A bit of a longer post here sorry but I wanna aget a few things off my chest as I've just finished the last game tonight!
I loved the series and the are a few problems with all the games put together but in general absolutely fucking awesome. The problem with the first one was the lack of variety in enemies, way too many guns and upgrades, and not the best shooting/fighting system. some people didn't like the mako tank but i quite enjoyed that except for the extreme mountain climbing
. The storyline in the first 1 just absolutely blew my mind as i dont over think things when i read/play/watch, as i let the subject affect me in the way the makers want it to.
The 2nd one dissappointed me in 3 areas, the game had gone from a very smooth exploration galaxy to shooting mission to shooting mission with a couple of hub planets to look at. It wasn't as smooth as the first one for example when u go and attack chora's den in the first 1 its seamlessly was incorporated into the game. ME 2 had too many loading screens and it felt really disjointed in the mode of mission finding. plus it was just slightly predictible story wise about who and what the collectors were etc. Then there were hardly any weapons at all. From 1 extreme to another. BUt the fighting system was slightly more fun generally.
The third 1, well they had definately got the balance right with the weapons finally. The overall fighting gameplay was fantastic, grenades being a big plus
. The missions design (i.e locations and visual layout), fighting etc I luvved and didn't have any problems with, but again like with ME2, i found that ME3 was not seamless like the original ME1. Again very much here's a mission go do it, come back here's the next one. No real exploration involved.
But there was alot more mystery involved with the storyline compared with the 2nd, as the anticipation of the closing chapter was very high, wanting to know why the reapers did what they did etc, why they were there so on and so forth. The not having to mindlessly explore planets for minerals was another big plus too.
The last two things I'd like to say are - only 1 hub planet to explore and find side missions? NOT good.
Lastly the ending? No spoilers: but to those who played it - wtf is this? IF ea/bioware have done this on purpose to then release a later REAL ending DLC is bad, bad business. People just forked out their money in a time when money isn't easy to come by to get the last chapter of a game they probably loved hence they bought the last episode. So give them an ending that doesnt make them feel - eh? bollox!!!!!!!!
If this HAS been done purposefully I am pretty disgusted and I think this smells very much of EA knowing how successful the games are and trying to cream AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE off the gaming community.
If not and this IS the end then- damn bioware u could have just come to me and I would have made an ending better than that! FFS!
But even though the ending is an oddity, the whole experience has been absolutely fantastic. A really good game overal from ME1 - ME3. Brilliant stuff.
If u dont like entertaining storylines and just wanna blow stuff up then dont buy this game buy mw3, but if u wanna immerse urself in a full and vibrant game that tries to encapture ur love for shooting stuff and morally ambiguous decision making, plus with a bit of space exploration thrown in then GO FOR IT!! Fantastic game series!