(Warning this article has spoilers about the end of Mass Effect 2)

I just beat Mass Effect 2 and all I can say is WOW! Bioware really outdid themselves this time. Bravo! I started Mass Effect 2 kind of disappointed; thinking they had streamlined too much and it was missing some of the charm and story of Mass Effect 1. But by the end, I realised that Mass Effect 2 is a better game than the first by a mile. It just takes a while to get going but once you start collecting all your team mates and doing all the loyalty missions; the game really starts being fun and throwing cool decisions at you. The ending was also very powerful, you need to get to know your team and do their loyal missions to get through the last suicide misson. You need them to be the strongest they can be to make it through with them alive. Also without talking to them your ship won't be strong enough to tackle the last mission.

Basically its like real life, you start with these strangers who don't get along and by the end you're a family. You know each other, you like each other, you are willing to die for each other. It really pulls the whole team dynamic off, better than I've ever experienced in a game. If you don't know your team, you won't know who to send out to do what and people will die.  Real consequences in a game, you don't see that much. Usually it's just the game over scree:; "Oh, no! I have to restart!", nope, not this time. You fucked up ... your friend, lover, or strongest team mate could be dead if you don't know them well enough.

I traveled everywhere in Mass Effect 2, mined every planet, did every side quest. I upgraded every weapon, ship part, team mate. Basically I 101-percented that game, made it my bitch ... I rarely do that for games and it's a testament to how good Mass Effect 2 is. Now that I've gushed all over Mass Effect 2, I want to talk about what I want fixed and or included in Mass Effect 3.

1. Keep the same team

At first, I was kinda pissed off that only a couple of team mates from Mass 1 came back to do more then a cameo in 2. But then I met the new cast of characters and ended up liking them even more. The crazy scientist, the bad-ass assassin, the super hot loyalist. Yup, by the end of the game I really didn't want anyone to die ... unlike the first game where I couldn't care less what happened to Ashley or Kadian. So let's stick with these guys this time ... Luke didn't get a new team every Star Wars; Han is in all 3. The other thing is we spent so much time recruiting and getting these guys loyal in Mass 2 (in fact thats pretty much the whole game, see point 3) that I really don't want to do that all over agin in 3. At the very least keep Crazy Scientist Guy Mordin. I liked him.

2. More R.P.G

I have no problem with the improved combat. I really like the fact that when you upgrade a weapon or get a new one everyone in the team gets it. Or you upgrade a biotech strength or defense everyone gets it. I don't miss the cluttered inventory of Mass 1 either ... but still Mass Effect is such a deep game with its story and dialogue choices, that it seems strange that the game is little more than just a straight forward shooter (Ok it's a little deeper than that with the pause and use a power, but still). I would like maybe more tactical command of my team mates, maybe something like flanking (See Brother in Arms). Maybe a simply inventory or more a more polished, streamlined Diablo-like gear system. I don't want to go to my captain room every time I get a helmet on the battlefield, I want to put it on right then and there. I most definitely want an economy built in the game; I want to be able to sell guns and the abundance of Element Zero I mined and have little other use for. Trade that shit in for money!! TO BUY MORE GUNS!

3. Back to the main story line .. or a real sense of danger.

The Collector thing was kind a big event, and provided some sense of emergency. Ok, we have to hurry up, recruit this team and save the galaxy. I find it strange then, that I'm saving people's cats, getting them fake IDs, helping Krogans with their love life etc. when I'm supposed to be saving the galaxy. It's fine that this game's story took a backseat to the individual stories of your teams; in fact, 95% of this game's story is talking to your team, doing their loyalty missions and learning about them; while the other 5% is saving the world from the Collectors. I think that's fine, but only this time. Heck, most games rush over character development, so it's refreshing to play a game that focuses primarily on fleshing out its characters. The only character that was ignored in this game was the main storyline. So in Mass 3 I want the main story to play a more dominant part. Don't get me wrong I still love character development and background but lets tone it down a bit in 3.

4. Better Level Design

Mass 1 had some huge locations like the Citadel and the Noveria (which didn't need to be that big). Mass 2 had these small little bite sized more detailed locations; which I'm fine with. But what I wasn't fine with was the bland combat levels, they seemed to be copy and paste areas with not much detail. A safe wall, some cover, move forward. I would have liked more scripted events and small little details to make these levels feel as alive as the non-combat areas.

5. Gay Sex (bet you didn't see this one coming)

The thing I love about Mass Effect is that you can craft your own experience. If you want to play as a chick and go after guys: you can do so. If you want to be a guy and sleep with alien chicks you can do so. If you want to be a lesbian or a gay man ... well you're shit outta luck. It's strange to me that in a game that is so opened minded about letting you make the decisions about what you want to do, good or bad, doesn't allow you to be gay. In the first Mass Effect you could have lesbian sex; while in 2 you can have a lesbian quickie but you can't have any real relationships with girls. Why is it ok to have sex with a whole other species of fish men but not another woman? So even though I'm a straight guy and if they had allowed gay sex in Mass 2 I still would have tried to bang Miranda (the bitch is hot!!), I want the option there for my non-straight gaming friends.

6. More controversial than 5 -- MULTIPLAYER!!

Here's the thing, Mass Effect is built on your story, your decisions. The inclusion of multiplayer just seems like it would ruin the game. Here's how I would do it ... 1. CO-OP: where another player and you both have to agree on the major decisions or compromise. Think of the fun it would be for you and a friend to fight over who to save. Or which side to join ... or best fight ... love interest etc. The other way you could handle multiplayer is 2. Demon's Souls style: where you go through single player, but can watch fragments of how others have done it, and others can join in and help you beat some of the harder quests. Wiki Demon's Souls to understand this concept :)

7. Tougher choices

I want Mass Effect 3 to have the toughest choices you ever made. Blow up a planet, get forced to shoot a team mate in the head or kill your lover. Decide to fight with a side, Cerberus, the Alliance, the Geth and then go kill the other side ... I want real drama and real tough choices.

And finally ... My biggest "want" for Mass 3 ...

8. Release all 3 games on the PS3.

I have every system and I love my Xbox360. But there are some PS3 fanboys that will never trade sides and get to experience the amaziness that is Mass Effect. I say "fuck it" then and put the game on their system so they can. This game is so good I think all the different fan boys should put down their pitchforks and realize everyone should be playing this game: it's that damn good. Hell, if they could figure out a way to get it on the Wii I say go for it.