For the first time in a long time (portal is a close second: portal better ending, mass effect better story), this game actually made me want to to watch cut scenes. It felt kindof like a movie, kindof like a “choose your own adventure”. Being able to choose the direction things were going was cool, while the game was “on rails”, at least there were some switches along the way to push the story in a direction. The voice acting was great, and included some big names, which was really cool. I saw probably 100 people in the “other voices” section alone. The little interactions between the crew when out moving around, or overhearing conversations as you walk through a bar was very immersive. The main story line was really good, with a few twists now and then to keep it interesting. A couple of the little details in the story really made it feel plausible. All of the main characters had backstories and somewhat interesting conversations. It would have been nice if the side missions that you do would affect the story more. I spent time doing some of them because i hoped they might.
My only real complaint was that there was no “ship to ship” space combat. The codex had information about it, like how the shields and guns worked (interestingly, it seemed to be pretty plausible!), so maybe that was something that got cut from the console version and will make it into the PC version? There’s been one downloadable content thing so far, so maybe that would be an addition? Some of the missions got a little repetitive, but in a game this long, it will happen eventually. Some people complained about load times and/or elevator rides, and i somewhat agree, but it wasn’t the worst waiting i’ve done in a game. I swear loading a track in PGR4 or Forza can take longer than that, and thats for a 3 minute drive in a loop… 🙂
