User blog comment:Dam1730/Doesn't Stack Up/@comment-1490291-20120311184621

I think the points you criticize are part of the story: There is a lot more urgency in the story of ME3 than there has been in ME1 and ME2. In the first two games you where slowly unraveling the machinations of Saren and the collectors. While you knew that bad things where about to happen, you didn't have a timeframe and thus could take some time. In ME3 the galaxy is already burning so yes, Shepard is rushing from one place to the next, trying to slow down the reapers and Cerberus while at the same time trying to assemble an army and build the Crucible. If ME3 didn't feel more rushed than the previous games Bioware wouldn't have been doing their job. If there was something like an official timetable for the games, ME3 would span a shorter period of time than either ME1 or ME2.