User blog comment:StagedDom19/Missing the Main Problem/@comment-3119615-20120709125551/@comment-5274392-20120709161344

You are correct, Kasumi had no chance. And your defense of Grunt was good indeed, but Jacob and Samara are rather bland. If Jacob after the loyalty mission started worrying that he may end of like his father and second guessing all of his decsions, such as joining Cerberus, and Shepard could be supportive or hostile to him, affecting the outcome of the final character, the yes, he would not be so bland. Samara, did she change at all? No, she did not. She never changes her friendliness or hostility to Shepard regardless of alignment, except giving a backhanded comment about killing him. If she was supposed to be true to her vow and to her life as a justicar, then she should hbe been more confilicted with Shepards descsions if he was Renegade, leading to a breakdown that Shepard could fix or Samara would leave.

Jack's fail comes from ME2 more than ME3. Yes I like how she found solace in Shepard and her students, but she offers nothing else. She is acceptable I guess.