User blog comment:StagedDom19/Missing the Main Problem/@comment-1900300-20120709144617/@comment-5274392-20120709155441

Actually, why the analogy is not similar to the acutally storyline is that the protagonist: Frodo, does not move away from the main plot. If Garrus, Ashley, and Wrex fought the Collecters while Shepard was still finding ways to stop the Reapers, then yes, it be rather similar to the Two Towers and a much better storyline.