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[JC 042]

Ive nearly finished Heroes VI, and Mass Effect is next on my list for the PS3. Im looking for peoples opinions on: would people still be playing it online? As a trophy hunter, are there stupidly hard achievements/ trophys? And for the story, would be better playing the first and second games first? And if so, is the gameplay enjoyable on those as well? Ive watched game reviews of it on Playr and GameFace and they didnt think the first ones were that good.

[Optic20]

For story - Yes its recommended to play through the first 2 games. You dont have to though.
Online: Ive heard mixed reviews. I havent played the third but its also on my list. I mostly play Xbox though...

[Apulo]

Mass Effect 1 is not available for PS3.

[CotW]

I'm playing Mass Effect 1 over again right now to bring an Adept through all 3 games. Have to say while the game was awesome when it came out the other 2 are much much better. There are a couple story items that make the first one worth playing though. The writing is much better in the second game and the last one is really good until the last ten minutes (after which you need an awesome fan theory to make the ending have fewer plot holes).

[Optic20]

basically you owe it to yourself to play the first ones...

[Lord Commander Archael]

The PS3 only has ME2 and ME3 at this time but I believe there's an 'interactive comic' that comes with ME2 that allows you to make all the major choices in the game that you could've made actually playing it yourself.

As for their quality... well ME1 was by far the best RPG of the three and for me, apart from the terrible inventory management and the repetitiveness of the Mako, it's my favourite by far, although it does seem a little dated and can hardly be called action-packed in comparison to the other two.

ME2 was a big disappointment for me personally. They pretty much did away with almost all aspects of what most people would consider key parts of a RPG. The story itself was a little lame too and the less said about the final boss the better. The best bits of it are definitely the DLC missions, with LotSB being the benchmark imo.

ME3 Multiplayer is fun, if somewhat repetitive if played for too long in one day. In a good group though, it's a whole load of fun and the support from Bioware for it is great, with events/missions being held every few weekends, with rewards dished out on successful completion of objectives. Unfortunately I can't comment on the single-player aspect yet, as I still haven't taken my canon Shepard all the way from 1-3 yet, so am only playing the Multi-player part of it until I can find the time to do that.

Hope my overview helps a little with your decision but everyone's opinion on the preceding games differs and this is only my opinion on them mate

[JC 042]

Having just sat 2 exams making a total of 4 hours straign writing Ive turned into a zombie. My brain cant support a remote story system anymore and I think I almost got confused when thinking of the plot of Zombie Land, not realising it was: KillZombies, KillZombies, KillZombies, Thank God For Rednecks, KillZombies, KillZombies, KillZombies, TWINKY, KillZombies...

When I finish my twelve other exams I need to find a Fist Person Shooter which makes less sense than Modern Warfare...

Any suggestions? (Not CoD, fuck no to CoD)

[Optic20]

Ghost recon is coming out - its 3rd but still not cod.
Ellite Sinper 2 had a great reviews thats 3rd/1st person.

[JC 042]

Ill be checking out the Sniper one. Hope its as hard as Sniper Ghost Warrior, that game had insanely good bullet physics.