Its at its best when you approach it like a goodbye to the series.
The focus is squarely on fan favourites Ashley & Kaidan, Tali, Garrus and Liara from Mass Effect 1, Mordin and The Illusive Man from Mass Effect 2. Other characters from ME2 get insultingly brief cameos.
The main plot isn't worth over thinking (I know, because I did) and a lot of the missions really do feel like complete filler, because they are (the multiplayer game was re-purposed and stuck onto ME3).
It can feel like a underdeveloped Mass Effect 2.5 (or alternate universe Mass Effect 2, given how irrelevant Mass Effect 2 proves).
Here's hoping they put the IP away for a year or two and return to it fresh with new art assets and a story that's locked in (including the ending) from the very start.
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