User blog comment:Crimpycracker/New ME3 details that could make you very angry/@comment-1691295-20111106130706

Normally I really don't mind when they do something 'optional' (like multiplayer), but this infuriates me. It's selling the game and giving the player the rope to hang themselves with by throwing out everything that makes the game unique.

I am completely sick of seeing how desperate the Mass Effect team is to 'go mainstream'. They seem like their on a mission to make Mass Effect less unique. Hell, their marketing message for ME2 was 'we're like other games!'. Literally they would gloat to reporters about how much like other shooters the game was. Pathetic!