Johnny Ringo said:

Loving that BIOWARE listened when we sooked about the little things we didn't like in ME1. just started Mass Effect 2 yesterday and really digging the atmosphere.

Yeah, half the time in ME1 was spent sorting through the clumsy menus or treading dust in the mako. I finished ME1 pretty leisurely but this one I can't put down. The story, the writing, the cinematics, the characters, the combat, the Normandy! Everything about this game is damn near perfect. Only thing that feels a bit tedious IMO is the mineral search, I think I may have actually preferred to Mako a bit, because at least you got that sense of exploration