Oh wow i didnt know Drew actually wrote those previous Mass Effects. I particularly enjoyed his novels, in particular the Darth Bane trilogy. The Revan novel is also somewhat decent. It's a pity he didnt take part in Me3. I notice his wiki page states he has retired from Bioware just last month, what a shame. But i guess we can look forward to his more quality independent works in the near future.

Finished my 2nd playthrough after a back to back me series pt. This time i took the time clearing the content and maximizing my military strength. I didn;t import me2 toon the first time around and my god, i've never seen a game so bleak. It was death after death and i was already emotionally drained before i even reached earth. But replaying me2 and importing that toon made an entire difference to the whole experience.

I didnt quite like the first time i experienced the ending - the control ending to be more specific. But this time however, the ending feels a lot better or rather more fittingly. The story, after a through playthrough unfolds a lot better too. I chose synthesis (didn;t get this choice during my first pt) cause it fits into the story of my Sheperd and i think its the most 'happy' ending at the moment. Especially, considering that i lost so many crew members during my first PT - Miranda, Tali, Mordin etc. The way the story ends quite abruptly is actually quite fitting because it leaves you just enough time and room to ponder about things and let your imagination take over. It's not perfect but i'm more or less happy with it.

Personally, i'm not as upset as i was after my first pt. It makes me happy that most of the guys are alive and safe. There is closure but obviously this varies from one person to another. I think a lot of things have been resolved; i helped cured the genophage and avoided the utter destruction of a race in the geth/quarian conflict. The deaths of Thane and Mordin were both tragic and poetic. I really appreciate the small talks with my crew - the time out session with Garrus was nicely done and the tali romance is particularly adorable. Can;t believe i let her die the first time haha.

Anyways. if the indoctrination theory has any legs whatsoever then i throw my hats to you Bioware for pulling off one of the biggest twist in the gaming world. It actually makes sense now that i think about it.

Interesting. I found it quite the opposite. A lot of the decisions i made had impact in me3 and did have closures - some were left unanswered but most did end up fulfilled.

Funny that you mentioned that because i'm actually downloading me 1 from origin right now. I played me1 on the xbox eons ago and have completely forgotten the content. Gonna start another pt from me1 and see what i missed. But yeah, the internal conflicts and subplots are what makes the series a lot more interesting and gripping than just going up against the reaper.

How many dlcs does me1 has ? I only found one on origin - pinnacle station and a dodgy free dlc called 'bring down the sky'.

Ahh thx, sounds like a good dlc. I should clarify that i said dodgy because it got me off looking around for the dlc cdkey during the installation. It's not even on Origin for some reason and apparently you have to contact ea for the cdkey. In any case, i got the cdkey from the bioware forum and its working good now.