>>3819345
I'd make ME2 not a giant sidequest waste of time, first of all. Basically instead of forcing ME3 to be both the discovery, development and execution of a plan to stop the Reapers, I'd make the first point and a half take place in ME2. Have Shepard start building alliances with the major powers of the galaxy in ME2. Also, just, don't randomly have big deal characters like the Council still not believe the Reapers are real after ME1? What the hell was that about, what purpose did it serve, they already accepted their existence at the end of the first game. Have him discover the Crucible in the Collectors Lair so their existence doesn't feel wasted and there's an overarching point to the Suicide Mission. Make it so they encrypted the blueprints into the ship back when they were still Protheans and only Shepard gets to find them both because his team is the only one that made it through Omega 4 but also because he has the Cipher, because otherwise that super important piece of lore that makes Shepard a unique individual is utterly forgotten about in 2 and only brought up in 3 for Eden Prime and Thessia. And for the love of God don't force Shepard to work outside the Alliance for no reason. Cerberus and TIM were a mistake.