I really loved the first one. The plot was full of twists and turns and you were discovering new angles to the story with each mission. The whole game was very well written and played out. 
But i'm just getting really tired of ME2. There's hardly a good story to keep me going (Except the start, that was pretty kick ass). I also enjoyed recruiting archangel, that was a ME1 kind of moment :D
One of the things that is really bugging me are the settlements. It's really boring to run around in the cities looking for people to talk to and doing dry side quests. 
 
One thing that really disappointed me was the companion/crew interaction. A girl could come and kiss Shepard, and his companions would just stare blankly as if spaced out. Maybe that's because they had done it so well in DA:O, where there were a lot of consequences of every action and all the companions felt really alive, and so I was expecting something similar in ME2. But people are just completely silent in this game.
Though I do love the combat, it feels like that's the only thing worth doing in this game. And frankly, it's getting repetitive at this stage.
Really, there's nothing epic, emotional or just awesome going on in this game.
So does this continue throughout the game? Or am I on the brink of mind blowing awesome super cool story mind fucking? 
I wanna enjoy this game, but it's not happening!

It was pretty much the opposite for me. Don't get me wrong I love the first one, I just felt that I was spending way to much time down at the lockers making sure that everyone had the best equipment. I didn't like the fact that I had a new crew in the beginning but when I started to get farther in the game and I start the loyalty missions I really started to like this crew better than the old one. I think the loyalty missions were a great idea because it gave you a little more understanding with each character. 

The game's worth it just for the Suicide Mission at the end. Pull through!!

" @Abyssfull: oh I sure will! I never leave games before seeing the credits roll. But I have been doing a lot (all) side missions I can find, and have been playing the game slowly so as to not rush through it. Do you think it will be better if I get on with the story and the important missions? "

The story (plot-wise) does get better towards the end, but its not anything earth-shaking.  The game tried to make this story character driven as opposed to plot driven, and imo they succeeded.
 
I hope now that theyve fleshed out a nice cast of characters, they focus more on plot for the next go; unfotunately for you, this 30-40 hour game only has about 2 hours tops of plot points....
 
if youre enjoying the time learning about the characters and want to see them stick around for awhile, do the missions.  If not, the end is pretty damn cool, no matter which way you play the rest of the game....

Put it on harder difficulties, if it's still not fun, then there's probably no hope and you'll need to grind through it to the end.

ME1 is one of my favorite games. To me it was like a playable hard-scince-fiction novel. ME2 on the other hand I did not find interesting at all. Game mechanics and story-wise. Too much streamlining, too less niche/nerdcore-appeal. As if it was made by and for completely different people. Im not so sure if I should finish it. It seems everybody claims that the suicide mission at the end is worth it. Maybe Im just too pissed about what they did with the game I cared so much about.

learn to enjoy good games? 
 
at least u like doa so it shows u do actually have good tastes 
and i agree me2 story is weaker than me1's, but otherwise it better in every way

ME1 was the most basic upon basic of bioware plots and that got old to me fast; at least ME2 had you doing something different as far as the missions went.

You should have played it when the hype was on.

@ amaan: Im with you, I skipped alot of thew sidequests in ME1 too, mostly because it was the same level over, and over, and over again.  ME2 I did more of them, because at least the missions were varied and the levels looked and played differently.
 
I know Im going to get freaking lampooned for this, but I think ME2's story, while certainly not as striking as ME1's, did what it should have and well.  (Really, in all honesty, ME1's story was good, but not as good as some people like to claim.  It was fairly straightforward at the very least).  To me, ME is alot like Star Wars.  The first sets up a fantastic scene and brewing epic conflict (borrowing elements from all sorts of other ips the whole way).  The end sees you winning a small battle in the brewing war.  The second fleshes out characters and foreshadows the climax to come in the third.  It partly does this through an ambiguous, inconclusive, open-for-interpretation ending.  The third has the responsibility of carrying forward elements of both and hopefully coming to a satisfying climax.  In that regard, ME2's story was spot-on so long as they can hit the right note with 3.

