Mass Effect Legendary Edition (General Discussion)

I understand that.

Even as a sole survivor, usually, Shepard, I do get that we were brought back from the dead. That doesn't justify Cerberus' actions, but, you know, if someone were ever to gain some favour from me, not being dead would definitely do that. And I get it, the whole "I don't control everything" excuse TIM gives us is hardly convincing, but we can play along, to find out what's going on, as this is a unique opportunity for both Shepard and the player. I mean, shit, we could just say "nah, I'm out", but the only game that accommodates that, to my knowledge, is the Mario RPG and it just gives you a game over screen. So other than not making this game, I don't see how else you can go about it.

I think that has much more to go with how unreasonably angry the VS is and a lot of things are said in the heat of the moment, that sometimes won't leave much room for discussion. Not that things can't be said, but sometimes, people need some time to process stuff. Could you write the VS to not be so unreasonable? Sure. But I'd argue you exhibit the same distaste for working with Cerberus as the VS does, which tells me that, to a degree, you understand their position and even share it. So I don't think their reaction is that exaggerated.

While true, you don't know what you will come across in the SM, because nobody's been on the Collectors' Base. Unlike the Dirty Dozen, where they have intelligence what they are going to need. So Shepard needs to prepare for any case and make it double, so in the event of one specialist's demise, a second will take his place. Which is why some characters are superfluous.