Mass Effect Legendary Edition (General Discussion)

One thing I will be forever mad is how A/K development was also bullrushed and if anything used to only drive a badly written conflict between Shepard and his time working for/with Cerberus after relegating their appearance to a cameo on the second entry. That discussion needed to happen but rather than do so in a constructive way Bioware writers just planned for one version (much like what happens with Jack greeting you in Grissom Academy).

I was mad at how Williams acted in 2 but after choosing neutral dialog options it makes their acting more natural. We also know her character writer left mid ME2 development so the signs that ME3 wasn't gonna be what Bioware told us were in plain sight since ME2, we just chose to ignore them and paid the price attacking each other rather than collectively launch good constructed critics agaisnt Bioware.

The sad part is that this is how the next game will be shaped: with how 3 games worth of content will carry over: a rushed game with multiple conflicts behind the scenes. Remind me again how many threads were dropped of side quests in both ME1 and ME2 (Keepers Scan for example) that will likely never be addressed and worse still: the number of characters Bioware will just keep killing off using social media posts and never reference their passing in the games themselves (Emily Wong for example).

The alternative game Bioware was planning had good elements but it was clear that there were some aspects that weren't gonna work (like making you choose to save Liara or A/K on Thessia as the conflict occured there and not on the Citadel Coup).