I got this yesterday, only to discover that because I have a new 360 my old ME1 file was just plain doggone absent I burned through it on Easy in a few hours and started on 2, which I've now played for a little bit.

Mostly my reaction is "Holy smurf this is awesome". Combat is mostly improved. Conversations are better and it's nice to be able to interrupt properly sometimes, and it's definitely good to see people interact more with each other and their environments. The characters are even better than they were in the first one.

I have three gripes, though. One: Why the hell do I have ammo? I don't mind it as a mechanic but it doesn't add up. It would make sense to be able to swap a hot gun barrel but that should be an alternative option, probably one which you specifically have to adapt the gun for. Two: I do miss how customization and inventory worked. I really miss armor and I don't like how I can't bloody well see which guns do what in stat terms. Yes, the old inventory screen was clunky as hell, but that was an interface issue much more than a mechanics one. Three: Skills feel in short supply. I miss how I could put points into so many different things. Now it really just feels lame and like it doesn't have much effect. Class choice is far more important than choices made within that class, at least so far.

However none of these complaints are seriously damaging my enjoyment of the game. My grenade launcher is beautiful, I can actually use melee when it is convenient for me (haha I punched out a Krogan), and it's really hard for me to stay in-character as an alien-hating xenophobic Human supremacist with so many completely smurfing awesome alien characters around.

PS: Oh and I hope I can totally screw Dr. Chakwas finally.

PPS: I can't wait to play through both and do things differently to see the consequences.

PPPS: Asari x Hanar porn lol