User blog comment:Markurion/Extended Cut or Prolonged torture?/@comment-1074875-20120407093813/@comment-1074875-20120407163121

@Kaloneous: That tidbit of info explains a lot. Regardless, a series ending should tie-in to the absolute beginning (Mass Effect: Revelation and Mass Effect). If they had a clear idea about how it should end and the basic story behind the Reapers, then ME2 and the ending of ME3 would not of happened.

@Shifter77: Why kill Shepard at all? Why use the new adversary to explain what the Reapers are all about. Playing as Garrus or any other squad member could be nice (I actually liked the two minutes I played as Joker in ME2) but the series is about Shepard, and I'm glad they stuck with the same character. But I do hope that if more games are produced, the option of playing as a character other then human is available.