Current Events > Playing ME Legendary edition. Going back to back..

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and Im up to ME3. This is probably my favorite "recent" franchise, so been waiting to see how the nostalgia googles hold off and...

Starting with ME1...it was a bit hard going to that one from the gameplay POV. Great characters, great story with some interesting moral dilemmas, are the games strong points. Dialogue was generically good. I never had problems with the mako back then, but I did find it more annoying this time, specially traversing around the mountainous areas. Overall it was an amazing intro to such a deep, fleshed out world, but gameplay is dated.

ME2 still is the crown jewel from the series. One of those near perfect games, but this time I realized and at least for me, that it was thanks to the characters stories and dialogue. The dialogue feel leaps and bounds better than the first game. More mature, smarter...even if Shepard becomes a bit more of an asshole than in the first game. If only it had a slight stronger core narrative as the first with a more cut and dry antagonist it wouldve been even better. But the story pretty much is Shepard gets revived. collect members. destroy collector home base. It is a character driven game.

Now Im like 7 hours into 3 and Im enjoying it a bit more this time around. Back then I had a bit of a hate campaign about the commercialization of the game. Things like the casual mode, multiplayer, less dialogue choices, less team mates..etc. BUT! Ive come to appreciate the why on some of these things. At least the fewer characters helps the focus and allows them to be part of the story together more times than in previous games. For example ME 1 and 2 you only see you 2 chosen companions through all stories and missions, so you rarely saw any sort of engagement between the characters. ME3 fixes a bit of that with more story points where you them interacting and reminiscing about the past.

Also, and this is a big deal...is that I never got Javik my first time playing through the game and after meeting him I AM PISSED OFF. That due to greed I was robbed of what was a main story experience. This is not Zaeed or Kasumi that barely have any lines besides their missions, he is an important companion. And going back to the commercialization thing, we see how EA wanted big numbers from this game with the inclusion of the blandest, lamest character ever. Its like every line he speaks is meant to attract douchy 15 year olds and Shepard even talks the same way with him. The game feels more high budget than any previous one and with that comes the good and the bad. Its like 2 was directed by Wes Anderson while 3 was directed by James Cameron. Overall it is still a very solid entry which Im enjoying even more this time around.

they literally took out the repeated ENEMIES EVERYWHERE enemy voice lines in me1

Is basic legendary edition a good way to experience the series for the first time or should I add mods

yeah i remember the dlc specifically for 3 being really really sleazy that they made it paid. javik and leviathan dlc's were pretty damn important to the core story.

IMo ME2 is worst by far its like a half assed version of ME3. Story was fun but gameplay was so bad

i got a lot more enjoyment out of 2 and 3 when I used a save editor and some mods to change cooldowns

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they literally took out the repeated ENEMIES EVERYWHERE enemy voice lines in me1

Its funny in 2 when Jack yells I will destroy you! to bad she sucks ass gameplay wise