Dave of Canada wrote...
Which is sad considering he's better developed personality-wise than most companions.
Who, Zaeed? He's got a lot of fun stories, but he seems to be pretty one-dimensional. After dragging him everywhere for a while, listening religiously to his between-mission chatter, and watching all loyalty mission endings on YouTube, I can't help but conclude there's not much to him.
Granted, not all characters need depth to succeed, and Zaeed's simplicity is kind of refreshing, but I kind of wish (however vainly it may be) that he'll make a comeback in ME3 so we can explore him a bit more. Same goes for Kasumi and Morinth: so much potential, not quite enough delivery.
Of course, if he doesn't, that just leaves more room for head!canon.
If you were talking about TIM, I agree; I've done everything I can to analyze his character apart from reading the novels (which I'd do, but I hate tie-in material, thanks to you, StarCraft), and I still can't make heads or tails of him. In the good way, I mean. As in "what is up with this guy," not "what the hell are the writers doing?"