Things that don't make sense (v2)

That the Asari advance from primitives to the most advanced society in the Milky Way (by virtue of being the first to have discovered the Citadel in 580 BCE) in less that 50 of their generations (since they each live more than a century) and are considered "barely more than a child" at 106 (per Liara in ME1). Javik, in his ME3 argument with Liara in his quarters, is clearly surprised that the Asari mastered writing... which tells us that they were basically unable to write even when the Protheans stopped their uplift of them as the Prothean empire fell in 48,000 BCE.

... makes one wonder why all the species in galaxy are so down on the Krogan for their alleged potential to expand rapidly across the galaxy, don't it?  The timeline evidence suggests hat humans can grow populations much quicker than the Krogan can.

Ah, but BioWare has an excellent reason for that though: "Genetic Diversity" 


I almost wish they would have just come out and actually said that humans are the special snowflake species, it would certainly be far less cheesy/cringe inducing then that failed attempt at pseudo-sciencing an explanation.

See now that would be a setting where I could see an organization like Cerberus gaining traction and having a legitimate reason for existing and the notions of humanity as an underdog actually making sense. 

As it is, humanity has always been on top of the pile in galactic affairs, and Cerberus just feels so redundant.

TIM: "Shepard, Cerberus stands for the advancement of humanity above all the other species!"

Me: "Well from where I'm sitting; what with a human on the Council, our species surpassing the Volus in economic power and influence, and even the major species like the Turians, Salarians, and Asari all playing second fiddle to our advancements and development of tech; it would seem that we are already dominating the galaxy."

They did hint at some major political changes and about how society reacted to the sudden announcement of the existence of aliens in the Revelations novel and maybe a few comics (I've never read any). It's a shame that this was never implemented into the games aside from a few bits and pieces found in the codex. I suppose the writers were more interested in the robots, the guns and the monsters than world building and stuff like that.

Who's idea was it to have the terminator have 3 eyes? I've never seen a human with 3 eyes.

It was discussed in a thread a long time ago. My answer is that someone at Bioware just finished watching the terminator movies and thought it would be cool to have it in ME2

They did say they were special snowflakes in ME 1. When you over hear a Turian diplomat talk about how of course the Alliance would be the next race appointed to the Council. Even though they are only 30 years old on the galactic scene.

When you first enter the Council Room if you linger around you hear a Turain talk about that. I remember it because they specifically say that the Volus would never be considered. And having just talked to a very pissed off Volus ambassador before that kind of stuck in my head.

Science is just another way to do it. Which is why I don't get why people claim the humans are special starts only in ME 2 or 3. The entire set up of ME 1 is about the humans saving the rest of the galaxy who are to stupid to see a problem right in their face.

I really just don't see all these "alien elements" other people seem to associate only with ME1.  I find ME3 had more alien elements.  For example,

1) In ME1, we faced the following enemies:  Geth (which are robots and robots exist here on earth), Humans, Asari, Turians, Krogan, Rachni, husks and creepers (hard to tell the difference really), Thresher Maws, and a Thorian.  In ME3, we faced all of the above (except the creepers and the Thorian), plus numerous reaperized versions of the other races...  Banshees, Brutes, Cannibals, Ravagers, Swarmers, Adjutants (if you bought the DLC), and you met Leviathan (again if you bought the DLC), you could also face all the varieties of Collectors in ME3 (if you bought the Citadel DLC).  Lots more aliens than in ME1.

2) Planets.  The side mission planets were really just bare rocks of different, some were snow covered, some had grass, some were covered in volcanic ash... all of those environment exist here on earth... nothing really alien there.  In ME3, we had a water world in the Leviathan DLC and We had Omega, carried over from ME2 but enhanced in the DLC such that we got a look into the underbelly of the station and it's mines.  Even London was torn apart to such a degree that it had a surreal feel about it.  The view out the monastery window on Lesuss was strikingly beautiful and very alien:



Or Benning:



The only difference was you weren't able to drive the mako over all those rocky mountains on Lesuss... but people also complain incessantly about drive the mako... and then they also complain incessantly about driving the hammerhead... and now they're complaining already about the nomad.