Alright, so, put a good 12 hours into the game, and am on 11% completion. Playing on insanity, so that's probably serving to stretch the time a little.
Got up to the point where I
, talked to everyone on the Tempest, and just now quit when landing on the Nexus. So far, I am
really enjoying my time with the game. It's a very flawed gem, but a gem nonetheless. I really like all of the characters, and having read the book, I also quite liked the characters that came pre-fleshed out for me.
The point where it really clicked for me personally was when I walked around
talking to everyone, and just taking in the characters and their stories. Totally made me buy into the universe at that point.
I'm also really liking the actual gameplay. Playing insanity is making me play a little conservative, with med-long range weapons and concussive shot/incinerate/overload as my skills, so I'm not being all crazy, but it's still really enjoyable. The systems outside of the actual gameplay, like the galaxy map, outpost system, text-dispensary systems as I like to call them, ... are all serving their function well enough too. It's a good, cohesive whole so far.
I could probably go into more detail, but you get the gist. I really like it. I really hope that they're not reeling in the scope now given the backlash (let alone putting Mass Effect on the shelve...) with any future games they're doing in this style. Would suck. I want that huge and sprawling RPG, not a 30 hour campaign + extras. There's still something that Bioware does differently from other devs that just manages to tickle my fancy, and I would HATE losing it. Ah well, I'll enjoy this one for. Despair is for later