I actually had much the same problem that you did. I had a hard time getting into the game mostly because of the way they handled the characterization of the party members. There should have been more dialogue during quests, more banter back and forth between party members as you walk around, and more things to say to them on the Normandy. It was strange after finding Garrus that he doesn't really talk to you all that much. You'd think old buds like Shep and Garrus would be sharing all kinds of awesome stuff. In my opinion, the relationship between Alistair and the Warden IF you choose to become good friends with Alistair, is what the Garrus and Shepard relationship should of been. 
 
Furthermore, the quest commentary in Dragon Age was great. Whenever you made a decision, one or two of your party members would comment on it. This NEEDS to happen ALL THE TIME in RPGs from now on. For small decisions too. There just needs to be more dialogue, and more things you can talk about with party members. Dragon Age really outdid Mass Effect 2 in this category. 
 
As for combat, I generally approve of the combat in Mass Effect 2. You just have to mix things up and play an Adept or something. If you want to play Soldiers (as I often do because I have zero creativity) then use all the different weapons and experiment.

Like usual, you probally need a second playthrough to enjoy the game. Later on in the game near the end you will get all the emotions you are looking for. Right now focus on building your team.

The best I can do is say its not a very long game and the final mission isn't really hard. The hacking sucks, probing sucks, and combat never evolves so it quickly gets boring. I won the first fight in the game using the same "strategy" as the last fight. You're playing this game for the characters, so if that's not appealing to you I'd just give it up.

" I actually had much the same problem that you did. I had a hard time getting into the game mostly because of the way they handled the characterization of the party members. There should have been more dialogue during quests, more banter back and forth between party members as you walk around, and more things to say to them on the Normandy. It was strange after finding Garrus that he doesn't really talk to you all that much. You'd think old buds like Shep and Garrus would be sharing all kinds of awesome stuff. In my opinion, the relationship between Alistair and the Warden IF you choose to become good friends with Alistair, is what the Garrus and Shepard relationship should of been.  Furthermore, the quest commentary in Dragon Age was great. Whenever you made a decision, one or two of your party members would comment on it. This NEEDS to happen ALL THE TIME in RPGs from now on. For small decisions too. There just needs to be more dialogue, and more things you can talk about with party members. Dragon Age really outdid Mass Effect 2 in this category.  As for combat, I generally approve of the combat in Mass Effect 2. You just have to mix things up and play an Adept or something. If you want to play Soldiers (as I often do because I have zero creativity) then use all the different weapons and experiment. "

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Like usual, you probally need a second playthrough to enjoy the game. Later on in the game near the end you will get all the emotions you are looking for. Right now focus on building your team.

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if it bores you dont play it, or try using a diffrent class 

Reading this, I can safely say that I think you and I played totally different games. After every single mission, I felt that epic feeling. I thought the combat was amazing (I played as an Infiltrator first, Adept second, Vanguard third) and can honestly say the combat never gets old for me. I love all the characters, their loyalty missions (except Jacob), and the story of the game really had me hooked. The ending was one of the most immersive experiences I've had in a game. 
 
For even more fun, play the game on Insanity. It's amazing.

I can't say I ever got tired of ME2 (mining aside), at least not in my first playthrough, but I think one problem the game suffered from was the intense marketing hype campaign that EA conducted during the months leading up to the release. So much of the plot was spoiled for me during that time that by the time I picked up my long-awaited Collector's Edition a couple days after release, normally major plot revelations like Warlord Okeer and Legion were just not surprising at all for me. You didn't even have to be a hardcore fan of the game following every single detail for this to happen - the trailers and press releases had just too many spoilers in them.
 
I guess what kept me coming back over and over was the much more dynamic and challenging combat, and the depth of the characters. However, I think that the dramatic execution of the first game was done better, even though I think just as well of ME2's writing.