@fend_oblivion:

Well, the level of detail is one of the things that really amazed me. But then, I just figure that mass effect 2 has far more enviroments , characters....so, obviusly it couldn't have all that level of detail and interaction. and unlike mass effect 3, it's quite amazing what you can do in all these city hubs.

As I said, I think Deus Ex HR benefits for having a more compact story, with more closed enviroments. Both in the storytelling and interactivity. ( exploring a random appartment and finiding a VIP card to enter to The Hive instead of infiltrating or paying for it. it was brilliant).

Mass effect 2 simply can not compite with deus ex HR at that level for the things I said ahead, a much larger universe. And even with that, you can do a lot of things there.

I also think, both have a lot of RPG elements. diferent one from another. Weapon and armor (body) customization is better in Deus, but Kharma, Personal relationships, choices and strategy elements in combat, are real winner in Mass effect 2.

I just couldn't say wich one I love the most. But being honest, In an advanced play I feel Im more addicted to mass effect 2 than to DEHR. For example, I was 4 hours straigh to tali loyalty mission, to the collectors ship and then that little graphic adventure Samara's loyalty mission (basic instinc, species anyone) ?! was. Bu I tried Deus Ex and again hidding into the descks and air conducts to be killed with one single shot. Only if the shooter elements were a little bit more balanced with the steath...Maybe it's my faul. because the steath thing requires patience I don't have....

12 hours into Mass effect 2....

I can propperly say it's a FAAAAR better game than 3. In Almost every aspect.

Maybe the storytelling, being about those characters and their stories, is a little bit more difuse. but it's the praise to pay when you try to do something a little bit smaller and intimate. So Mass Effect 3 does its job well as an action packed climatic third act, resolving all races conflcts. But...when it comes to everything else, mass effect 2 is the ultimate experience. I even love planet scanning, it reminds me to Dune 2. Getting resources, you have to gain your weapons upgrates! Besides finding an anomally and landing on a planet makes you feel like a real explorer.

I can't say enough little details to stablish how good the 2 is . only with the lines every character delivers when they are in a battle with me, or the rich dialogue trees making the relationships devoloping in a more realistic way is quite enough to stablish my point. Nothing the gamers doesn't already know, though.

Happy of making that journey in the opposite way. Because from the interactive world from 2 to 3 could have been really paintful. more when all those characters (lets say, Jack) doesn't appear in the third.

Please one more question...

Planet scanning is really necessary? You always can not improve weapons and get low dificulty level right? Not going to do so. Im going to enjoy everything from this great game. Im only curious...

Anyway I find planet scanning fun, more if you can find an annomaly and land to a brand new planet with amazing landscapes to explore!

@thehig1:

Yeap. But im soooo surprised how incredibly good this game is and how they left so many things out in the third.

Silly question...i flirted way too soon with my assistant Kelly. Can I still get a romance with miranda? Lol

@thehig1:

Even the graphics are not so far way from 3.

@thehig1:

No. Of course not.

Ita because far more dialogue options, more interactivity, diversity in its missions, better balanced combats, sense humour, the character and loyalty missions...everything feels more alive, organic and deeper.

Overall i feel me2 seems to me the definitive and most complete mass effect experience.

@thehig1:

No. Its not. In fact I was surprised I can jump over barriers and do melee attacks in me2. Since it has been told it was introduced in 3.

Also I think the fact you dont have 3 movement pressing one button makes me2 gameplay better.

About the visuals....im also surprised as well. Except for some textures and landscapes are quite in line with 3.

Overally im shocked how me2 is so much better than me3. Even in the battle designs and pace... im not saying me3 is bad. Its pretty good and i suppose its what It had to be for a climatic intergalactic conflict, but as a game the second wins by miles....except for weapons crafting.

I even like planet scanning....ouch.

@jmcc84:

Well, i was having a lot of fun with the third.

And I understand being the third act, the climax is so action packed. But...

The lack of interactivity with npc, the terrible side quest diary, the lack of real choices in the dialogue wheel and all the missions featuring over the top frantic action battles even if justified makes for an enjoyable but exhausting shooter. far from being the ultimate mass effect game like it should be.

5 hours into the second, only because Omega and Garrus -arcangel mission i prefer that one over the third. I hope the rest of the crew members i have to reclute will contain so interesting missions...crossing fingers.

I love the fact its a third person shooter. They are my favourite action games.

Thats why I love hybrid games. Too bad Deus Ex HR is too much an stealth game...it could be the most perfect hybrid game ever made if it wasnt it force you all the time into stealth way:(((

As far as mass effect has this massive rich universe, great characters and story, a variety of choices in the wheel dialogue, team starategy in the battles and weapon customization...I think being shooter its a terrific link to their fantastic storytelling .

But I could get the mako from the first, the characters and interactivity from the second and armor and weapons uogrates and production values from the third. All them has its strenghs and weakness.

I see this trilogy as hybrid games.

Otherwise, I play neither Borderlands 2 or baldurs gate :)