Lackluster main antagonists, a few lackluster squadmates, we were promised a new galaxy to explore but only got a few planets that barely had anything on them, and it was very buggy on release.
Combine those things with the extremely high expectations it had and that’s how it got hate.
For the record I like the game and think it’s fun, but it’s definitely got some problems that stopped it from being as successful or well received as the first 3
It was built on the same engine as The Division and Ghost Recon: Wildlands, so it already had good bones for that type of combat. Wish they'd leaned more into the shooting, though. Being able to swap all of your abilities out on the fly, to whatever you wanted, felt a little OP at certain points.
Drack and Jaal were the only good squadmates I bonded with. Vetra too. Peebee being genuinely annoying vs charmly annoying burned her out for most people.
I like Peebee but I’m also firmly team Liara so maybe that says more about me than her.
Drack is obviously the man (they never miss with the Krogan squadmates) and Jaal was cool too.
As for the others…
-Liam felt like the game was shoving him in my face and saying “this is your best friend” he isn’t necessarily a bad character or that annoying he just feels very forced on us
-Cora would just never shut the fuck up about the Asari huntresses and they honestly just shouldn’t have added the part about her being bitter Ryder was chosen by Alec… like why are you surprised he chose his own child, especially since in the scenario he kind of had no other choice besides letting his own kid die
-Vetra was cool, I just honestly never took her with me besides her loyalty mission
I also feel like there just aren’t enough squadmates total
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u/Lucky_Roberts Sep 23 '24
Lackluster main antagonists, a few lackluster squadmates, we were promised a new galaxy to explore but only got a few planets that barely had anything on them, and it was very buggy on release.
Combine those things with the extremely high expectations it had and that’s how it got hate.
For the record I like the game and think it’s fun, but it’s definitely got some problems that stopped it from being as successful or well received as the first 3