I never really liked Thane. Mordin and Jack were badass though.
I'm failing to see the argument here. So you're saying that the horribleness of ME3 is exaggerated because people who aren't invested in the game in the first place think it's okay and "not that bad"?
No, I'm saying that anyone who thinks a shitty ending is enough to write off at least 2.5 awesome games, or even to write off a game that was in itself otherwise pretty damn good, has lost any sense of perspective, and that this state of affairs comes about, in part, because the media hype surrounding big budget games creates an idealized version in the imagination of players which the reality will never match. When you feel that any imperfection completely derives a thing of value, then you need to take a deep breath, step back and reconsider your attitude. I'm not attacking anyone here, I'm as guilty as the next hardcore gamer, but I think perhaps there's such thing as being too invested in a game, on an imaginative and emotional level, to the point where it actually detracts from your actual enjoyment of it. It's a counterproductive way to enjoy a hobby, in the same way that (to go back to that relationship analogy) diving into every relationship with fervor, blinding yourself to each new date's flaws and convincing yourself that she's perfect, that she's "the one," that you're in love, etc. is counterproductive to your love life.
Oh, and I don't really think it's valid to imply that people aren't at all invested in a game just because they played it later than you did, that just comes off as some kind of weird snobbishness. Not
asinvested, sure, in the sense that they didn't spend years doing multiple playthroughs while snapping up every bit of info they could get about impending sequels, but the experience of the game, the enjoyment and involvement and emotional reaction it invokes, is no less real just because you aren't playing it immediately after it came out. And, as I've been arguing, I feel that maybe it actually makes for a better overall experience, because you're enjoying it without any preconceived expectations. You can take it for what it is, instead of weighing it up constantly against what you thought it would be.