1)My Shepard looks so much more badass than Default Shepard.   I just thought I should mention that. I can’t post a pic or his face code right now, but… just trust me.

Anyhoo, I was really glad the Infiltrator class could actually use it’s sniper rifle in ME2, but… the abilities sucked. Full disclosure: I didn’t understand what my abilities were in ME1 until 2/3 of the way through the game, so I only used my pistol. Once I figured out what they were for, the game got roughly 30x better. But in ME2, I went back to not using them, but this time it was because they were total shit. And now I had to rely on the sniper rifle (which is hella fun, to be honest) because the pistols were shit too! If they can balance the usable sniper rifle from ME2 with the usable pistol and powers from ME1, I think Infiltrator will finally be the class it was meant to be. (remember it for what it was meant to be…)

2) So, the British guy is the alt character, right? If your Shepard is dead you only get to play as him? I wonder how much time is actually devoted to playing him as compared to regular Shepard, if he’s is still alive (I dunno why he wouldn’t be alive. I actually don’t know why anyone in your party would be dead; If you didn’t screw anything up the ‘suicide mission’ went fine. They should have made it a lot harder to save your peeps, honestly). Mass Effect has always been very much Shepard’s story, so playing as someone else is gonna feel a little weird. I assume he gets a party too? That’d let them introduce new part members without removing the dudes from 2.

  3) They really need to add in more party dialogue on the Normandy. I get that it’s not as much an RPG as Dragon Age, but, really. I’d like to actually talk with my peeps. At least in ME1 there was dialogue after every mission. There were only 5 missions, but there was dialogue! ME2 party members talk like 3 times over a 30 hour game (unless you’re boning them, which adds on a few extra dialogues). Which, in a party based game, is kind of a shitty thing to do.

 4) Seeing as how my Shepard went all of the second game without ever mentioning the connection between Cerberus and his traumatizing experience on Akuze, they better let me talk about that. Right before I put a bullet between the Ilusive Man’s glowing pretties. And then I take over his job, like Liara did with the Shadow Broker. After all he’s been through, Shepard deserves a kick ass office and suit. 

5) Speaking of Liara, If she is not a party member I will CUT A BITCH.   Transfer her Shadow Broker supercomputer to the Normandy, blow it up, I don’t care. She is my wingman… wingwoman…wing.. hermaphrodite? Whatever. Point is, I needs my Blue.

I'm pretty sure that our british friend is not the alternate character.
If Shepard dies in ME2, the story ends there.  That's what the dev's said anyway.
 
I'd hope so anyway, of all the cast they'd make us play a random british (nearly bald) spacemarine?
No thanks.

Liara and Garrus were my favorite party members in ME1.  

That'd be a lot of dialogue if you had at least three possibilities for the main character, all of them being fully voiced. 
 
So, yeah, probably not. 
 
In other news: I want Zaeed back, and maybe a Batarian.

" I'm pretty sure that our british friend is not the alternate character. If Shepard dies in ME2, the story ends there.  That's what the dev's said anyway.  I'd hope so anyway, of all the cast they'd make us play a random british (nearly bald) spacemarine? No thanks. "

" @TaliciaDragonsong said:

" I'm pretty sure that our british friend is not the alternate character. If Shepard dies in ME2, the story ends there.  That's what the dev's said anyway.  I'd hope so anyway, of all the cast they'd make us play a random british (nearly bald) spacemarine? No thanks. "

That's how it works.  It's for the best, anyway. With them giving themselves such a close date, I'd rather they focus on things like bringing the majority of the squadmates back than trying to do something insane like making two games in one. "

2 is interesting. If Shepard dies, does it say you can't use your saved game, or that you can't transfer your character?
 
As for 1... no one is more badass than default Commander Shepard. No one.

Does your Shepard look more or less badass than Mark Wahlberg?

Who said there was going to be a second playable character in ME3?

" Does your Shepard look more or less badass than Mark Wahlberg? "

" Who said there was going to be a second playable character in ME3? "

" 2 is interesting. If Shepard dies, does it say you can't use your saved game, or that you can't transfer your character?
 
As for 1... no one is more badass than default Commander Shepard. No one. "

3) Yes, 1000 times this. ME1 didn't have that many party members compared to the sequel, but you could always count on that they had something new to say after each mission.

Another thought: Will we have to choose between the Illusive Man and Liara? I think that would be kind of a necessity, story wise. Either you gave Martin Sheen his Collector base and Liara's all 'ok whatevs douchebag', or you tell him to fuck off and go use Liara as your new source of information/resources. I could totally see that as being an early game, big decision type deal.  
 
 
And if you pick Liara, then Kaidan/Ashley is all "WTF shepard. First Cerberus and now the Shadowbroker? Do you just work for whoever?" And then you show them the all of your "favorite store on the citadel" tapes and they call you a whore.

" @Underachiever007 said:

" Does your Shepard look more or less badass than Mark Wahlberg? "

More. Think a cross between Lee Van Cleef and Sam Worthington. 

ME3 needs more soap-opera style love-triangles. I want to see Ash slap Miranda... 
Really bad. 

a bitch slap...and some hair pulling hell..why not put in a mud wrestling pit also