Mass Effect 1:
-Good story structure
-Nice retro almost star trek atmosphere
-Doesn't dip into real stupidity like the sequals
-Great fucking last third of the game, you really feel like you're on an important mission
Everything from Virmire onwards is my favorite experience in any game, so far
-Conversations with Sovereign/Vigil
-That soundtrack whoa nelly
Mass Effect 2:
-KAPLOW GOOD STORIES START WITH AN EXPLOSION SHEPARD IS CONFLCITED HE IS WITH THE TERRORISTS NOW OH YEAH THOSE EVIL GUYS ARE NOW YOUR BOSS ALSO REAPER HGUMAN BABY MADE OF HUMAN GOOP WOWOWOW aka fuck you Mac Walters
-Combat is fun I guess
-Jack is best girl
-Overlord and Lair of the Shadow Broker are pretty good, especially the latter
Mass Effect 3:
-You play it because you played the first two, not because you like it and at least it's not Andromeda.
-Javik
I wish a competent company remade the games because despite all three being somewhat shitty I've still replayed the trilogy at least 5 times and I'd like a reason to do it again. Heck even now every couple of months that thought creeps in: Maybe I should replay them again, but I've really drained all the fun I could out of them at this point.
If you don't play Renegade Vanguard every time you're doing it wrong.
Personally I played as a male vanguard renegade with the face of Sean Connery.
This series is the kind of dumb power fantasy entertainment that really slobbers the gob of my ego except not really because each game is kinda shitty but any other developer that tried a similar formula fucked up even more which is the explanation for why I played the trilogy like 10 times. The basic formula of dialogue, 3rd person shooter gameplay, choices and exploration with a mostly linear story in a real fan pleasing setting like space opera, this kind of vicarious entertainment is fucking great but nobody has actually ever done it right, only partially. There's Mass Effect, Human Revolution, The Witcher and shitty ones that aren't fun like Fallout 4 and Dragon Age and shit. New Vegas did it right but didn't have that lizard brain activating cinematic you-are-a-badass-space-opera-hero vicarious element.
Bad games I don't hate, I hate games like these which COULD have been great. Fuck you Bioware.
/autism