Good writers and better direction for sure. ME2 wasted a lot of time on it's stupid collectors plot that doesn't really go anywhere and ME3 started from behind....and well, didn't really ever catch up.ME2/3 MP was pretty decent, wouldn't be worth getting as a stand alone game but as a included multiplayer mode it really wasn't bad. I'd rather they used the resource to make the main game better, but ME2/3 didn't need more resource, it needed good writers.