The Lazarus Project as a Game Mechanic

So, like many others who've played Mass Effect 2, I was always disappointed by the lack of recognition Shepard's death had from a role playing perspective.

At the time, and even now, I feel like it was a wasted opportunity to have Shepard's supposed death and resurrection mean so little in a sci-fi world that prided itself in being a narrative based game with compelling characters. And the rest of the universe largely ignores the mere concept of cheating death (to what degree has always been inconsistent).

It's part of the reason I enjoyed romancing Thane in my first FemShep play through. Thane at least, seemed to recognize the stakes and weight of being so closed to death.

So I've started to imagine a game where that facet of Shepard is highlighted rather than tucked away. A game where you can bring characters back from death, but not without risks, resources, and a healthy amount of skepticism.

What if a Cerberus scientist contacted Shepard during the course of ME2 with an optional sub quest line that would help perfect the Lazarus Project?

The quest would start and end as an example of what Cerberus could offer the galaxy if allowed to operate freely. And in a game that contains the suicide mission, this mechanic would always be at the back of Shepard's mind.

Now, like I said; this wouldn't be easy in practice. Cerberus could've raised an army with those resources but let's assume they found some way to cut costs where necessary and they were limited to 10 POTENTIAL revivals in game. The quest would start with Shepard acquiring a few rare resources in order to resurrect someone Cerberus needed for intel (attempt number one is used up to prove it to you). Afterwards, Shepard would have to manage these resources (like you do in game already) across important Npcs, minor characters who ran into bad luck, or companions who die during the final mission.

If the damage is too severe or the body is lost, then its impossible (Kaidan ain't coming back from that nuke basically ) but you end up wasting an attmept if you try. If you don't have enough resources but try anyways, you've wasted another attempt. I'd like to think new advances would still need to be collected to keep up with the probability of success.

Shepard can even save one attmept for themself if they're worried about the suicide mission. But this mechanic makes the Lazarus Project an active part of the world, and in the end, would make it harder to see Cerberus negatively when they have such potential research.

But what do you guys think? Would you enjoy this mechanic? Would you tweek it? I'm curious to hear opinions.