Each one of those places had a story that was worth exploring and it's own unquie flavor instead of "fetch this, do this, grab 3% readiness" People always mention that the endings were the same in the OT, I do not contest that at all. Although we all had the same destination, my journey to it felt like it was my own. Because I had actually made choices that had consequences and could choose a harsh route, I actually felt a connection with those choices. . Not so with MEA, I am sure the devs did this because none of the MEA devs wanted to hurt anyone's feelings and they did not want there feelings hurt (how many of your companions can die in MEA? How many of them can you chose to kill?) The MEA devs never would have approved a back story as harsh as Jack's, ironically there whole cast together in MEA had less character than just Jack. I could go on but I really don't have to, the people who made MEA thankfully will not be able to make any more decisions for this great franchise. I just hope that it will get treated properly when (sadly if) they decide to bring it back.