[QUOTE="dreman999"][QUOTE="88mphSlayer"]nice summary
one thing i really liked about ME2 is that Bioware didn't make ME1 irrelevant
ie: when i finished my first playthrough of ME2 and decided i wanted to start another character, rather than just starting an ME2 character i started in ME1 again as everything flows into ME2 nicely, unlocking extra content was a very nice benefit
i fully expect when ME3 comes out, consequences from your decisions in ME1 and ME2 will be fully realized leading to some players literally going back and replaying from the very beginning, that imo is the mark of a damn good video game trilogy if you ask me
i also really liked how they fleshed out character personalities in ME2, in ME1 as different as everybody was, they were all also somewhat too similar... many NPC's throughout the game had similar personalities, even members of your crew had similar gung-ho personalities, and the method for recruiting your allies was pretty shallow, and the few sub-quests for your allies were very simplistic as well... in ME2, the characters carried over from ME1 really come out of their shell (especially Tali)... the characters you meet have flaws, and the loyalty missions feel appropriate too
NPC's are also really well done too, in ME1 many NPC's were sterile and population centers like Noveria or the Citadel were lifeless, in ME2 they're fully realized and have their own personality that isn't skin-deep, NPC's in ME2 are way better written too
there's also simply a lot better dialogue in ME2 than in ME1, a lot more humor as well
finally, one major flaw that ME1 had as far as writing does was always Virmire and having to choose who dies... the fact that it was so binary removed any oomph from that mission on any later playthrough, i thought they wrote the suicide mission in ME2 far better
as far as the overarching story goes, i think people tend to forget the beginning of ME2, Shepard dying and being revived by Cerberus is just as big a part of the overall story as is taking on the collectors, imo i think people had tunnel vision from ME1 and wanted to take on the reapers immediately and let's be honest, it's pretty satisfying to finally stomp out Saren and Sovereign at the end of ME1... having ME2 start off with you dying and the total lack of reapers is like having to play as Raiden in MGS2, it's unexpected
except unlike MGS2, ME2 sets up really nicely for ME3, although i do have to admit that ME2 does have a sort of anti-climactic ending, that's probably the game's only real fault imo (besides scanning)
as for side quests they really fleshed those out in ME2, in ME1 they were basically rooms with some random enemies to shoot, after which you read a console and then you goto another planet and rinse/repeat
i guess in ME2 they should've had some longer side quests where saving a ship then leads to something else, but to be fair in many ways the loyalty missions are the real side quest meat of the game
combat wise i totally agree, ME2 is so much tighter and so much more fun to play, and as much as people miss the mako they also forget that every mission had it, it got old after awhile to do a main mission where 50% is in the mako then have to do a side quest where 75% is in the mako then back to a main mission where 50% is in the mako (again)... Bioware did the right thing by ditching the vehicle altogether and focusing on combat, it needed the help
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