User blog comment:B1littlehero/Speculation of the Origin of Species/@comment-7622429-20140612021301/@comment-160529-20140612041315

You really dont get it do you, the problems with Synthesis are from an outsiders perspective... not from an in-universe perspective... from an in-universe perspective it pretty horrifying too.

But my problems with it are from examining it from a story telling perspective, it invalidates literally every possible story telling and narrative possibility... with synthesis in play literally nothing can happen in the story, because even the most petty and minor conflicts are resolved by its existence.

Maybe you could write in a conflict with a being from another galaxy or universe... but there wouldnt be any side missions, think about the conflicts that you see people undergo in the mass effect series, the people in the background, the things they worry about in their day to day lives...

Its all gone... all the fun destroyed... Its just a bunch of immortal, all knowing, all powerful beings sitting around all day doing literally nothing... there is no story to be told when everyone in it is god.

As for the Awoken... yeah people might not like it if its learned that the Awoken are descended from corpses raised from the dead, that creates drama and tension and thus stories... them just being more insightful than normal humans doesnt create stories it just makes them marginally different.

And I think the idea that Exos dont have emotions is false because in gameplay footage Exos appeared to be emotional beings, their voices carried emotion and tone... I think that maybe this is a misunderstanding the other races have... also I didnt bring up the Exos and emotions...