Which game is your favourite in the Mass Effect trilogy?

Mass Effect 3.

Fight me.

There was a previous thread, I think, but not sure there was a poll included.

ME3.

I'm always about to pick 2 but to be honest as standalone games 1 is by far the best and most replay-worthy. If I play 2 I HAVE to play 3 too I feel and I also have to play 1 first.

1 I can just play and pretend it's a standalone story because it is. The Reaper threat is out there in some sequel that never got made, I can pretend because it's largely irrelevant to what the point of Mass Effect 1 was.

ME3. I thought that perhaps ME2 is he better game in terms of structure and gameplay and introduced some great characters, the plot and the emotion of ME3 get me every time, it's the atmosphere. I think the improved character interaction helps a lot.

The perfect game for me would have ME1's RPG flavour, with the skill tree and upgraded weapons and armour for all and planetary exploration, ME2's side missions because i like the variety and ME3's feels and character interactions. I think I probably like the controls best in ME3. Here's hoping for Andromeda.

The first one, because it captured the wonder of star trek, but had a lived in feel like Babylon 5. Plus I love the mako to bits.

I love them all dearly, but I voted ME3. I love it to bits. For me it has the best squad (ME2 had too many for my liking ), the best story, best side missions, best combat and best banter. Plus there's so much activity going on on the Normandy and everyone has interesting things to say about missions instead of endless calibrating
It was also the game that completely sucked me into the MEverse. I thought I'd play the trilogy once and be over with it because I was never a sci-fi fan, but by the end of 3 and seeing all the big choices play out I was amazed by it and restarted right away. And keep playing ever since.

Mass Effect 2 for the win.

I love all three games, but ME2 holds a special place in my heart. It may even be my favorite game of all time.

I wasn't sure how many votes ME1 would get, but so far it seems to be doing well even if it is in third place.

My favourite is ME2, with ME3 very close behind. They really expanded the galaxy so much, giving it a better and darker feel, exploring and fleshing out the lore. More hubs to visit and better level design. Loveable/hateable and memorable characters with amazing loyalty missions. Really fun interactions with NPCs and interrupts. Everything feels so alive.

The main plot wasn't that great though, it was more like a really large DLC, and working for Cerberus was dumb. But everything else more than makes up for that.

It's a close tie between ME2 and ME3, but I voted for ME2. I enjoyed the loyalty missions of ME2 a lot.

Mass Effect 2, mostly because of the gameplay mechanics.

ME 2 is my favorite, and for several reasons.

First is the gameplay. The combat is not quite as faceroll-easy as ME 3, Insanity was actually a challenge (for me) and neither is it as tedious as ME 1 with all it's Immunity spamming enemies. Different weapons had uses and there were more good choices than bad. I eventually grew to enjoy the protection system even though I wasn't too sure about it at first.

Likewise, the class balance is the best of the trilogy. All classes are fairly close in power, the hybrids don't completely overshadow the base classes for once.

The individual missions are great, I enjoy all the recruiting and loyalty missions and most of the smaller side stuff as well. I like that they even broke things up with a few non-combat missions thrown in there.

Coming in a close second to the gameplay are the characters. With the exception of Jacob, this is by far my favorite squad line-up of all three games. I like that the main emphasis of the game is recruiting and getting to know all these wonderful characters, and I think my biggest regret of the whole trilogy is that they have so little screen time in ME 3.

Last but not least is the Suicide Mission itself. It was a great payoff for all the recruitment efforts and I loved having control of who lives and who dies like that. In my canon Shep playthrough I put a lot of thought into who I could kill and how, without making Shepard look like an incompetent. I was very pleased with the result. I don't think I've played a stage in any other game like the Suicide Mission and it's my favorite mission of the trilogy by a big margin. .

Whichever one I'm playing at the moment

ME2 for me, but just by a smidge. 'dat opening and epic final mission!