothered by the Mako and still manages to search and gather all resources on the available worlds in every play through?

I've played through ME1 as femshep as a few different classes just in case I decide to go through all three games with them eventually...

I'm not crazy....I'm not crazy....

 

I remember playing ME2 on one play through that I decided to not complete Bring Down the Sky in ME1 (I'd rather go exploring with the Mako all day), and realizing it affected some random news report you could hear, and having some slight effect on a ME3 war asset (which if memory serves you can still receive). I was absolutely furious at myself and haven't picked that play through back up after I rage quit.

 

I was such a completionist with ME/ME2.

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If only the stuff you chose actually mattered in ME3 ... don't get me wrong, I love the multiplayer, and there were some cool scenes (Mordin's death, chosing the Geth and watching all the Quarians die, and the last convo between FemShep/Garrus), but overall, it was a huge disappointment.

What's with all the Tali love around here? I can't stand her. I never hug her when her dad dies (and I usually laugh a bit :lol
Oh, and it goes without saying that I usually get her killed in the Suicide Mission. Usually side with Legion too when they're arguing. He's freaking awesome ...

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In ME3 you should really have been able to have either him or Tali as a squaddie depending on who you side with (or both, if you make the compromise)

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Tali and Garrus are among my favorite squad mates, along with Wrex and Mordin.

As for Liara, yeah, I picked up on that. I usually romance Kaidan. Even then, it always seems like there's this sexual undertone between BroShep and Liara. I think Liara was probably the most intended romance option in the series. Hell, she's the only one who can't even die until the absolute last possible moment.

I was shocked and pissed off when I found out 64% of players kill Wrex in the first game.

So disappointed (in the best Turial Rebel voice I can make).

 

In my defense I have never killed Wrex, and even my first play through I had no idea we'd come to a stand-off.

Yay for being a member of another minority!

 

One thing I felt 1 and 3 both had over 2 was more interaction between your squad members. In 1, you had the elevators. And in 3, you could walk in on your squad mates having conversations with each other. In 2, they all just seemed to hang out at their own stations and hardly ever interact. It's as though they only talk to Shepard and weren't aware of each others' existence.

Any squad mates that I liked in 2 ended up being mostly by virtue of their role in 3. Ex. Mordin, Legion, Miranda each had more expanded roles in 3 compared to, say, Zaeed, Samara, or Jacob. You really couldn't get a comprehensive idea of how they were as people.

You know who would've made a great squad member in 3 instead of James Vega? Kirrahe.

 

He's creepy enough for the 5 minutes you have to deal with him each game without him being a permanent squad member...

Speaking of Conrad Verner, one thing I also feel uncomfortable about now is that I didn't start with the first game because it wasn't available on PS3. I started on 2. So I played through it and 3 and never really had the same experience and familiarity with characters like Verner or Kirrahe; they don't appear if you start from the second game. It's assumed that they're dead. And while I knew Wrex was a former squad member, I myself as the player didn't really have that history with him. He was always and NPC to me.

So now whenever I play the first game, I almost feel like I'm playing with a secret character whenever put him on my squad. It's weird. Not complaining because I now get the full experience. But still...weird.

No thoughts on it really. Regardless of whether people liked 3's ending or not, it's over. If there must be a 4th, I would really it be completely unrelated to the events of the first games. A fresh start. No file save transfers, no decisions from the previous trilogy carrying over. Like maybe something so far into the future that the events of these games are irrelevant. Or maybe another universe entirely where the Reaper threat doesn't exist.

Keep similar gameplay mechanics so that it's still Mass Effect. But I just feel like we're done with Shepard and Friends. Especially after the closure from Citadel DLC.

 

You know...between Conrad wanting to get pictures of Shepard holding a gun, and his dramatic "And then you DIED!" in 2, I was ready to call him out on his crap about having a wife. But there was no dialogue option for that.