The RPG customization elements were dumbed down in part two for a more action oriented approach. That trickled into ME3.

Mr. Miyamoto said it, good games take time.

german gamepro gave 84, i got the magazine today. they gave dead space 2 a 90, not sure what the first game got.

second half of the game is too much action in their opinion.

€dit: first one got also 90.

Yeah, there should be a special place in gaming hell for EA since the days they bought the NFL franchise just so they could kill the competition and vastly superior football games coming from 2K Sports. Good thing thye did get to do the same with the NBA franchise.

Anyways, I'm still getting DS3 I think as I just love the series and 7.5 isn't all that bad.

This is all I'm going to say about EA -_-

Yeah, nuff said.

If you compare the (generic shooter?) gameplay of the 3 Mass Effect games, the mechanics were much better later in the trilogy. I started in ME2 and really struggled initially in ME1 as the gameplay was so awkward. maybe I'm missing the point here but for me the 'generic shooter' elements added to the game without taking it away from its roots.

OT: Played the demo of Dead Space 3, the Necromorphs I encounter a bit of a nuisance compared to my experience of Dead Space 2. The open environment made the game less scary. Can't really disagree with the reveiw.

They made every room a kill room in ME2 and ME3 with random cover pieces thrown everywhere, and in ME3 they only had one city hub, less dialogue wheel, hacking etc.. Mass Effect 1 had a lot more exploration, however the gameplay was extremely unpolished. 

Now I still like Me2 the best because ME1 is unpolished. I think generic shooter is a bit harsh for both games. Because Mass Effect still has a lot of unique elements but it was made less unique (aka more generic) so they could polish it. 

However, since DS2 was extremely polished, making it a bit more generic e while having less polish is kind of nonsensical. However to say it is generic when it has a lot of unique elements such as dismemberment, stasis, zero-gravity sequences, crafting isn't really the truth either.

even if it is, there are going to be people that are going to say things like this review said anyways. It's just whether consensus would be what this review said.

If that makes any sense.

I still think it's going to be less polished, because its a longer game with less modes, in a shorter dev time than DS2. But we'll see.

Nope. Has nothing to do with graphics.