You are a Bioware fan when it comes to RPG am I right? Have you tried Bethesda rpgs? They are currently developing a brand new space rpg called Starfield and once it is released the new The Elder Scrolls VI would be next.
I have played Dragon Age Inquisition, Mass Effect 3 (after playing it I regretted not having played the first 2), and ME Andromeda. All of them were cool games, but The Elder Scrolls is unbeatable for me. Plus, its music is always very epic, even Enderal had amazing music ^^
Well not rly a fan...at least not anymore...they suck now...their earlier creations were GODLIKE tho!
I have to tell you my friend that ME 3 and Andromeda SUCKED DICK BIG TIME. Horrible games. Not even CLOSE to ME 2 (far away from ME 1 too which was much worse than ME 2)...far away from the dimension of quality where ME2 was...they were (and I’m not afraid to say objectively since I have played hundreds of games during my life span) purely bad games.
The last Elder Scrolls I liked was Oblivion. But oblivion gates themselves got kinda boring soon which was shame. For me Skyrim was...mediocre...Wasn’t a bad game by any means but Elder Scrolls have ALWAYS pushed RPGs further since the very beginning of its saga. And Skyrim was the first one that didn’t do that. I had high expectations and it felt flat.
Well, I never played ME 2. I only started to play the first one but I didn't enjoy the beginning so I left it at that. Years later a friend told me about how cool this trilogy was so I decided to just go for the last one at that time, ME 3, and it was cool. After playing that game I concluded it would have been better to play the 1 and 2 first but it was too late by then.
About TES, I never played Oblivion :[ The only experience I had with RPGs when first playing Skyrim was only with Fable I believe... And Skyrim was much bigger and better in every way. Plus, the mods are so cool. You should try Enderal if you have the time btw. Absolutely a top-notch game, some people say it was even better than Skyrim itself but for me it was equal. With games such as TES mods are like half the fun.
Yea ME1 was kinda stretch and i totally udnerstand where youre coming from. But...let me assure you taht youre TOTALLY WRONG thinking that it is not worth it to play ME2 as standalone game:)