Recent reviews by Xcessive

Even in EA this game is worth it

At the moment I wouldn't recommend the game. It constantly crashes and textures look low res even with the HD pack. Beside all the other performance issues the game probably has the worst coop system in a MH game, which makes playing with a group of friends frustrating. Hopeful they fix the performance issues and don't abandon the game like they did with DD2.

Game is fun. Glory to the Emperor!

Until performance issues get fixed the game should be avoided

When the game first came out I hated on it due to all the bugs and never gave it much of a chance. Coming back to it after all these years from a fresh play through of LE, a lot of the bugs and poor animations have been fixed and the game is quite enjoyable.

While the games overall story inst as compelling as the trilogy the writing is what lets it down the most, and you cant get the same attachment to characters as you would in the trilogy. The game can be a bit grindy if you are going for a completionist run, but the combat is massively improved and way more satisfying. I was sceptical when they removed the whole paragon/renegade system but it allows a much more refreshing and realistic approach to the morality choice, that doesn't lock you into the cliche good or evil.

While the game falls short from its predecessors its still a solid game and worth playing if you pick it up on sale. And mods do fix a lot of issues that the devs haven't fixed.

Pros
-Combat (better gun play and more variety in builds)
-Tempest design (no elevator or load screens to explore your ship)
-Morality system (no more cliche good or evil)
-QTE (tell you what will happen)
-Crafting System (more in depth than previous games)
-Selling items (always annoyed me they removed this from ME2 and ME3)
-Exploration (more in depth than ME1)
-Character creator (can make some good locking characters unlike the trilogy)
-Graphics (game can look quite stunning)

Cons
-Writing (bit all over the place)
-Animations (can still be iffy)
-Voice acting (lack of emotions due to the writing)
-Glitches/bugs (most can be fixed with mods or reloading)
-Planet scanning (need mods to fix jerky camera when flying to a planet)
-Mining (tedious like in previous games recommend mods to fix this)
-New aliens (very lackluster and fugly)

What a save!

inflates difficulty with swarm mobs