Unless you are/intend to be a hardcore fan of the Mass Effect Universe, you could just read some stuff about the plot from the first game and go directly to the second game. However, I suggest you play the first to know how it feels like.

No ps3 version again, I'm assuming?
THESE ARE DEFINETLY SOME SAD NEWS........

Yes, agreed.

PS3 has good games that aren't on Xbox.
Guess you'll have to live with it ^^

And buy a goddamn Xbox ofcourse! :B

Or just buy the game for the pc.

That's so fucking sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!

I really can't wait. I just finished ME on insane, with all the extra missions.
Damn, been a while since I was THIS excited on a game, last time was Forza Motorsport 3 :B

FUCK ALMOST!!
I seriously stopped going out and drink beer/smoke weed for a while so I definitely have
enough cash when it comes, haha.

Yeah I really can't wait either, especially when they say this will be their best game ever.

What I really enjoy with ME2 is that it gives depth while still being quite casual. The only downside to Dragon Age for me was all the stats building and that, but with ME I understood what I was doing, it was hard which is fun, it had a great story that really sucked me in, great visuals, everything was perfect (in my opinion) It looks like ME2 will be "just" a great leap forward (not to be confused with Mao Zedongs Great Leap Forward).

Games make me do better in school. I know this games coming out this week, so I did my assignments due THIS week, ahead of time, so I had time to play ME2. :]

Weren't there repurcussions for not upgrading your guns in ME? Death? When I was but a wee nublet I didn't know how to add upgrades/get good guns and the game was SO much harder and I died a lot..

If you are talking about the guns upgrade they mentioned in some videos, they are referring to Normandy's. The only repercussions that you would have in Mass Effect 1 for not upgrading your own guns was that they wouldn't be more accurate/have more power/etc.