People need to stop praising ME1

Mass Effect 1 almost destroyed Mass Effect before we even got to the good bits.


ME2 will always be the fans fav.

*Remembers when Mass Effect was still great again*

The characters in ME1 are real not exaggerated comic book, one liner spewing, attempting meme machine, childs who need Shepard/Ryder to solve all their mundane/idiotic/daddy issues.

I realy don't get why Mass Effect 1 is praised like it's the holy grail or something. Yes, the story is damn good and it set the foundation for imo the 2nd best Sci-Fi universe that exists (sorry, not topping W40k).

But that's it. The gameplay is atrocious, controls are sluggish as f*ck, the graphics can get pretty ugly for a 2007 game at some points, the sound quality isn't that great either... The dialoge system sometimes has 3 options but Shepard will say the same line, no matter what you pick - nice way of making it look like there are a lot of options.
And who thought putting a bouncy ball in a game, calling it a tank and making the player bounce arround the most boring and repetitive planets possible was a good idea?
Oh and biotics, because we want to make the game a ragdollfest! And elevators.

I first played it in 2011 and stopped after about 5h because it just wasn't fun and I didn't play it again until 2014 when I finally decided to play the trilogy. Stangely enough I played it like a dozen times. But only because I wanted to play the entire trilogy, so I just rushed through ME1 on easy. I play the others on insanity, btw.

Apard from the story, the game dosen't realy have that much going for it, even some characters are kinda boring until ME2. The story does compensate for a lot of that, but the fact that I put the game down and ignored it for 3 years says a lot (I usually don't put a game down that easy).

I'm fine with the amount of praise l ME1 gets. Its the ME2 praise that gets me and I beat that game 20+ times. I don't see why it's the Holy Grail of the series. I like ME3 and MEA so much more.

Mass Effect 1 almost destroyed Mass Effect before we even got to the good bits.

People need to stop praising MEA, the main story is just ok, the other 90% of the game is boring, tedious fetch quests
exploration is boring, lifeless planets

Do you need a gay parade to announce every character? 

After reading this and other threads, it's clear why ME:A is so bland. That's what the fans want.