A soulless plodge through space to make friends.

And here I just put my Nomad model next to my Normandy SR1.

Right after you discover the Angaran diplomat and go back to the Nexus. Whoever'll tell you that the cultural exchange center is where they are.

Go there.

It's not difficult.

Yeah, plus the jokes in the Citadel DLC were actually really funny for the most part unlike the cringe-worthy stuff in Andromeda.

Lol.

We mostly do think we're important. We're not, but we do keep the world entertained, and thus some of us feel special. Again, we're not.

Hip... Maybe. You get all kinds on set.

Can't really say it better than this.  Although I think fallout is boring as hell, personally.  But the rest?  Yep...feel ya.

Listen to yourself, you've been exhalted. 

This isn't very fair.

The entire OT is only 60-100 hours long if you only do the critical path and maybe some loyalty missions, but nothing else, at all. Not even investigative questions. In ME1 alone you could easily spend 50-60 hours, especially on your first try of the game and if you are the kind of gamer that likes to do everything, or a lot.

But ME1 ultimately boils down to only 20 hours of content too, maybe even less if you just do the critical path and talk to your squad.

Actually, ME1 is even shorter than that because there's only 2 companion missions and they're considerably brief. 

Longest run I've ever done of ME1 was 22hrs, and that was being pretty completionist. Probably x2 for ME2 & 3, so maybe 100hrs for a full playthrough. Which is why I'm surprised everything seems so superficial in ME:A. I don't want 'grimdark' but nothing feels fleshed out, especially characters, despite all the promises. 
I still remember when I got Tali killed. I stared at the screen for a good few minutes afterwards, in shock. And she was a walking exposition dump in ME1 so really only had one game's development behind her  (half of ME2 and half of ME3). I can't imagine feeling much if anything for the ME:A bunch. Of course, I know I don't have to as Mac helpfully pointed out that squad mates couldn't die a few months before release.
Characters can banter as much as they want. It's background drivel. Meaningful conversations make characters, and they have to be well written and allow interaction from the player. Quality, not quantity. Mac promised both.

Less crafting. More aliens. Nuff said.

Me neither.

I thought MEA was "okay." I didn't love, and I certainly didn't think it was "flawless."