User blog comment:Markurion/Extended Cut or Prolonged torture?/@comment-1074875-20120407093813/@comment-1074875-20120408205122

@BlueDagger, @Diyartifact, @The J Hat: Nice analogy :). Personally, throughout the game I couldn't understand why Shepard is wasting valuable time and resource in following the path dictated by the Illusive Man. I also couldn't see the point in recruiting characters that from first time through the game couldn't understand why they are needed. I actually got so bored that while battling the terminator/human-larva I stopped playing (took me a few months to start playing again).

The entire experience was somewhat redundant. After establishing the story, the characters, and the stakes, instead of following up with expending what we (the audience) know or think we know about the Reapers, what are they and what exactly do they want (why they insist upon genocide), suddenly it was crucial to waste time in delving into new characters and their back stories.

After playing all three games, I still don't really understand what the Reapers are. I know what they want, or rather, programmed to do, but not their true nature.

@Shifter77: I understand what you're saying, but there's a bonus when following such a series with one character, shaping it, and getting the reward of seeing what it becomes (although currently I'm still waiting for the reward). Besides, building such a versatile and in-depth story that could be followed with more then one character is almost impossible financially (as far as I see it).

@Markurion: I don't know why they chose to follow a new path and it's sad that they did because I thought that it was an awesome idea.