Rank the Mass Effect Series

1>3>2 A?
haven't played it yet despite pre-ordering, still hoping for a better save system.

I would go with 2>1>3>A or 1>2>3>A, it does not really matter to me, I like them all, especially 2 and 1

As my sig says...

1>A>3>2

1 is the best in every way still for me
A came and stole my heart like 1 did
3 is good
2 is okay, but feels ... so unneeded episode?

2-1-A-3

Mass Effect 2 is still one of my favourite games. Very fun middle chapter with a fab cast.

Mass Effect 1 second. While gameplay was sometimes ropey the central story arc is so fantastic.

Andromeda. While i thought at times the storytelling lacked punch, i still had a lot of fun playing, largely because of the dynamic with peebee.

Mass Effect 3. With a half competent ending it might have been third on the list. With the utter trainwreck ending it has to be last. On top of that while the gameplay was fun i was intensely annoyed by the intro, the annoying dream sequences, the forced Alliance love in & the overall sense of much larger auto-dialogue characterisation of Shep over the previous sense of player control.

2 > 3 > 1 > A Mass Effect that doesn't even exist yet > Ride to Hell: Retribution > Mass Effect: Andromeda

Running through my first trilogy run since MEA came out. Currently just imported from ME1 into ME2 and  even after 7 1/2 years that game still holds up really well. When is all said and done ME2 might be my favorite game of all time (ME3 is pretty close as well).

ME2 = ME3 > ME1 = ME:A

Like Alanc, I can go back and forth between which is better - 2 or 3. But both are easily better than 1 or Andromeda. Both are equal in my opinion. 1 has rather outdated gameplay compared to the rest of the series (replayed 1 again after 3 - 4 years; forgot how much I hated "shoot 'til you win"). Andromeda I didn't like that I couldn't dictate what powers squadmates used. So both had something combat-wise that I found rather annoying.

2 and 3 are both equally excellent and exceptional games (that's the ending fiasco aside), so I find it difficult to determine which is better. Both are equal to one another and both are better than 1 and Andromeda for me.

^ This.

ME2 gave me serious whiplash when I started it after finishing ME1 - I hated the new leveling system, the combat (particularly in the first few missions) was like a succession of static shooting galleries, and it felt like I'd stepped into a different universe instead of the now-familiar ME universe.  Even the colour scheme was wrong, somehow.  I got used to the universe (since it was really just showing us a different perspective of what we'd already seen), fell in love with the characters, and the suicide mission is I think the best mission in the series - but the game as a whole still ranks last overall.

ME3 and MEA struck a good balance between ME1 and ME2 in terms of leveling.

I'm also one of those weirdos who adored the Mako and felt compelled to drive over every square inch of every uncharted world in ME1.  The first time, at least.  Once it became obvious that there really wasn't much to do out there I just looked up the planet's maps online and made a beeline for the relevant locations.  MEA gets serious points, from me at least, for finally giving me worlds to drive around in that feel lived-in, where I can have "random" encounters that turn into questlines.  And I adore the Nomad.

MEA's single-player combat is the most fun, overall, combining the basic combat mechanics of ME3 with the more free-wheeling open combat style from ME1 (as opposed to the static shooting galleries from ME3 and especially ME2).  In fact MEA would be tied with ME3 if it weren't for the the multiplayer; for some reason I enjoyed ME3MP much more than MEAMP.  It's worth noting that once you got above ME3MP bronze difficulty, the "shooting gallery" combat style that made ME3SP and ME2 a bit dull was gone and run-and-gun became much more effective.

Actually no, ME3 also did a better job than MEA of making me feel like my choices mattered.  Yes, even with ME3's ending.  Honestly I was content with the Extended Cut, which was already released when I played the first time.  (The pre-EC ending would have pissed me off, I'll admit).

1: ME2
2: ME1
3: ME3

4: Andromeda doesn't make this list.

Ah, sorry. Can't tell if someone is joking or not online.

ME2 - My favorite since it made me start creating multiple Shepards and play different classes.

ME1 - the beginning. I made my first Shepard here and, until 2, he was my only one.

ME3 - The end. Love playing all my characters through to their conclusion.

MEA - Technical issues aside, MEA has some of my favorite squad mates (love Drack). The ending addresses issues people took with Priority: Earths ending as well (though I liked ME3's last mission).

ME2>ME3>ME1>MEA