>>717669929

>ME2: Geth build their own future. They refuse to take the upgrades offered by the reapers because being handed a path to the future blinds them to other possibilities, as the reapers intend and outright say to Shepard.
>ME3: WOAH SHEPARD-COMMANDER WE CAN TOTALLY TAKE THE REAPER UPGRADES AND GO COWABUNGA ON OUR ENTIRE MODE OF EXISTENCE DUDE

The transformation from nodes of a network to individual AIs is enormous, changing the nature of the Geth entirely, and yet Legion not only doesn't hesitate to do it, it actually attacks you if you try to stop it.

I could go on. The problems with ME3 start early and just keep coming. The ending isn't really an out-of-nowhere ruination, it's just the cherry on top.