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[–] Muesli 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

What do you think? Should I still play through the series? No spoilers please.

I would say: Yes. And as others have said: Play them in order and take your save with you. This'll enable solutions to problems in ME3 that are not possible if you start with a fresh character in 3.

A lot of the disappointment with ME3 (which I share) comes from Bioware overpromising and severely underdelivering in the last 15 minutes of the game. If you aware of that, the entire rest of the series offers a really immersive universe, even if the gameplay mechanics differ from game to game slightly. And yes, that ammo system from 2 onwards was a complete cop-out, especially since the system that was established in gameplay and lore in the first installment and made sense in both contexts.

I've played through Mass Effect four times now in its entirety, and I always start at the very beginning, because it's in essence one giant story, moreso than Witcher.

edit: I think a big part of the reason ME3's ending is so reviled is because everything leading up to it is so good. It's like if at the ending of A Song of Fire and Ice, GRR Martin went like this: "And then a nuclear device was ported onto Westeros and killed everything, except the dragons. Those, it mutated into giant mechano-beasts running on bio fuel."

And the reaction to the ending would be quite similar: "You wot, mate?!"