Which Mass Effect should I start with?
Well, the recommened order for playing the Mass Effect games, are ME1, then ME2, and ending the trilogy series with ME3. Mass Effect 3, as with the rest of the trilogy, is Shepard’s story. If you have a dead Shepard at the end of Mass Effect 2, that saved game won’t import into Mass Effect 3. You can play Mass Effect 3 if you died in Mass Effect 2 of course, but you’ll have to create a new Shepard.Each mass effect game, assuming commander shepard is imported from the previous game, begins with a recap of the choices made: whether the council lived or died, the aftermath of the fateful virmire mission, and so on, all factoring directly into its sequel, giving a sense of continuity and connectedness in the .
Should you play Mass Effect 1 and 2 before 3?
Mass Effect 1-3 is a trilogy, were story, decisions and events carry over to the next game with your import of your character into the next game. It comes all together during the experience of those 3 games. So don’t skip them out, if you want the whole journey. Mass Effect 3, as with the rest of the trilogy, is Shepard’s story. If you have a dead Shepard at the end of Mass Effect 2, that saved game won’t import into Mass Effect 3. You can play Mass Effect 3 if you died in Mass Effect 2 of course, but you’ll have to create a new Shepard.