I loved ME1 the most it will always be my favorite one. Me3 was great but i felt they striped a lot of the rpg elements away in it, most of the conversations felt out of my control which I disliked.

Yeah it's not like you're alone in thinking that!

ME1's Mako missions didn't get the credit they deserved back then but are now revered. The credit mining on ME2 probably suffers from a similar problem. ME3 is too rushed for these types of mini-games missions but I think that takes away from the overall experience.

I understand that the metaplot of ME2 is designed to stand alone but this is a game so there was still time to do other things and build a squad even though we were rushing so the excuse that the reapers are invading shouldn't mean we can't divert from the main story direction because it's a video game after all.

Also you're right, the squad blows overall. Aside from Tali and Garrus I've always hated the rest of them. Would have much preferred Jack/Miranda/Wrex/Grunt over the Virmire survivor and Vega and the rest.

Also you should re-run through ME2 to save Legion, he's way cooler than the non-descript Geth you get as a replacement. Makes Rannoch mean more too.

I loved Me2 and Me1 there was somthing about the series that kept me coming back and i didnt know what it was. I loved Mass Effect 2 the most it was THE best RPG i have ever played(Dragon Age: Origins a very close second if not tied with first) I hated how in Me3 miranda was barely in the dam thing, since i chose her as a romance and i beat the game i decided to tplay trough the series again and go with ashley instead, Mass effect 3 didnt have the thing that kept me wanting to reply the story, i found myself enjoying my me2 and me1 playtroughs more then Me3, maybe it was the ending but it didnt bother me that much other then the fact that they just slaped it together. I was very disappointed about the third game i dont care what anyone says, it wasnt just a game it was another world it was art, it was a masterpice(haters gonna hate) I could go on forever but in short me2 and me1 are way better then the third for very obviois reasons. Sorry for the gramatical errors its 3 in the moring here and im on my xbox typing this lol.