@nathangray Excellent comment! Any pre-ending, Shepard-related DLC amounts to nothing more than flashbacks at this point, and there's a reason flashbacks have limited use in most stories - they tend to hinder forward movement in the narrative.

I hope Bioware's careful, because Shepard sentimentality will only carry them so far with the broader audience. (Who hasn't abandoned a book or a movie when it didn't seem to be "going anywhere?")

I'd say he's more of a narcissistic personality, myself.