Poll of the Day > man i forgot how huge the difference between mass effect 1 and 2 was

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it turned into an entirely different genre

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Mostly for the better if you ask me. The only thing I didnt particularly care for was getting rid of armor sets but at least they didnt put an arbitrary limitation on inventory.

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you know what though? i used to think that, but just having played 1 immediately minutes before 2, 1 was...way better.


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how are you angry already

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helIy posted...

having played 1 immediately minutes before 2, 1 was...way better.

Its definitely not.

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It has better RPG elements but gameplay wise it's worse in every way.

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Zangulus posted...

Of course you assume things that aren't even remotely true because you have preconceived biases.

bold of you to assume that

DANTE20XX posted...

Its definitely not.

it definitely is though


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Driving around in the Mako was way better than that stupid probe-launching minigame.

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captpackrat posted...

Driving around in the Mako was way better than that stupid probe-launching minigame.

Or Marco Polo minigame.

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Retconning in ammunition was hilarious and I remember people being really mad about it

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I preferred the weapon overheating system they had in the first game. With the right mods you could shoot all day and never overheat and you never had to worry about ammo. Though with the sniper rifle I usually stuck with the most heaviest-hitting mods, heat be damned. It's not like it's intended for close range use anyway, so waiting to cool down was no problem if I can one-shot a Geth Destroyer.

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captpackrat posted...

I preferred the weapon overheating system they had in the first game. With the right mods you could shoot all day and never overheat and you never had to worry about ammo. Though with the sniper rifle I usually stuck with the most heaviest-hitting mods, heat be damned. It's not like it's intended for close range use anyway, so waiting to cool down was no problem if I can one-shot a Geth Destroyer.

I think if they kept the weapon overheat and instead worked more on making it so every weapon was valuable and in some instances necessary it would make me like Mass Effect 2 way more then I did.

Instead they just switched to an ammo system and sent waves of similar enemies after you (and made it even worse in 3).

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From what I remember, from way back when, 1 was an RPG with shooter elements, while 2 was a shooter with RPG elements?

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captpackrat posted...

Driving around in the Mako was way better than that stupid probe-launching minigame.

I think people forget how much of a chore the Mako was. In concept, it's fun, but in practice it's really a pain in the ass. It handled like garbage and every planet you explore with it (with the exception of story based/end game stuff) was completely barren outside of the couple of points of interest.

The probe shit was terrible at launch but made more tolerable later. It's still stupid, but I don't really see it as much more of a negative over the Mako.

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i actively avoided the mako in my 1 playthrough

it sucks, it actually sucks

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1 is the best game in the series

EA turned the series into something completely different.

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Smarkil posted...

I think people forget how much of a chore the Mako was. In concept, it's fun, but in practice it's really a pain in the ass. It handled like garbage and every planet you explore with it (with the exception of story based/end game stuff) was completely barren outside of the couple of points of interest.

The probe shit was terrible at launch but made more tolerable later. It's still stupid, but I don't really see it as much more of a negative over the Mako.

It baffles me how people are now defending the Mako, everyone hated it when it came out for the reasons you listed, the enviroments were so laughably bad you can go into any game engine editor and create them within an hour or two of working on it, they were literally just pre-generated sandboxes with coloring, copy-pasted building placements and very minor, lazy geography edits.

I would probe a million planets in ME2 rather than do 1 goddam Mako mission.

Nope. 3 is the best, you all got up in arms about the ending that wasn't even that bad.

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me2 storytelling isn't great
it's a fun game but its mostly visit the party member, learn their story, repeat

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Cruddy_horse posted...

I would probe a million planets in ME2 rather than do 1 goddam Mako mission.

fuckin preach it

probing is actually enjoyable in the way you can just zone out while doing it

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Mass Effect 1 felt massive. Mass Effect 2 is hallways.

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Nichtcrawler X posted...

From what I remember, from way back when, 1 was an RPG with shooter elements, while 2 was a shooter with RPG elements?

Very accurate description TBH.

Smarkil posted...

I think people forget how much of a chore the Mako was. In concept, it's fun, but in practice it's really a pain in the ass. It handled like garbage and every planet you explore with it (with the exception of story based/end game stuff) was completely barren outside of the couple of points of interest.

The probe shit was terrible at launch but made more tolerable later. It's still stupid, but I don't really see it as much more of a negative over the Mako.

I played through the trilogy one after the other long after they came out and I can honestly say I liked the Mako sections WAY more then probing or whatever 3 was. Like I said, it wasn't perfect for all the reasons listed, but it was at least interactive. Probing the planet was very passive and took away gameplay vs improving flawed elements. Then again, I have heard Mass Effect 2 described as "removing" gameplay from 1 vs. improving it so I guess that fits.


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EvilMegas posted...

Nope. 3 is the best, you all got up in arms about the ending that wasn't even that bad.

I think it was more that people were told for years that their choices in the game mattered, and it turned out they really didnt at all

and also it went from a cool throwback to old sci-fi films from the 50s with Lovecraft influences to just a dudebro action game with a lot fewer RPG elements after EA took over

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ME2 let's you probe Tali and Garrus so that's definitely an improvement

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I need THERMAL CLIPS

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Better story in 1. I wonder how the story would have been if EA hadn't gotten their hands on Bioware.
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