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A good old school RPG. Nothing deep with the combat here.

Just enjoyable and not too long.

Great game, kinda falls off in the final act.

Story is cool and I wanted to play it to find out what was going on. All the intricacies of the decisions you make and things that happen are very fun. The characters have their motivations and act like a person in that situation would. The combat is very fun and rewarding. I played on the most difficult level and the game was a decent challenge without being unfair.

The game does seem like it was rushed in act 4 and the endings are very bland. Definitely more exciting to play near the beginning of the game. The final battles were such a slog I was just playing to get the the end of the game at that point.

Larian has a good track record of making their games better and it looks like they're at it again as new patches are frequent . They even added a new ending.

The companion interaction in this game is ....mostly how it should be done. The romance in this game could of been handled better. Every character is throwing themselves at you over and over again. My charisma is 6, really bruh? I rejected one dude and his follow up was "Whoa, are you sure? I thought we had something"

Overall a solid 8/10. Game of the year contender for sure.

Its so boring. I think it was total biscuit that said it best, as vast as the ocean and deep as a pond.
Shallow, shallow, shallow.

Companions: Hey I like you. Hey I have an item for you. Shallow.

Do you like managing your inventory? Well you're gonna love this because you have a weight capacity. Over capacity? No fast travel. Enjoy walking back to your ship. Theres no point to this. Its just tedious. On top of that your ship has a weight capacity too? YEAH! Inventory management. Thats what I want in my sandbox RPG.

Story: Go get this thing and keep looking for more of them. Shallow. Nothing is at stake, no sense of urgency. Never was I excited in my 9 hours + of play.

Gameplay: Melee is ass. Gun play is standard gunplay from the 2000s.

Enemies: Majority of enemies are humans. They dont change how they fight you at all and your enemy variety comes in the form of humans with different colored suits. Me-di-o-cre. When you run into the aliens they are all palette swaps of each other.

No challenge. You just stupid your way through encounters. Most combat is a gear check. You dont have to change your strategy. Just hide, peek, shoot, heal, repeat.

They build a game that looks like a lambo but the internals are all Daewoo.

We waited 25 years for a new IP and they gave use the same game but in space.

Usually I vibe with ACG reviews but we have a stark disagreement about this game and thats okay.

I feel like I've seen all the game has to offer in the short time I've played it. I would recommend trying it out but I wouldn't put money into it.

Its overwatch with mechs.

Its okay but it loses its luster quickly.

If you like collecting random nick nacks and playing wheres waldo (Finding little plants hidden throughout the map, this is the game for you.

My main gripe is that this isn't really a multiplayer game. Just like black desert ( at least when I played it several years ago) you can solo all the content. The only thing you need to team up to do are daily content and small 8 man raids in the end game. You can use match maker and pug these if you have too.

The stronghold mini game is a standard build your town mobile game.

The exploration is done by boat but its just a pretty map where your boat goes from point a to point b. If you put in the time you get a boat that goes from point a to point b faster or maybe the boat takes less damage. If your boat dies the consequences are negligible.

The end game content is essentially collecting tokens by completing various islands (almost never combat related and can be done solo)
There are guardian raids which are 4 players and abyss dungeons. Abyssal dungeons can be completed once a week and then you cannot enter them until the weekly reset.

If you like heavy raiding, meritocracy, doing dungeons, and unique crafting stay away.

If you like Korean style MMOs, collecting tons of collectables, 100 percenting things this is the MMO for you.



Update: I tried playing the game again after the PVP arena update. Again its fun for a while but its ultimately boring. Its an arena with 3v3 or 1v1 as of now. There is a ranking system in place now. Still boring.

Dead game is dead. No more support incoming, avoid future projects from ninja theory.

This game is mediocre. The story is boring. The companions are boring. The weapon play and selections are boring. The dialogue is boring. The quests are boring.

This game has no depth or style. Its a New Vegas light. Side quests take about 10 to 15 minutes to complete and they all feel like chores. I've put a few hours into the game but it doesn't get any better. I'm just bored. I won't be finishing it.

If you want to play a generic sci fi shooter with perks and mediocre game play, this is the one for you. Otherwise save your money.

Game coulda been good but its so buggy I can't recommend it right now.

Randomly during gameplay the left click button becomes unresponsive forcing a restart. This happens to me once every hour.

Not a bug but skill checks are for your character only. Your partner have high strength or the ability to speak to the undead but you dont? Guess you wont be opening that crate, picking that lock, speaking to the dead, building a new schematic, or starting that cool occult ritual.

Spoiler to another reason the game sucks
And you play through the entire thing for the most abrupt, dumbass, lazy ending ever.

Saves are almost all auto saves. Dunno if you can even play two characters at once because it doesnt make another save file for your toon- Youll be saving over your previous characters.

I only recommend this game to hardcore cthulu fans and maybe wait until they patch out all the bugs.

DISCLAIMER: I gave this game 2 hours of a chance but I was bored 30 minutes in. I kept waiting for the game to get better but it only got worse.

Does Kotaku play the games it reviews? The art is awesome but the game lacks depth. The combat tactics are the same for basically every map. Get behind something and shoot. The variations of this was sometimes you have a knife for melee and sometimes you have grenades.

The individual scenarios repeat way too often and I noticed it 30 minutes into the game. As in I've played this exact random encounter 3 times already. The only thing this game does right is the art work.

Did you come to enjoy a great story? There basically is none as each campaign has a short 5 sentence intro. The 1st campaign example *X guy is missing, we better go find him"

This coulda been a great game but it isn't.

Its a giant book. I mean there is so much text in this game....the characters are not deep at all. Your team mates are pretty interesting. Wanna learn more about em? Too bad, the game ended. Its entirely too short. I mean I feel like this game was shorter than Tyranny.

I believe there are 3 main hubs. They are all incredibly small. Sheesh, what a let down. How did it take so many years to make this?