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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
the RPG elements in the first weren't exactly well done though. sure you can loot to your heart's content, but very few of the items you grab are actually useful, and the best weapons in the game you have to buy. the skill system was pretty silly too, you're a badass soldier and the most dangerous human alive, but you can't hold a sniper rifle steady to save your life until you put some points into it? and making the pistol the most powerful weapon in the game with the right skills is pretty ludicrous too
i played ME1 on Insanity difficulty as an Infiltrator and it was almost as easy as it was on normal. people complained about only being able to use one ability at a time in ME2, but when you had Liara and Tali as squadmates fully specced they were unstoppable killing machines. whereas in ME2 on Insanity it was one of the hardest games i've ever played, and it felt like a huge achievement to beat it
fans like to gloss over ME1's flaws and critique ME2 because Bioware simply cut a lot of unneeded stuff out, but comparing the 2 side by side ME2 is by far the superior game. if they keep the same formula in ME3 with a few minor tweaks to placate the RPG fans, i'll be happy
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But isn't the point of being a bad ass, actually being a bad ass? It took 3 playthroughs to get to level 60 in ME1, so by the time I was level 60 (well 50's) I finally felt like a true bad ass. No one could stop me. In ME2, you never really are "the best", you get your ass handed to you constantly.
I'm not arguing over difficulty, if they want to make the game as hard as they possibly can (ME2) then go ahead, I enjoy the challenge.
A few points about ME2 that were stupid were:
- no exp from enemies, only mission ends (really??)
- lvl 30 cap
- essentially having no skills, comes from a low lvl cap
- NG+ was stripped and really had no point, all you got were minerals and money
- weapon choice, there were basically 4-5 of each weapon in the game, that's it
- only 1 ability of the time (still like this in ME3 and it isn't as bothersome anymore, but it all goes back to no skills in the game)
I like ME2 more than I do the first one, it is an awesome game and is one of the best 360 games.