I replayed 1&2, "gearing-up" for the release of 3. Actually, I started after 3 came out. I listened to all the controversy/drama about the ending. I looked at the reviews. I even watched the ending on youtube. I got kinda excited watching the "conspiracy/REAL ending" stuff with the supposed indoctrination angle. Then I went back through the first 2. I did new game plus on the first one, and re-imported my character into 2 and got some upgrades for having a previous completion save.
I've gotta say, I still like 1 the most, with 2 a close "second". I liked the possibilities that existed before the wrapping up of the 3rd's story. I liked having an inventory like 1, even though it was cumbersome. Vehicle sections of the "planet" (read gameplay field) made the world fell fleshed out as though there was more to the game than tight corridor shooting with enemies that run AT your gunfire. ME2 was fine and dandy, IMHO. Turning the game towards a shooter path was understandable and the backstory team/party missions made me care about who I was saving the galaxy with. It had its flaws like the silly planet scanning, but it was a small price to pay for the ability to finish the game killing the ENTIRE party and yourself.
I'm sad to say, I didn't complete ME3. Just got fed up with the story simply trying to tie up loose ends and being forced down corridors to kill enemies into a cutscene. I guess I know how people who hate later Metal Gear games. I just found the combat to be a slog.
ME2 had hub sections, Tuchunka/Omega, and in ME3, as far as I got, only had the Citadel. I just found it to be a big dissapointment, and the extended endings finally came out and trashed any of what I thought the story could end as...kinda like I felt with LOST.
TL:DR, ME1 bestest to me, then 2 then 3.
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