ME2 is the best of the trilogy IMO, granted all you do is recruitment, then loyalty missions, interrupted by the odd "required" mission, but its superb....and you're working with terrorists, its like being undercover in a futuristic al-Qaeda, just less beards

Just finished my first playthrough of ME2...jumped straight into a second



The loyalty missions add much more depth and character development compared to 1 & 3 so I like them.

I've just finished 3 tonight. Not sure what to make of the ending. Why did Shepherd have to die? I know it's really soppy of me, but why? The choices you have are all pretty much the same thing. Loved the series however, shame they killed it off so soon. I can't see why they didn't just close that storyline and open up the game to other characters and plot lines. It's easily the best game series I've ever played, I can remember virtually all of the characters I met in the game and can identify all of the races with ease.

He doesn't in one of the endings

The one where he becomes some ghost/god thing and controls the world?

Where is the one where he buys a beach front villa in Spain and has Ashley and Miranda visit him on alternate weekends?

Nope, there's one where he actually survives - you need a high EMS to get it, that's all I'll say

Guys, ever thought of using spoiler tags? Jesus, I hope nobody half way through the game comes in this thread!

Wouldn't worry about it, these guys are confused, they seem to think at Shepard is a guy for a start.

That crossed my mind

I'm looking to get away from sport orientated games which is all I seem to play. Like the look of Hitman: Blood money (and the new one for that matter). Has anyone played it, do you recommend it etc etc?

Doesn't matter now, I've finished it.

We didn't really talk specifics either, I asked why there wasn't an ending where he could live and someone answered that there was. Anyone playing through it would be sufficiently uncertain about the fate of The Shephard to not ruin it.