Agreed. I think for the way they had to cut it up and introduce so many seemingly “key” characters, it really dragged on for me until about mid way. And I still didn’t have a good handle on the world as a whole at that point. Feeling like I’m missing something the whole time makes me not want to continue.
Grabbed the mass effect series for under a fiver. Played for a few hours and realized I was not enjoying it at all.