Unpopular opinions

Can I introduce you to The Conduit, Liara's Mother being able to break indoctrination long enough to tell them about Mu Relay,  Prothean VI having a code that can block a Reaper from accessing an area of the Citadel the Protheans didn't even know existed until the Reapers were so far up their anus they were throwing up Collectors, a glorified husk being destroyed is some how enough to short circuit and entire Reaper leaving them wide open to be killed by ships incapable of killing them other wise.  A race of synthetic AI's suddenly developing a Religion and instantly being manipulated by said religious views into killing any "heathen" deemed fit to kill by their "God". Or the simple fact that Saren had no need for the Conduit due to his position of power and authority as a well known and respected Black Ops person.

ME 3 might have issues but at least it doesn't render it's entire plot as redundant and pointless within the first 20 minutes of the game.



Then can I introduce you to the Collectors and their ship who was able to tear into the Normandy like paper. The existence of that ship and the others like it would have been a major help for the Battle of the Citadel providing even more troops and more powerful ships which would all but ensure Sovereign's victory.  Cut to Shepard being killed because Joker felt like being an idiot for plot related reasons. Then he is magically revived despite asphyxiation and reentry to a planet.  Not done by the best and the brightest of the galaxy to bring the hero back. But by Cerberus a previously small rouge black ops team that now has the staff, funding and technology to rival any other race in existence even though they are hated and wanted by pretty much everyone. Is capable of creating a fully function AI using Reaper Tech salvaged from Sovereign and yet is some how able to create blocks that said AI is incapable of altering. The Reapers despite being all about secrecy and hiding their existence to the point no cycle sees or even suspects they exist until they are harvesting them manages to forget about an entire Reaper just floating in space. For one if not multiple cycles.  The dead Reaper is still capable of indoctrination yet at an uncontrolled level and the Cerberus scientists are able to function OK for the months that would be needed to understand and reverse engineer the Reaper tech to have a vague idea of were and how to disconnect the IFF. And only after they manage that do they fall to the indoctrination effect.  Once they use the Omega Relay the Collectors send out a single ship and a couple of Oculus, both of which are destroyed and then offer no follow up investigation. Of which simply looking out a window would give away the Normandy is in fact in one piece. Then they split into teams with literal dozen people vs hundreds of Collectors.  With no back up or way to resupply if their ammo caches. Then after putting the entire base on high alert a single person is capable of escorting back dozens of injured crew men though the high alert base without leading any of them to the damaged Normandy for another pair of Oculus to finish off while it is incapable of flight and defending it self.  Then when Shepard goes off to destroy the Proto Reaper the remaining dozen or so squad mates with no supply lines, no way to escape or really any room to maneuver in some how hold off hundreds of Collectors that run dick first into their line of fire. 



Which is made even worse because you already went though a room full of Swarmers which you needed a powerful Biotic to hold back due to the counter measures created earlier in the game wouldn't work against that many. And doing that quickly exhausted them and pushed them to the point of collapse. So they would have a super easy way to over whelm them.  Then you have the problem of Shepard dealing with the Proto Reaper. The entire fight makes it super stupid but even if the fight didn't happen it doesn't fix the stupidity of it. Since the entire point of the Collector's actions was to create said Reaper and yet some how only a handful of Collectors can respond to it being attacked. And a Single beam from that Reaper should have wiped out the platform that Shepard was on killing him/her instantly.  And it has a convenient press to destroy entire base button that you would only expect to see on a Saturday Morning Cartoon Villain's set up.  The Death Star's weakness was more realistic and acceptable then the Collector base. Because at least those Proton Torpedo's Luke fired needed to make a 90 degree turn on a dime to make it down the slot. And trying to come at it in a straight line would simply result in you getting ripped apart.

By your logic the simple fact we got a 3rd game is nothing short of a miracle. Which at the absolute worst continued the same traditions that existed in all other previous games. Despite what players may want to think ME 3 hardly the 3rd child coming out red haired and freckled compared to their other siblings that are brown hair with blue eyes. The whole ME family are red haired freckled family.