Andrew Noriega

My expectations were low. But wow.

This was one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life.

Man I was excited for this. Until I actually got in the game... i pressed my G key for hours basically while being told by my friends "wait until you get to 50, thats when the end game starts". After 40 hours of side quests (which were god awful btw) and main story (also awful and not memorable), I hit 50. Wow. I wasted my time. 'End game was there and I realized that it was nonstop button mashing without reason against wave after wave of enemy, just to realize im grinding for materials to use to hone my gear and rinse and repeat. I saw my friend hone an item at 90% 3x and fail them all. Its a total cash grab that steers you into paying because normal playing doesn't cut it. The game looks great and at first, feels so satisfying. But it quickly becomes an unreasonable time dump that has you always chasing an unobtainable goal. They miss the mark in so many areas, but its not a 1 star. Worth it to try, being free... but it is not good in my personal opinion. The effort put in does not translate to any feeling of reward.

I see quite a few reviews with complaints regarding performance. I'm running an i7 8700k, 1070ti and 32gb ram. I am running it on ultra and am staying above 130FPS the entire game. There are some crouch issues and inability to pick up certain items. But you know what? I'm ok if I cant pick up that bottle of tequila. My backpack is full of stuff anyhow! I personally believe this game has set the benchmark for what RPGs should deliver in the future.

Every single bad review I've seen (there arent many), complains about the complexity of the characters story lines. These are 3 main characters with wildly different stories that get tied together. Be patient. Watch it a few times maybe. This is the beginning of (hopefully) a very long series that will only get better with time. Fantastic. Do not compare to anything else. This isnt some GoT wannabe. This story was around before GoT and is its own universe. My 5* rating comes due to me being familiar with all the games and books (slight bias), knowing what's yet to come and believing they set things up perfectly. I am so relieved to see this product and feel confident in the cast / production crew entirely to take this monster of a story on. Pun intended.