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

I actually expected that the ending will be disappointing. After ME2, which was a weird (to say the least) sequel to Mass Effect, I didn't expect much from the story and was pleasantly surprised that ME3 was such a good experience (until the stupid ending).

I never understood why BioWare decided to start ME2 by killing Shepard, resurrecting him as the Illusive Man employee, and wasting valuable time chasing after various squad members and making them pleased with Shepard. What exactly do we learn about the Reapers that we didn't already know after defeating Sovereign?

The ending of ME3 should of been considered while creating the original game or at least while constructing ME2 story. What happened is that they started to formulate the ending when they worked on ME3, in which point they couldn't add anything to previous games, and thus ended with a stupid ending that made no sense.

The DLC itself will at least give some satisfaction for playing the three games and some closure for the path Shepard has taken throughout the series. Will it fix anything? Probably not. But it could address some issues that need to be answered.