User blog comment:Garhdo/Extended Cut - opinions?/@comment-4707281-20120626185535/@comment-4707281-20120626200924

For numerous reasons.

Firstly, the setting/tone feels really out of place in the Mass Effect universe. The tone makes sense and is forgivable, given what is happening on Earth, but London is right out of any modern shooter. Also, compared to Vancouver in the intro, London isn't modern at all, just an old dump.

Secondly, what we see of the battle itself is very anti-climactic. What's the point of war assets (which is actually one of the aspects I hoped would be addressed most in the EC), if they don't do anything (that we see) during the last battle. London contains a single Reaper, and it is just a Destroyer.

Thirdly, for the most part, it's just boring. Most of the time, nothing interesting happens and we just fight the same old enemies battled throughout the entire game with little variation.

The mission does have some good aspects, and it isn't bad per se, just underwhelming. It is nowhere near the best mission in the game though, at least in my opinion, but the Extended Cut?It changes absolutely nothing in this mission, barring the Normandy escape scene.