Mass Effect 2 Impressions. For everyone.

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Munkeh111 said:

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Gojimaster said:
Question for you guys:

I bought a 360 this summer and have not played ME1 yet. I don't have a ton of time for gaming. Should I go straight into ME2, or should I do a quick run-through of ME1 first? The trailers for ME2 looked absolutely epic, and something I totally want to experience.


How long does it take to beat ME1 anyway? Opinions?

Play ME1 but ignore side quests (they're crap actually in ME1 anyway).  The central story is actually rather short in truth so it shouldn't take you long.  I guess if you want to really fly through play on Easy and you'll blast through it.

If you play through it properly it adds a lot more. I don't think it is really worth playing ME 1 before 2 unless you do it properly

Yah, but if he just wants to rattle through making the core decisions that feed into ME2 then that's better than not playing ME1 at all IMO.  At least you'll have the basics of the plot then.