Mass Effect or Mass Effect Genesis?

I was getting ready to play Mass Effect 3 and realized I wanted Ashley alive instead of Kaiden. I have an import character ready but is with Kaiden. I don't want to replay the first game just to change that one choice but will if need be. I have played the first game about 10-13 times now (no joke) and am burnt out at the moment and don't feel like waiting any more time to play the third game seeing as it's been sitting on my desk since the midnight launch. I know genesis only lets you make the 6 key decisions so I was wondering how many choices from side quests get transferred into the second and third game? I'm not talking about the news broadcasts and emails you get in the second game, I'm talking about full on consequences. I think Genesis will be a good choice because it doesn't sound like they do transfer but I wanted to see what you guys thought. Please only answers from people who did play both ME1 and Genesis.