Mass Effect 1/2

[Belle Hibiki]

It did indeed feel as if there was a lot of build up that didn't go anywhere.

You'd normally expect a few twists and turns, but in the end, I think your perception of events remains more or less static.

[spoiler]I was kind of expecting the Collectors to be doing something else, like creating an army of altered superhumans to fight back against the Reapers. In the end, nope; they're just the evil bugs, and everything that's said about them from literally the first mission on is dead accurate. The only bit of info you learn is that "zomg, they're Protheans!" But who gives a fuck because it never ends up mattering.

I was also waiting for Cerberus to pull a Xanatos Gambit that ended up with me being equally valuable to them living or dead, or simply tipping their hand as to their real intentions. You get "CERBERUS IS EVIL!!!" jammed into your skull so often that having them actually turn out to be "omg no we're just misunderstood " is... Kind of boring.

Why even have Ashley Williams on that planet and have her shit all over you for being with Cerberus if it never goes anywhere?!

But despite those complaints, it was fun.

(Again, FUCK YOU Liara. I was promised the chance to continue my romance, dammit - not get an extremely awkward hello kiss and then be her fucking errand girl, so pathetic that the only thing I do on the night before we jump through the Omega relay is stare at her picture on my desk.)[/spoiler]