As I've mentioned previously I have been playing Mass Effect 3 and have been enjoying it greatly. After questions I raised regarding how people dealt with a particular situation, it became apparent that I really needed to play through this entire series from the start. A couple of weeks ago I picked up a copy of the original Mass Effect (ME1) and started to play this, putting Mass Effect 3 (ME3) to the side for the time being.
Of course, like any older game I had a few issues getting it to run under Win7 which were resolved with a google search and finding the patch to resolve the issue (crashing when trying to start from the launcher). Then I got into it. So far, I've found the story as interesting as it was in ME3, and it was quite cool becoming the first human SPECTRE as well as running around and putting my crew together which I did quite quickly. Of all the characters, I like Garrus the most followed closely by Liara. These two are the comrades I take on most missions, even if at times I should pick others (Wrex, Ashley, etc).
While graphically it isn't up to the ME3 visuals, it's certainly not bad, just a little dated. I did find it odd that even with the patch it didn't support a 1920x1080 resolution, but in the end it's no big deal. The story goes a long way to making you want to keep playing, just like in ME3 and ME2 I suspect. I haven't gotten a huge way through on the major story arc yet, faced off against Benezia and found the Rachni Queen that was being experimented on. And yes, I did save her. Meta game or not, I would have done so regardless, and I'm kind of glad I didn't have Wrex along at the time.
So the plan going forward is to play through ME1, then pickup a copy of ME2 somewhere along the way and play through this, importing my version of Sheppard before restarting ME3. Not sure how long that's going to take, and I'm sure I'll get distracted with Shadowrun when that comes out, but eventually I'll do it, I'll save the galaxy, one planet at a time.
