I plan on getting Skyrim's ultimate/GOTY edition with all the DLC so I can play one game next holiday,

Count me in as one of those people that liked Mass Effect 1 over 2, it's rough around the edges for sure but it exudes much more ambition in my mind. In fact as Jeff said about Skyrim where "This game was made for me" I felt the same towards the original mass effect. Jeff calls it bad Science Fiction with tired tropes and too much exposition, I thought it was the game I dreamed up reading classic sci-fi novels, you think the Ciditel is slow and boring with not enough action I thought is was awesome to be able to explore a crazy sci-fi city with all kinds of alien beings and culture clashes. The second game by comparison is constantly afraid that some jock will pick up gears if he's not shooting a gun at something in the next few minutes and the villains stunk in that game giant bee-men? forget solving a mystery aliens are going to make a giant man machine because...something. Yeah when Saren attacked you on a hover-board I wasn't convinced this was high art but he was still a more compelling villain. And I can't say that reapers will fill that gap (though I won't deny the awesomeness of the illusive man but I wish he did more than give you a laundry list)