after playing through the series for the first time (and replaying DAI for the second time), I've grown to love this game for what it is. ultimately, I do think this is a very good game
The problem that plagues this game and Mass Effect Andromeda is that the team thought quantity > quality would be the best course, and as we learn now, that is not the case. (If you take a look at the series pervious games, overall most of them are >100 hours, even with completionist runs)
Easily, they could've cut 40 hours of the base game out, leave the DLCS as it, and this would've likely been one of the best games to ever come out in the mid-2010s. But, despite it's flaws, this game is very much a labor of love, and I hope from the next release along with ME4 that BioWare learned some lessons from their development cycles and create fantastic games for us fans to enjoy
The problem that plagues this game and Mass Effect Andromeda is that the team thought quantity > quality would be the best course, and as we learn now, that is not the case. (If you take a look at the series pervious games, overall most of them are >100 hours, even with completionist runs)
Easily, they could've cut 40 hours of the base game out, leave the DLCS as it, and this would've likely been one of the best games to ever come out in the mid-2010s. But, despite it's flaws, this game is very much a labor of love, and I hope from the next release along with ME4 that BioWare learned some lessons from their development cycles and create fantastic games for us fans to enjoy