it seems to me that quite a few games tend to end up like that lately, whether they copied from other games, or just copied from themselves (which is even more stupid)
If you think about that then ME1 was actually kinda the same, all those planets you could explore just ended up looking pretty much the same but with different colors. In fact, exploring those was very boring and repetitive, just like scanning in ME2...
If you compare ME1 and 2 they seem like rather different games, especially regarding gameplay.
I mean not having to deal with all that loot sure is a relieve, but I would have liked to chose from a bigger pool of weapons, and I really missed the mods.
Also the Thermomags they introduced were a nice change, but it simply didn't add up. at first you had those weapons that could basically fire infinitely but may overheat eventually, and then someone invented those thermomags which basically act exactly like ammo, and your weapon becomes useless as soon as you don't have any left.
And the Normandy being shot down at the beginning and Shepard supposedly dying, while seeming to be an important part of the story, felt more like an excuse to let people recreate their character later on. I'm kinda curious how they'll go about that for ME3...
Back to Dragon Age, as I said I haven't played either of the two, but I believe part of the disappointment comes from expecting too much of the sequel. People tend to believe that a sequel is going to be even better than the original, and then are disappointed if it's not.
Regarding ME, I think 2 was a little better than the first one mainly because of the gameplay changes they made, even tho some didn't add up, and I think the storytelling was a little better as well. However I for one don't expect ME3 to be all that much different from ME2, especially not as much as ME2 was different from ME1. The gameplay in ME2 seemed really decent and maybe they might have to make some tweaks if they plan on making a multiplayer mode, but I don't think they could get away with major changes like the last time.
In any case, I'm going to buy ME3 for the singleplayer and because I wanna know how that story ends, and not for the multiplayer. However, I'm not going to expect it to be even greater/bigger/better than ME1 or ME2, but if it can at least keep up the standard those two have set, then it's going to be a worthy threequel.
