#saren's so convinced of their power that he thinks the only way to survive is to join them
#that makes the reapers terrifying
#meanwhile tim thinks he can beat them. or rule them
#that makes the reapers look a lot less powerful
Saren, the most decorated and trusted Spectre the Council has ever known. Stops at nothing to get the job done and protect Citadel Space. Lets nothing get in his way, no matter how many die to achieve it.
And he can't see a way out.
That's absolutely terrifying. And you only learn this half way through the game! They don't start with that, they let you get your footing and a sense of the scale and danger. THEN they drop the "I wish there was a better way, but the REAL enemy is just too powerful" reveal.
It's not just "a Big Bad at the end of the final dungeon", Saren's a person with history and presence and a surprisingly empathetic driving motive behind him.
Meanwhile, TIMmy is a garden variety bigot with delusions of world galactic domination.
He didn't bring you back, Miranda and Wilson and their teams did that. He didn't build or design the SR2, he didn't make EDI, he... didn't do much of anything. And it's not his money paying for it, since Cerberus was dependent on Alliance funding and then "contributions" from asshats like Henry Lawson. He's not even capital in this situation, he's a wannabe techbro living off of burning his investors' capital. All his expensive suits, payed for with someone else's dime. And like a true wannabe techbro, all his "game changing" projects... how does Joker put it? "Get loose and start killing all his guys". Even Shepard, arguably his most successful project, turns on him without consequence. Paragon or Renegade.
So... why are we supposed to be impressed again?
And he's supposed to overpower the Big Baddies that had Saren quaking in his boots? Please.
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