Mass effect had actual death of the protagonist be the starting point of the game,
being alive without knowing about it, why, for the most part of the first game.
This game starts with something from the past - death
of everything MC had dear,
but the ressurection of MC,
unexplained, nothing to write home about, still starting
point to this game as well.
This game gets even bolder than dead space or mass effect dared to be: MC
dies inexplicably for many times during this game,
we are revealed the power players of the story use MC as a pawn in their games,
so it gets to be normal they would ressurect their chess pieces everytime there is another chess game they wanna play.
This game feels organic in a sense that MC is much more invested in the saving of his world, because he has beauties to have and to hold and to love,
his whole existence is just this - to be, nothing more, nothing less.
Every time MC even hints at becoming more than his pawn role, he gets snuffed.