User blog comment:The Milkman/Extended Expectations, Part II/@comment-70.143.67.17-20120630201302/@comment-4237253-20120701134510

Indeed. I suppose that's the whole point of the Extended Cut. I was never expecting the ending to meet the expectations from when I finished Mass Effect 2; I just want the ending to be bearable enough for me to finish all my playthroughs.