User blog comment:Aleksandr the Great/Bioware HAS Written Themselves into a Corner/@comment-1503545-20121112224821/@comment-2250460-20121114155831

The problem is that in order to see the Didact's personality, you really need to read the books. To a new player to the series, he is very vague and unoriginal.

Honestly, I like the Mysterious factor behind the Reapers, and the fact we know so little about them. It adds to their whole persona.