I also got it ME 2... without playing 1. Bwahahaha! :Cough: Actually I picked it up 3 months ago and still haven't played it and I don't know why.
I am not very far in. Its...fine. I'm sure once I figure things out a bit and start really fucking shit up I will enjoy it more.
2 is the best for me. 3 was still good, of course, but...I like the atmosphere of 2 more, along with the characters, but 3 had its awesome moments. Never played 1.
I find it difficult to play 2 after all the gameplay improvements they made in 3. The RPG elements are so bare bones in ME2 that it frustrates me. The story was alright, but I wish they had done a little bit more with it -- to make it something more than just a way to set everything up for ME3.