User blog comment:Kaloneous/Mass Effect 3 Ending DLC Denied and PAX/@comment-4933332-20120406014611

In any case despite my rant below, i'll try to reserve judgement until I see the ending itself band although I'm pretty pessimistic about it, I can't dismiss it yet.

I have to remember that Mass Effect really isn't about the reaper story but more about the personal relationship with the crew (well at least to me it is).

I mean I love Mass Effect 2 even though I believe the main quest involving the collectors to be sub par and I believe that the reaper invasion main arc was unnecessarily ignored (until the Arrival DLC) and wasn't advance in any way. NEvertheless it was enjoyable because the characters were great even though all the character mission had nothing to do with the main plot of the game. It was a great collection of short stories involving the crew and that was what grippiing about. The reaper/collection invasion was pretty much the footnote to the characters. The ending mission was only dramatic because the character you love could die rather than anything cool about fighitng the human reapers or the colectors

If the DLC return the character emphasis that made the series enjoyable. It could be partially redeem the ending. It won't fix all the plot holes or shepard behaving out of character but it could recapture the spirit of what Mass Effect really about.