Actually, I just watched the 2nd half and all it did was make me want to play ME 1 again... unfortunately I am very busy with Fallout 3 and Mirror's Edge, so after that. And then I have to find time to play ME 2 PS3 (and then go and get my 100% in ME 1 on 360), too many games!

I have got a list of sidequests that one has to do to get through the "majority of the game" with the minimum effort. What's worst is that I had a save with Wrex just before the point of no return, and I decided that it would be a good idea to delete it.

Yeah, so I had 2 more playthroughs one as an engineer with 2 squad mates, and then I think I just have to use Wrex for my 5th playthrough, and finally do it on the hardest difficulty

There were some good things about the achievements, in game rewards, but they are just stupid. I much preferred the ME 2 ones, only required 2 playthroughs (which is what I planned anyway) and allowed me to have fun changing my squad mates most missions {until I got Legion and Thane to make my all sniper party}

It is a list that should work, so I am not convinced

Yeah, I actually quite enjoyed the Mako too, though I did the Hammerhead missions recently as part of a DLC round-up and they were much better

The inventory system was one of the things that really bothered me, there was too much clutter and too many things to organise, and things like this mean that I only really bother with a set party, because having to equip everyone is just too much of a pain

FEROS

THE THORIAN

THE COLONISTS

THE GETH

Dear god. Arguably one of the most important moral choice in the game, an enormous plot segment, the enemies that you are fighting for well over half the game, just completely ignored.

Anderson is quite clearly not happy to be giving up his ship. It is assigned to you by Udina and the Council.

Also missing is a lot of context for the decisions. You don't get to know your crew, so you can't really choose a love interest with as much confidence, and the same goes for leaving either Ashley or Kaidan to die. You don't hear what the Rachni queen says to you. You don't have all of those meetings with the Council where they call you an idiot and continually deny everything you claim. You don't talk to Udina and Anderson and see how they think, and what they want for humanity, the Council and the Citadel.

Mass Effect's inventory was really overwhelming by the end. It's something I missed to begin with, but I soon realised that ME2 was better without it. You would just end up stockpiling dozens of useless weapons, armour pieces and upgrades in the vain hope that they might become useful at some point.

What I did miss:

• Free exploration of the Presidium. It's the nicest part of the Citadel!
• Hotkeys. Really no excuse here. Pressing J is easier than pressing Esc and clicking Journal.
• Separate cooldowns. I'm not saying this doesn't work in ME2, I just prefer the old system. It made you vary your biotic use a lot more. Especially with all of the shielded people, I was using almost nothing but Warp and Singularity, with the occasional Throw. Stuff like Shockwave and Pull seemed awesome, but I rarely got the chance to use either.

In the end, though, I felt that the improvements far outweighed the "negative" changes.

Anderson didn't decide to step down. He was "asked" to step down. The Alenko thing was a minor point but it was indicative of bigger issues. Factual errors out the yin/yang. There was no way for a 15 minute comic accurate relay all of ME1. However that is enough time to mention the major points of the game. Also they could have at least made sure what they did mention was factually accurate. Alenko, Garrus, and Tali all have inaccurate descriptions that anyone that played the first hour of ME1 could have gotten right. Yes, you can miss any mention of Cerberus but there are multiple sidequests with Cerberus tie ins. You can miss Wrex too. Doesn't mean that he shouldn't be mentioned.

Imo Mass Effect 2 is one of those great games every gamer deserves to experience, not pissed at all with the fact that it's going multiplatform, will be interesting how it performs on PS3 though, sales wise.

Thinking a 20 minute comic substitutes playing the game anyway is a bad idea. Nevermind that anybody playing this game straight up will lose the impact that the first 30 minutes of the game have. But the major problem I have with this intro is that it's essentially BioWare implying that the first Mass Effect didn't really matter a whole lot except for a few key plot points (which it looks like they couldn't even include all of the key plot points anyway). I think that people will have a hard time remembering people from the comic outside of Shepard and a few characters, thus all its impact will be lost. Not to mention the boredom factor. 20 minute cutscenes, interactive or not, are not one of the reasons I play WRPGs.

I think YOU should.

fugitive [ˈfjuːdʒɪtɪv]

adj

3. moving or roving about

That's exactly who this shouldn't be used for.  Those of us who already beat ME can use this comic in place of replaying ME for a new ME2 save file with new decisions. Those who didn't will get an awful, mangled story from this with zero context or connection to the characters, universe, or even large portions of the real plot (the Geth are pretty fucking huge).