Mass Effect 2 quick question!

johntmanic · 30 Mar 2011 at 10:12

Hi people,

I'm dying to play Mass Effect 2 but do I need to play the first one before it?
I don't have lots of time to play games at the minute so playing the first one in order to play the 2nd one puts me off a bit!

Thanks

John

OriginalJonty · 30 Mar 2011 at 10:14

Depends on the platform I guess. If on PS3 you'll get an interactive comic that explains what happened in the first one. If Xbox then maybe you'll have to play through it.

johntmanic · 30 Mar 2011 at 10:16

Yeah it'll be on the 360!

TriedandTested · 30 Mar 2011 at 10:45

Deffo play both if you can mate, they are both excellent.

RIZZEE · 30 Mar 2011 at 10:54

Both are worth playing, plus you have choices in ME1 that carry over into ME2. And I think if you just play ME2 then the choices are randomly chosen

Shamikebab · 30 Mar 2011 at 11:34

Must play 1 first, half of what makes ME great is the continuous story and that your decision from 1 carry into 2 and 3

johntmanic · 30 Mar 2011 at 11:41

Right you've twisted my arm I'll get both! The local videogame store near me is selling both second hand for £13 so I'll pick them up later!

Pumpkinstew · 30 Mar 2011 at 13:19

Mass Effect is a good game but do you *need* to play it before ME2? Not really.
The effects your choices from the first game have boil down to which face an NPC will have in a few cutscenes and whether you start with a few extra levels, resources and renegade/paragon points.
But if you're prepared to spend 20 hours or more playing ME1 before ME2 then by all means go for it as you'll probably enjoy it.

sanofi · 30 Mar 2011 at 14:19

I'm sure there is a video for the story line from ME1 which is probably enough to get you going with the storyline if you don't have the time.