Why the hate?

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But I have a bunch of newer games and (somewhere) I have some games from my childhood that all have the big EA logo on them.
Asassin's Creed has, as a series, been fun.

Assassin's Creed was published by Ubisoft not EA

That explains why I have not had a problem-I'm being too much of an idiot to notice a problem

Also, EA had nothing to do with Mass Effect. EA only got involved during Mass Effect 2's development, notably just before the series started to get excessively "streamlined"/dumbed down.

Pre-EA: Everything that is good about Mass Effect
Post-EA: Very limited amount of weapons, zero weapon modification, reduced range of skills, extremely reduced exploration, emphasis on cover-based shooting, inclusion of characters based on Jersey Shore personalities and PSP-licking journalists, extreme mishandling of primary antagonists (the Reapers' motivations are retconned to make them seem stupid for no reason), retarded ending.

Mass Effect one had an emphasis on cover based shooting. Besides, the slimming down in ME2 was kinda useful. Seriously, you could specialize in pistols, sniper rifles, shotguns, and assault rifles. The thing is, each of those is a weapon for a specific situation, and specializing in one screws you a bit when you really need another. Put all your points in assault rifles and sniper rifles? Guess your shotgun is rather useless as soon as you get charged.
Having that trimmed down was a nice change. Slimming down the weapons was also nice. You scan planets (which is a bit less fun than the car was) to get resources that allow you to upgrade specific weapons. Not having to pause on a mission to sort through the weapons and make sure what my allies have is slightly better than what I am about to turn into gel to open a lock is nice. Having a few weapons of each type where each has a specific advantage allows you to choose one weapon for an ally that works best with them. While the cast of the original Mass Effect was interesting, with some well loved characters (I found) I still really enjoyed some of the people in Mass Effect 2. Legion and Kasumi Goto were some of my favorite characters, along with Wrex from Mass Effect one.
my really only big complaint would be the ammunition system for the guns. I did prefer the overheat system of the original game. At least then you didn't run out of ammo with no enemies dropping clips. I've run out and had no enemies that dropped anything, which made some sections very annoying.
I did not recall that EA wasn't involved with ME 1. I just know that I do love both games, but I did find ME2 to be a bit improved in some ways and with more characters I loved.