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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
well Mass Effect 2 lets you import the character that you created in the original complete with all the decisions you made reflected in the story. as far as i know that's never been done before in any game sequel. and what games these days have over games from 10-20 years ago is the budget, especially when it comes to voice acting. ME2's cast reads like a Hollywood blockbuster, hell when i first heard Martin Sheen's voice in the trailer i nearly shat
and as far as your earlier comment about wanting to be drawn into another world, i don't think i've ever been this engrossed in a single player storyline ever before. i've never seen a game developer flesh out a universe as much in 2 games as Bioware has with ME, if you combine all the codex and planet entries it's basically an encyclopedia of information
i agree with you that there are way too many generic knock offs out there, especially in the FPS category. but there are still companies dedicated to making unique experiences
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Importing characters from previous games has been a constant part of PC gaming for 20 years as is the inclusion of a large and complex depth filled universe. I can't think of any games that had the storyline continue completely where importing the character also imported all his decisions that play into the branching storyline but Mass Effect 2 is basically a very large expansion pack to Mass Effect 1 to further the same story.
I did enjoy Mass Effect 1 as I enjoy most Bioware Games (you could import old characters in many of their old games as well) but I often found myself wishing for the option to change from 3rd person to 1st person view to take in the sights or to further give me a sense of immersion that is also one of the main thing I want out of games. I couldn't stand GTA IV until I found a first person mod for it. I'll still play a great deal of the game in 3rd person but when I want to be immersed or just explore the city on foot, I'll put it into 1st person. That's why I loved the inclusion of both in Oblivion. Borderlands also has the ability to have both 1st and 3rd person although the 3rd person view was not included in the final game and is only accessible by hacking the configuration files. It is however complete and makes the game a lot more fun to have both as well.
I do wish there were more games like Mass Effect, there used to be.