LogFAQs > #965974229

So Virmire is legitimately a great mission/chapter.

Gameplay is varied between starting out on the Mako, and then going in on foot, varied scenery for both sections, and more variety than I thought regarding enemy type. Nothing stayed its welcome too long, and ended on a pretty good Saren firefight.

Not only that you get a lot of development among some characters, and the choices in this chapter lingers throughout the series without making it overtly obvious-Wrex and Kaidan/Ashley. Wrex is great, but I do not like how easy it is to get him killed here because it can happen by accident and you wouldn't even know why, then you end up losing him forever.

I sent Ashley with Kirrahe and the Salarians after his speech. Figured she could learn to work with an actual team of aliens. Ended up going back to Kaidan and saving him because the bomb was more important to go off then helping Ashley(Kidding, I went in planning to sac Ashely, but even in story going to make sure the bomb goes off is a lot more important to the actual mission going on).

Plus you get a lot more of a lore dump regarding Sovereign and Saren. I haven't played 3 in a long time, and y'know the ending. Saren's idea seemed an awfully like one of the choices at the end, that's neither here nor there, and who knows maybe there'll be a bit more nuance involved once I get around to that choice again.

Plus the council does make sense, and I get where they are coming from, but I did hate that you don't have the option of letting them know that you had 2 squadmates who had the same interaction with a Reaper which didn't happen in Shepards mind. Udina is a complete asshole and he quite literally throws us under the bus to further is own career. Scumbag move.

Virmire > Eden Prime > Feros > Therum/Liara > Noveria