Mass Effect Legendary Edition review. (Contains massive spoilers.)

You know what's worse? The beginning of ME3. Not only does Anderson want Shepard to help them stop the reapers, even though he told Shepard it was up to him/her to do that in ME2, but the committee, or rather the Mickey Mouse club, were hoping Shepard would tell them what the situation is. That is pathetic. They really are stupid. Did they not know Shepard has been locked up for the past 6 months. In that time they made no effort to talk with Shepard. That's par for the course with the circus. It all comes down to them not caring. If only there was a renegade interrupt.

I disagree. If those two would have supported a mission against the collectors, then why didn't they make any effort to investigate a way to stop the reapers for the 2 years Shepard was dead? Remember that Anderson guy saying I believe you, I trust you. Apparently not.

Traitor? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. The Alliance are the traitors. Are they not the protectors for humanity? Why didn't they do anything while Shepard was dead? Why didn't they do anything while Shepard was locked up for 6 months? Why didn't they let Shepard search for clues to stopping the reapers instead of being locked up?. After the reapers are destroyed, my Shepard would approach the Mickey Mouse committee with a room full of reporters to tell them that the Alliance leadership failed the people of Earth because of the I don't care attitude. 

TIM is an idiot that BioWare tried to pass off as a genius. He never made a correct tactical or strategic decision. Ever.

Worst decision TIM ever made.

Considering she like everyone else on the Normandy betrays him, yes that wasn’t the correct move for him.

Same as with Shep, which is that TIM had to hide the truth from her to get her to play ball. Even Miranda must have been in the dark. All of them only knew that Cerberus put humanity first. Clearly, they never played ME1.

I do understand why TIM couldn't let Shep see the true face of Cerberus, though an imported Shep should have known exactly what they were no matter how TIM brushed it off. What bad guy trying to convince you he's not really bad is going to be honest? And he is bad. He was pretty unhappy if Shep took David at the end of Overlord. That means he explicitly condoned torture which means it's impossible to handwave anything from ME1, as well as Jack. TIM was willing to unwillingly subject humans to torture to achieve his goals. There are always people out there willing to be tortured for the good of all. We saw no evidence that was the way Cerberus operated.

So, fine, Shep is lied to about the real Cerberus. I believe Shep still would have worked with Cerberus, at least after discovering that the Council was still composed of some of the most idiotic, head in the sand galactic leaders. It would have been a necessary evil, though Shep probably would have required more than TIM gave. More rules would be in place. Now we've got a Shepard who takes the intel and does what Shepard does best and destroys the enemy. Shep doesn't go in blind anywhere and still succeeds because that's what Shepard does. No matter Butcher/Hero/Survivor, Shepard wins out when others don't. Either trust that it remains true or just send in an army with Miranda at the helm. Or anyone loyal to Cerberus.

of course it's a gamble. Most military decisions and tactics are. You are gambling that moving your chips into the center of the table and putting them out there is worth it in the end because you have the better hand. You can't be 100% sure of this because you cannot know necessarily what hand your opponent has, but if one does not gamble and risk and act, then one will always be at the mercy of an enemy who does. And TIM was right. He had the better hand.

TIM is responsible for getting the crew captured?  How?  Also again, what choice did he have based on the parameters that were estblished and laid out?

The attack on the Normandy was an example of TIM and EDI's limitations. TIM, painted as brilliant, didn't think there might be virii or a tracking device associated with the IFF. It is EDI's one job.

TIM gambles on EDI. Loses. Brilliant strategy. Overestimates what she can actually do, came within millimeters of losing everything going after the Collectors and if not for the singular combat excellence of Commander Shepard, that's the end of the story right there. How will TIM do any of the things he does in ME3 without Shepard completing ME2? He won't do a damned thing, because he isn't that smart and he is no Cmdr. Shepard.

You refer to Shepard as a traitor but failed to include Moreau. All he cared about was flying. You also didn't include Ken, Gabby, Chakwas. 

Yes TIM say's the Alliance isn't doing anything. That is confirmed by Anderson when he says we thought you were dead. And he says it's up to Shepard to find a way to stop the reapers. Obviously they didn't care enough to confirm Shepard's death. It also confirms they made no effort to investigate the remains of the SR1. It comes back to the I don't care attitude. 

Judge: Commander Shepard you stand before on the charge of working with Cerberus? What say you?
Shepard: It was necessary. Cerberus had me for 2 years. They brought me back to deal with the reapers, but at the time, colonists were being abducted. TIM, the leader of Cerberus, mentioned the Alliance wasn't doing anything about that. It was hard to believe. I eventually went to the Citadel to talk with Anderson. He told me they thought I was dead. Immediately my first thought is they made no effort to confirm my death. It also confirmed my suspicions after I was at the sight of the SR1 remains where I found the dogtags of the fallen. Then Anderson told me it was up to me to find a way to stop the reapers. That was enough to tell me he, and the Alliance never cared. It got my blood boiling making it easier to remain working with Cerberus. Even though I suspected TIM was giving me the runaround, I stuck with it because he had the information needed to continue with the mission. Had I went back to the Alliance, how different would things have been? Looking back, I would guess a lot more colonists would have been abducted before the Alliance would have stopped the collectors. And given that they didn't care much about anything at that time, how long would it have taken the Alliance to assemble anyone to deal with the collectors. Knowing me, I would have flipped the finger at the Alliance to go back to finish the job with Cerberus.

Judge: I take it you don't have any nice things to say about the Alliance?
Shepard: Not really your Honor. Things were going well for me even after stopping Saren, but then it seemed the Alliance changed after that. I will also say the leadership is pathetic at best. They locked me up for 6 months because of stupid crap instead of having me looking for clues to stopping the reapers. I was brought before a committee where they were hoping  I could tell what the situation was. Why didn't they make any effort to talk with me during the 6 months? It goes back to what I said. They never cared. 
Judge: Before I give my decision, I find it hard to accept what you said about the Alliance. I have read over a lot of the reports in the years following the loss of the SR1. So there is some truth to what you said. Off the record, I likely would have done the same as you since human lives were at stake. On the record, you could have gone back to the Alliance to tell them you will continue to work with Cerberus while at the same time keeping them informed about what you were doing. Anyways. Case dismissed. One last thing Commander, thank you. 

Them not caring has a lot to do with it. If someone was able to take Shepard's body from the crash site, why couldn't the Alliance get to that spot as well? And Anderson saying it was up to Shepard to find a way to stop the reapers speaks volumes. It proves they never cared. If they did, they would have done something. Taylor's comment means nothing. If the Alliance are going to use Moreau's statement as proof, then why didn't send a team to that location to investigate who/what was responsible for the attack. Thinking someone is dead and knowing someone is dead are two different things. Anderson sending a message doesn't mean crap. It's too bad my Shepard couldn't get in his face about they're lack of doing anything. As far as the Alliance doing anything. Interesting A/K show up on Horizon to investigate yet why weren't they doing any investigating before Shepard started working with Cerberus?