Kane A

Updated Review: After completing the game, I have to admit that it is good but let's itself down from both things that are a personal dislikes, such as the cartoony character design and art style, but other things are just as frustrating and bad, like the occasional dip in writing and excess use of overly tanky enemies. With regards to the writing, the main story is brilliant, evoking a lot of the feels Mass Effect 2 gave me, but that doesn't apply to all the sides quests. I'd say around only 40% of the side quests (including companion missions) were actually interesting and didn't make me feel like i wanted to rush it to move on. Plus, I feel as though we should have been given more chances to speak to both Varrik and Solas. The companions actually surpised me with how good they were. I'm sure people will romance Davrin but I found that he had amazing best friend energy, like Garrus, and I would have been happy to have become a repeat character. Although Neve frustrated me at times, she two can have an amazing story lines and join some of the greatest Bioware companions. Harding story is new and interesting. Lucanas is fun but nothing we haven't seen before. Emmaric might have some snooze feast level side missions but his companion more than makes up for it. Despite some very questionable dialogue, Taash has a very unique story and they are quite funny. Bellara sadly has the worst story by far. It's bland, boring and a disappointment, especially because shes such a fun character. Overall, I don't know what all the offical reviewers were smoking because even though the game can shine at times, it can also be very dull and we shouldn't just ignore the bad, as the developer will never have a chance to improve going forward.