No wonder Casey Hudson left. This game is missing them sc-fi feels.

I was to busy replaying the Trilogy and ME3mp. But now that there won't be any more new Mass Effect content that interests me thanks to how Andromeda turned out, it's about time to check out these Drew Mass Effect books. As well as finally get to playing KotOR and probably reading those Drew books too. Going to buy them new too to support the man.

Yes, I started this series the month after ME3 Omega DLC hit.

Yeah Walters is a good writer (or plotter as they used to say in comics for a writer who came up with the basic idea for issue but another writer would actually write all the dialogue and/or action) for certain characters and levels story but his overall story arcs leave MUCH to be desired.

Now some of it MIGHT be other media (novels, comics, anime movie, and etc) having to be factored in to allow the writers of those medias to tell stories that are later incorporated into the games (like Liara's story arc in ME2 started in a comic for example) at a later date.

 

Did Casey leave because the game had no feels? Or does the game have no feels because Casey left? If Casey had stayed would the game have had no feels? If the game had had feels would Casey have still left? What if Casey had left and the game had still had feels? If Casey had felt the game had still had feels would Casey still have felt like not staying?

I think somewhere in there is the answer to all the universes greatest questions.

He's good in my book

ME3 was my 1st ME game then I went back and played the games in reverse order.

Favorite game series ever.

I think he left because the EAllusive Man has no feels.

I disagree that the MEA plot is better then ME2 plot. And ME2 plot has more sci-fi feels too. Sci-fi feels that felt more grounded too. Just off the top of my head when Illusive man explained how they found that derelict Reaper in ME2 really tingled my sci-fi feels senses. A highlight memory for me. Meanwhile in Andromeda how they found the last base via a similar method tingled my space magic feels senses more then anything, followed by my space magic face palm reflexes.

MEA also rips off plot of ME1 & 2 way too much to stand on it's own too. It really is the Force Awakens of Mass Effect series. Down to the final MAKO/Nomad trench run with constant chatter from squad mates while chasing Saren/Kettle head bad guy. Then during Kettle head bad guy fight, he start pretending he's harbinger and giving you the intimidating talk smack down - only it's pathetic because he's crying like a whiny third grader to destroy the whole entire universe (!!) only because you hurt his feelings. I'm surprised there wasn't a dialog choice to get the bad guy to suicide himself in this game too? Oh yeah, you need a bad guy with more depth then a rock for that to work...

Sorry but no. ME2 main plot is basically go from point a to b and kill some guys on the way and get or do some when you get their. No twist , development or anything out side of protheans are husk and reapers are made out of people. What it does well is character development and universe expansion. But it's main plot is the worse of all the ME games.

MEA issue is that is has a slow start and the Kett are rehashes of the borg but made biological. Added it has alot of hints from the trilogy. It's main plot takes a long time to get momentum and it's better story part come late in the game. Everything else about it has other issues like ad quest management, near pointless space exploration, faceless enemies, and to much work to get to the better part of the game.

In the end ME2>MEA as a quality game.
But Main storywise MEA>ME2

Depends, and sure it has to do a lot with "personal taste".
ME2 story is not bad, though quite dettached from the overall MEOT plot. It could have been a standalone game without Shepard and it would still work perfectly.
MEA story isnt bad either, I see ME ME2 and MEA as equal in story quality (many people says ME story is the best, it is not, it got best pacing, delivery and twist though).

sorry but ME2 is objectively has the worst main plot out of all the ME games. Compare it with ME1 and 3 and you can see my point. ME1 and 3 has twist and turn in their main plots. They had thing in it that surprises and change based on what is done. And each main mission in those game could be done in a different way and seen in a different perspective. ME1 surprises with things alien like the thorian, ME3 pulls your heart strings having you to choose gunning down a friend to gain an alliance to stop a current enemy or allowing a race who historically have population problems to breed in mass again to stop a current enemy. While ME2 you have, protheans are collectors...take that as you will.. ...

MEA is a the very least better the that with it's main plot. It a least tries to do what ME1 did while ME2's main plot was still go from point a to b and kill some guys. You're killing some guys in fantastic places but still it's still just going around killing some guys.

Restoring world, exploring ruins, dealing with all the social aspect Shepard did not have to in ME, building colonies, gaining trust with new alien allies, restoring social interactions after massive social discontent, dealing with colony development, choosing who to save, finding alien secrets and shooting things.