Pete Cash
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I've put a few more hours in
The pacing is bad because of the nature of open world stuff. Adding the mission on hold stuff was a great idea in a tighter narrative game and it would have fixed the pacing issues in the OT
The combat is fun but limited by the small array of enemies. This wouldn't be an issue in itself. The original trilogy in particular mass effect 1 had the same issue but mass effect 1 was an RPG firstly not an action game.
The crew probably isn't as good as it could have been. Cora is kinda annoying. I went into the game expecting to hate PB expecting her to be the hurr let's pump out meme characters but she is my favourite asari across the series.
The game does stuff well mind. I prefer the more optimistic tone in my dumb shlocky space adventure. I like Ryder he is fun. I like the loyalty missions thus far. I like the new races.
But it does a lot wrong
There is a lot of padding so if you are the type of person who has to complete everything it will suck. If you can say f**k off I'm not going to scan those bodies and you can't make me you will enjoy it a lot more.
All in all I quite like it but you have to be willing to excuse a number of flaws and a number of these flaws will come down to personal taste.
Ryder isn't Shepard he is a goof (at least the way I play him) I like that. Some folks miss the badass Shepard though. As I said above I like Ryder more. It comes down to what you want out of a protagonist
Basically I'd recommend it to a fan of the series but I'd also say try it before you buy it if possible.
Also I cannot stress strongly enough be prepared to step away from the obvious padding missions and I say that as someone who went through a million of the same box fortress in mass effect to complete it.
So I like it, FD hates it but I support the raiders and watch all their games so you know I've a history of good choices in my entertainment
The pacing is bad because of the nature of open world stuff. Adding the mission on hold stuff was a great idea in a tighter narrative game and it would have fixed the pacing issues in the OT
The combat is fun but limited by the small array of enemies. This wouldn't be an issue in itself. The original trilogy in particular mass effect 1 had the same issue but mass effect 1 was an RPG firstly not an action game.
The crew probably isn't as good as it could have been. Cora is kinda annoying. I went into the game expecting to hate PB expecting her to be the hurr let's pump out meme characters but she is my favourite asari across the series.
The game does stuff well mind. I prefer the more optimistic tone in my dumb shlocky space adventure. I like Ryder he is fun. I like the loyalty missions thus far. I like the new races.
But it does a lot wrong
There is a lot of padding so if you are the type of person who has to complete everything it will suck. If you can say f**k off I'm not going to scan those bodies and you can't make me you will enjoy it a lot more.
All in all I quite like it but you have to be willing to excuse a number of flaws and a number of these flaws will come down to personal taste.
Ryder isn't Shepard he is a goof (at least the way I play him) I like that. Some folks miss the badass Shepard though. As I said above I like Ryder more. It comes down to what you want out of a protagonist
Basically I'd recommend it to a fan of the series but I'd also say try it before you buy it if possible.
Also I cannot stress strongly enough be prepared to step away from the obvious padding missions and I say that as someone who went through a million of the same box fortress in mass effect to complete it.
So I like it, FD hates it but I support the raiders and watch all their games so you know I've a history of good choices in my entertainment