I really liked the first one but my main question, as I am sure every man on this forum is dying to know...
Will there be more stemy blue alien lesbian sex?
I do, of course, jest. And I liked the MAKO, and inanely exploring the many many many planets. Thats just me, the sort of guy who walks places in Fallot 3 to gaze over the broken wasteland. Also, have you ever heard 'I don't want to set the world on fire' by The Ink Spots after playing Fallout. It sounds so, so haunting, especially with the old recording sytem causing reverb.
Anyway, discounting that last tangent, I really liked Mass Effect, and the MAKO is easier to drive than the Centaur in Gears 2. And all the buildings looking the same made sense- they were pre-fab. However, I think I would have liked more world on the Citadel and some of the larger planets. In fact, some more civilised planets would be nice, like the Asari or Krogan homeworlds, or even Earth. Nice to see it in Mass Effects high sci-fi style. Hmm, I wonder how they'll play it off from the ending. Will you be Shepard again? It should be interesting, though I hope they don't cock it up.