Xilizhra wrote...
Having just finished Leviathan, I'll say that this DLC belonged with a much better game. It was, speaking only of itself, excellent, even if a lot of said excellence was condensed into the ending. Certainly a far better way to hear about the origins of the Reapers than the Catalyst was, and if the Leviathans had been in from the beginning instead of the Catalyst, at least in that form... well, I could see better possibilities.
Yeah, pretty much this.
I think my personal preference would still be for the origins of the Reapers not to be revealed at all. The best explanation for the Reapers should be "Reapers gonna reap" - they do what they do because it's what they do and simply how they ensure their continued existence.
Still, if we
must have an origin story for the Reapers, it would have been better to do what you suggested - go with the Leviathans from the start, and just dump Star Brat entirely.