User blog comment:StagedDom19/Missing the Main Problem/@comment-5124348-20120710142656/@comment-5124348-20120710152917

I don't know what you expect, for the Illusive Man to simply snap his fingers to build an army (sarcasm)? But in any case, the Reapers really weren't there to be confronted, and the Collectors were far to powerful to face with an army anyway. The final assault on the Collector base was one of my favorite moments in the whole trilogy and it perfectly illustrated the proper response to a better armed and more advanced force: strike quickly, decisively, and don't expect to come back. Shepard needed a team of the best specialists available and that takes time to build. I look at ME2 as more of an attempt to flesh out the universe and make you care about it before it's destroyed in ME3, not as a bleak, all-out war against the Collectors. It fulfills the role of the "Middle Installment" perfectly, and is one of the best games of this generation.