g_bassi13 wrote...
It's not incidental. But on the flip side, It's a lot of these same things are missing from ME3. (I haven't finished the review yet)
I know, I'm trying to be ironically hipsterish here

And I wouldn't say they are missing from ME3 as much as ME3 fails to see the previously set situations through, for the most part. Genophage and Geth situation are the only ones that are really taken to a conclusion (insert ending negates all rant here), and even they have a certain rushed feeling to them. That being said, the Tuchanka mission is my favourite by far.
I would have liked to see more inner conflict within the quarians and salarians for example. Ok, we used the majority of ME2 to make Mordin think about the genophage and the righteousness of it, but he's just one guy. Quarians do not like geth, other than that one admiral. You get why I'm not 100% satisfied with this? Of course the linearity of ME2 and 3 makes DAO-ish rich environment with countless interactions impossible, but I would've liked to hear some "I HATE THIS ****** WAR, WHY CAN'T WE JUST GET ALONG, THIS IS STUPID" from Quarian marines or something.
Most of the characters don't seem to act like real aliens would either, with the exception of Primarch (and Wrex etc of course). I believe his reaction, because he is a soldier, not a politician, and Palaven was screwed without Krogans. That would logically cause 'screw the rules, dalatrass, go hang' reaction. Most caharacters just seem oblivious to war against Reapers, judging by their actions and dialogue. That makes them feel somewhat 2-dimensional, since I really can't see their motivation to act the way they do. Unlike, let's say Loghain. I can relate to him, I understand why acts the way he does (because he's friends with Tim Curry

), while not agreeing with him. I don't get that as much as I'd like with ME characters.