Tirigon wrote...
Tbh Lord of the Rings is the only real series I know that didnt get worse with every sequel, and that is only because it was written in one go back then. (I dont count series in which each part stands on its own, like Discworld, by the way).
Good, cause if you had a problem with Discworld, we'd need to have
words.

And LOTR the book, was actually a whole book, not a series. It was broken up because the publisher wasn't so sure such a massive tome would sell well, and we know how that turned out.
Although the comparisons between books and games must stop. Even an interactive adventure book can only offer so many options within its pages, with you, the reader, keeping track of them.
Games have so much more potential than books in offering an interactive story, one that truly reacts to your every decision, and one that, at the end of it, reflects those decisions. ME 2 did it fine, you upgrade the right things, do the right missions, pick the right people for the job, everyone comes out alive. ME 3 however, does no such thing.