Poll: Mass Effect 1 or 2?

[The Madman]

Mass Effect 2 has the better combat by far and the companion missions are fantastic, I also like the tighter focus and the less repetitive mission variety and settings. It was just such a damned good experience.

That said I gotta go with numero uno for one simple reason: The ending!

Mass Effect 2's overall story and finale left me going 'is that all?' whereas the original game had one of the most visually spectacular and downright epic endings to any game I've ever played. Up close and personal confrontation, major decisions being made on the fly, dramatic plot revelations, and one of the coolest space battles in gaming history. All that from a third person rpg. Bloody loved it!

When Mass Effect 1 finished I felt satisfied. When Mass Effect 2 finished I felt a bit cheated.

 

[The Dark Umbra]

I liked mass effect one,but i like the characters in 2.

 

[dyre]

I liked Mass Effect's ambition. I know we're fighting the reapers and their friends in both games, but there's something about finding an ancient galactic's civilization last words (before they were annihilated), and then rushing to defend the Citadel against a massive fleet of Geth, with a fuckin' epic Systems Alliance fleet coming in to save the day that just feels a whole lot more epic than building a small team of guys while crawling through the ghettos of various shitholes before taking on a single ship/base/thing.

 

[Shock and Awe]

Thats pretty hard, Mass Effect 1 definitely had the better story, but Mass Effect 2's gameplay was much better. I can't decide.

 

[Connorz]

Its a hard decision to make really, ME-1 had the better plot out of the two whereas ME-2 had better gameplay
although i did like the whole idea of gathering a team of the greatest operatives in the galaxy for a suicide mission.
I would have to say 2 is my favorite only if that includes the dlc

 

[Kenami]

I have more fun with 2 but I love 1 due to the fact it made me want to explore the galaxy, something I find to be a lacking quality in 2 despite all its accomplishments.

 

[Kahunaburger]

Well, only one of these two games lets me teleport around with a shotgun, so Mass Effect 2.

(I also think some of the loyalty missions are the best storytelling Bioware has ever done, but that's secondary to the ability to teleport around with a shotgun. Gotta keep your priorities straight.)