movies, books, games, etc.

It was so incredibly disappointing that it completely killed my experience with the series in general and my desire to pay attention to anything ME story-wise non-existent.

And this is coming from a guy who was invested enough in the universe that I not only bought all the games (even got ME2 twice so I could play ME3 on PS3 with my save) but I also read all the books.

I agree that it's getting dog-piled on, and for a lot of shitty reasons at times, but pretty much everything I've heard from actual games writers has also been overwhelmingly negative in regards to the story.

And also, more to my point I was making, I would play this new ME game just for the shooting once it goes on sale because I very much enjoyed where they got with the combat by 3, but me caring about that universe story-wise is over.