Charza said:The 2nd game was in my opinion a lot better in terms of storytelling.
I agree that the RPG elements were dumbed down a lot, but in this instance I think it genuinely works out. Sidequests were also a lot more interesting and better tied into the main storyline, and I liked how they integrated savegame data from the first game.
Considering the second game had virtually no story, this comment strikes me as rather odd. That was covered at length in the old forum though, so no need to repeat them here.
I'm not looking forward to ME3 as I think Bioware will continue down its negative games development path. We'll likely see lots of corridor fights on Earth. After the mandatory "gather a team" beginning.
This series could have been epic. The first game is brilliant (but with some flaws). Most importantly it set up a fantastically rich universe. Then ME2 came and crapped all over it. Now they're playing catchup and can't really make much sense out of the story without further crapping all over its foundations.
I actually find it amazing how such a big company can bring something so good down in such a short time. We may also look at a longer timeframe here, from Bioware's beginnings. They've gone from the unsurpassed brilliance of Baldur's Gate to the pathetic joke that is DA2. Sad to see them continually machinegun themselves in the feet. I don't expect them to let go of the trigger for ME3.