People need to stop praising ME1

And he'll smash anyone who disagrees with him and mark his opinion as fact. Been there done that. Not interested in repeating that.

Who gives a F*** about MP?

It's becuase of MP that we have been reduced to 3 skills at a time.  MP is just a dtreiment to the SP gane which is what ME was originally about.

Been a while since I went back to an actual ME topic....

Things I loved best about ME1: Story, Setting, Atmosphere, The OST.
Things I loved best about ME2: Varied Levels, Lair of the Shadow Broker, Paragon/Renegade actions, fairly interesting crew.
Things I loved best about ME3: Lived in Feel, Character Histories, Nuke Reapers from Orbit, Ctrl-Alt-Del Useless Star kid from orbit. Drop kick little bast*** from Orbit, Its the Only Way to BE Sure, Anderson. Team Anderson for the win.

Things I loved best about MEA: Weapons, Combat, Vanguard PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH. Surprisingly Nomad. But I miss my guns: Mako edition.

I’m not gonna read through a 23 page thread right now. (Maybe later after some Gwent and vodka.) OP, I’m sorry but you cannot tenably say “people need to stop praising ME1” on one hand, but then open your argument stating you “don't get why Mass Effect 1 is praised”.

Why do people still love the original Star Wars 40 years on? It’s so old now it’s completely adrift of any contextual style, the dialogue is wooden and shoddy, the special effects are not up to today’s standards, and the main villain is a guy with a bucket helmet on his head. In every aspect (dialogue aside) The Phantom Menace is superior, but it’s panned almost universally. (Panning of which I completely agree with.)

I cite first Alec Guinness on receiving the Star Wars script:

“The dialogue was pretty ropey, but I had to go on turning the page. That’s an essential in any script, you gotta know what happens next or what’s said next.”

Irvin Kershner on being asked to direct Empire Strikes Back:

“It (Star Wars) was a phenomenal hit. A second one can only be a second one, it can’t be as good because the first one is the breakthrough.”

The above is completely applicable to Mass Effect, and indeed a number of other story franchises with multiple sequels like it. (Particularly the parts I have put in bold.)

I still play ME1 today, and indeed while it’s clunky and has problems (some of which can be fixed/improved by mods) it still hasn’t lost that alluring factor. I still want to keep turning the page to see what’s next on the list to do, where next can I go mucking around in the MAKO in that wonderful atmosphere, delivered fantastically by the music, and the feeling of being right on the cusp of the frontier on strange, feral worlds.

Some of the most wonderful things can be created completely by accident, or by the most strenuous restriction of resources. You could try again later 1000 times, and never find what it was again you did, all the elements just fell into place that very first time.

Maybe we won’t see something quite like ME1 again, even from the ME series itself. MEA just doesn’t quite hit it off, and that feeling for me is magnified given how wasted it’s development cycle turned out to be. Rational or not, fair or not, now I don’t really think so much of what MEA is, but what it could have been, if it were given the full 5 years to actual development.

On top of all that, would be well to remember if not for Mass Effect 1, none of this would be here. It's spawned 3 more games and ignited the imagination of sci-fi fans and gamers alike. I think ME1 can safely put itself under the win column.

It's an RPG, story and character are everything for me (which is why ME:A failed for me). If you put ME1 down for three years it says more about you than the game. Not meant pejoratively, just that it wasn't for you the same as ME:A wasn't for me (uninstalled my copy after 37hrs playing- couldn't get myself to care about the story or characters barring Vetra and Jaal).

Enjoying something is more than the sum of it's parts. If the game makes you feel something you're gonna enjoy it regardless of graphics/combat/gameplay. ME was a first in a lot of ways for a lot of gamers. It's always gonna have a place in people's hearts.

Not only that, but ME2 also introduced Tactical Cloak, Charge and the Combat Drone. ME1 is really unfun in that area. 

This x All the Credit Chits.

That's pretty subjective i guess, 'cause i have to disagree a lot on this one. especially talking about KotoR.

you play me 1 on pc or console?

8 playthroughs on console. My next playthrough of entire Trilogy will be on PC for first time, but with controller mods - otherwise PC playthrough would never happen. Already got the games modded for it and ready to go. Comfy couch, HDTV and comfy controller for this Terminator.