Finished it yesterday and loved it from start to finish. Great world, great story, and above all great quests. There are a few fetch quests, but they are sectioned off to the side, and not required to engage in. I didn't do a single one.
Not all the VO is fantastic, the combat is good, not great and the production values aren't top tier, but it more than scratched all the itches I've had since BioWare... you know.
Do what your heart tells you, Alex. Tali is my favorite character, and she's a major part of one of the best sequenses in ME3, but there's also something to be said for living with the consequences and letting it ride. Whatever choice Alex makes, Mass Alex is stellar. Also, Miranda is to blame really. She's the one who says that "loyalty through experience" nonsense. The way she phrases it, Samara is the obvious choice. There's no-one on the team with anywhere near as much experience as her.
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