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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vocenoctum" data-source="post: 3910755" data-attributes="member: 2477">Okay, just finished it. (Restarted after 6 hours with my current vanguard, and had some disc issues last night.)Length is good I think, though of course I did a good amount of side missions, so there's that.Probably one of the best end-games I've had in a long time, the final location leading up to the boss battle was quite a fun scene. The finale was a lot of fun, though combat was a bit hectic with It.So, final review (until I replay again next week <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> :1) Dialogue system is very nice and cinematic, except that quite a few times, IMO, the dialogue choice did not match the tone/response implied.2) Combat was iffy, okay once you get used to it, but still a bit slow for a real shooter, since its not one, we'll make an exception, but still. The sniper wobble is horrible, and the heat system makes my pistol almost as good as an assault rifle, which is fine I suppose. Grenades didn't really capture my interest, though they were nicely done in concept.3) Mako was not fun, not like a Warthog... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> That said, my early problems only seemed to work for the linear quests, rather than the "open world" missions. Though, it's still not the greatest in combat, and I'd often just snipe&hop, which isn't a very dynamic combat experience.4) Characters were fun, I especially liked Tali and Wrex, though Garrus might be better given time. They didn't seem to have as much dialogue as KotOR, and it's always odd to have to pick 2 people from a sixe man team.5) Achievements: mostly very boring actually. "kill 150 things with pistol" or whatnot. I'm not sure why I didn't get the Krogan and Quarian unlocks, I used them for 95% of the missions once I got them, but I guess it means "majority of the game" with completing all the side quests. Bleh. It is neat that some of them unlock other stuff though.6) Equipment: the gel system is fine, but the menu's need some polishing for navigation and stuff.7) Story: starts off good, continues along good, great ending. The only issue I had was how some of the stuff just seemed "done" before. Once you think of the Quarians as Battlestar Gallactica it's hard to forget. The comparisons of the Protheans with Forerunners (Halo) and Eloh (Tabula Rasa) are pretty fresh in my mind too.Overall, definetly worth the purchase, though;8) the disc. It said it was unreadable after a certain point, when I tried to clean the disc, I saw scuffs on it. After a little poking around, I found others had the same problems with ME discs, and a heavy cleaning removes whatever that scuff material is. Scratched my disc in the process of course, but it works fine. I haven't had this issue with any other discs.</blockquote>

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