Regardless, who else is just looking forward to roam around and have fun shooting things?

You mean the nomad it's called the nomad not the Mako the mako has guns the nomad does not.

Of course it' sawesome it's so damn awesome it dosen't need guns to do it's job

Whoops, my mistake! Either way, I'm looking forward to driving around in it!

What I'm really looking forward is to the story... despite all the skepticism surrounding it.  I see that it's mostly being generated by people who have been against ME:A from the start... against it moving to a new galaxy, against Bioware avoiding to declare their favored ending canon, against Bioware even trying to do some little retcons to the old game's lore (as flawed as that lore actually was), against Bioware having been taken over by EA, against the staff changes that Bioware itself could really do nothing to prevent because their people wanted to change jobs.... to do other things with their lives.

When ME:A was first announced, I made up my mind then and there to just parcel the old MET into its own finished story and let ME:A become whatever Bioware wanted to make out of it... essentially treating it like a new sci-fi IP even if Bioware decided to name it Mass Effect.  I figure the name is their trademark and it's their right to use it however they want.  I fully expect, then, that they will deliver a very decent story-driven RPG with decent combat... much as they always have.  It may not connect perfectly with the old one... but in the end, that just doesn't matter a whole lot to me.

Hell yeah, the zero-g sequence was some of the most immersive and awesome gameplay I've ever experienced. Too bad the sequels got weird and boring.

Pah, even if the ME:A Nomad was made of nanosuit materials, still would it need a gun.



Otherwise, I'm looking forward to the banging.

Not for me it wouldn't I'd probably just ruin them over if it had a nanoskin.

Indeed. Crysis 1 was such a great game. Then they started ruining it by killing our protagonist off screen and putting you in control of a dead guy inside a suit with somebody else's conscience (I mean, WTF). Of course, I'm not judging who likes this kind of shit, to each his own. 

Then, the nanosuit also started to become the answer to all problems of the universe, and I didn't like that.

Exploration is something I keenly look forward to but it's not the primary thing. For me, the order goes:

1) Story
2) Relationships/Romances
3) Exploration
4) Combat

Combat is the very least thing I care about. I don't hate it - it's definitely fun, but I'll probably play on the easiest setting so I can focus more on the other aspects of the game I like.

Which is also without weapons!

ME1's exploration definitely wasn't good. The side-quests were though and the atmosphere was top-notch. It was worth it landing on random planets occasionally without further incentive just to look at the skyboxes or get the feeling of being in space.

Looks like we'll be seeing a couple of Avengers: Age of Ultron worms instead.