Greedfall

I have become old and impatient, I am happy for the companions to do their own thing TBH. 

Sometimes you get a new item directly into your inventory when you kill those bosses, instead of looting it from their corpses. Some also have corpses/chest nearby with unique items too.

Some comments:

To some extent, I agree with this statement. Side quests like the ones you mentioned in your review were, at times, more interesting than the main storyline. I was disappointed by how the search for the cure was handled in the end, as I was perhaps expecting an explanation more grounded in reality than in the, let's say, supernatural. Ultimately, the payoff comes across as a bit preachy, yes. I think the narrative would've been better served by integrating the Princes' storyline with the Malichor one, but I don't want to get into spoilers.

I couldn't understand your point about pushing stereotypes insofar as companions and other NPCs are concerned. Are you referring to all companions and NPCs or some? What stereotypes are they pushing? Is this a bad thing in the context of the narrative? Regarding the 'noble savage' stereotype that you bring up, I will acknowledge there's something to that effect present in the narrative (the natives are more in tune with nature than their "civilized" counterparts). On the other hand, Greedfall does a balanced job exploring the different motivations of the natives of Teer Fradee. Some factions want war, other want to teach the foreigners, and even another double-crossed me to get rid of a rival (not to mention a few have tried to kill me).

While I'll admit it was a bit surprising to casually engage in conversation after that, there are several instances were you do take a side. Off the top of my head I can think of a couple of characters you're able to murder on the spot, as well as a battle where you can side with the rebels against the Bridge Alliance. And I was playing the perfect diplomat. I'm sure you can take more extreme sides should you wish to.

I may be the only person who wasn't too bothered by it, but I agree they could've put a bit more effort into the quest design here. To be honest, I was more bothered about the number of doors I have to open whenever I explore a building.

Mmm... I can see myself conceding the third one, since Andromeda clearly has more varied biomes that look very pretty. I can also see myself conceding the first one to some extent, for instance whereas combat is concerned, but I believe Greedfall does a better job incorporating your talents/attributes into world exploration and the game's narrative. As for Andromeda being a better title narrative-wise, to what extent? It certainly has more companion interaction, and that is always welcome even if we've come to expect it from a BioWare title. The main storyline is pretty weak though, as are most side quests, which almost always feel like busy-work.

About to lecture so briefly:

For the most part yes, almost every character kind of fell into the tropes of their factions. The variety we get from the motivations are still trapped by that to try and add drama. So a theleme priest who is murderous to the natives is no different from the one trying to convert.

The stereotype is the religious slant. Same with bridge alliance and the push for science, the avarice of the coin guard, the secretive nauts (who I admit were not that bad compared to the rest) and the natives being what I said basically. Noble savages and the pocahontas effect to try and give them complexity.

The insantces where I take a side I enjoyed. Problem is it was narratively inconsistent. Aloysious is the most egregious example. They set up a stereotyped villain but your forced to work with him? A better track would be to encounter him and offer a choice to or not based on his actions, especially when he outright murders someone and you can fight him then and there.

If the goal was to try and showcase nuance or a complex character in aloysious they failed. Failed with a lot of characters, now that I think about it.

As to the rest. It's all opinion anyway.this better than the one guy on our website who accused me of rushing the game and not understanding what I was playing.

While I agree about Timmy, I just want to add two wrongs don’t make a right.

That's problematic to an extant, but was handled better.

illusive man had a character for one. You had choice of Interaction by force of the situation. or by agreeing. Bioware pulled a narrative trick to get us to follow their plot, but gave you leeway to keep him at arms length and try the false sense of narrative to the situation,even convert the crew pro Cerberus to your side.

Greedfall fumbled this by having you interact with the character twice, had no context or nuance to the actual interaction, and just kind of sits there as another quest point to get through.

This is not a one to one comparison.

Almost everyone in greedfall is handled like aloysious. All of them are minor characters by that logic who are barely worth remembering.

Say what you will, the narrative of mass effect 2 was at least competent enough to give you the leeway to work with it. When the only game in town willing to support you is the crooked one, what are you going to in the end? Shepard's was not getting anywhere elsewhere at that point.

It was a narrative cheat on bioware's part, but it worked in context of what they gave you. You sometimes need to railroad to get back on track. Good GMs know when to railroad and how to make it work.

True on that. Means your doing it well, but that flexibility was present in mass effect 2.

I knew what Cerberus was, but Cerberus was also the only devil willing to help. For my paragon Shepard it was an alliance of convenience: I investigate but I'm not pushing Cerberus agenda. Pro human characters might be more pliable and such.

That's the thing, I never was pushed to help cerberus outside of the first two missions. with that, and the exception of no other groups such as the council in game unwilling to give aid. In context it worked though.

Aloysious is the example if poor characterization and not the only blip in the map. Every villain you face is by extension, even the big bad. I'd name them but can't do spoiler tag here, but you know who I'm referring too.

Greedfall's weapon and armour seem to have taken a lead from AC Odyssey. Hey lets make all the highest level armour and weapons less effective than the purple level below them but they also seem to be worse in Greedfall because at least you get a set bonus in Odyssey!!!! None of the gold items I have received are better than the purple gear my DeSardet has on, my companions have all the gold stuff I have collected!!!!!

Boots of any kind seem to be my curse, so many damn boots!!!!!  Maybe they are copying DAO, I always seemed to end up with heaps of damn "worn elven boots"!!!!! 

Seriously tho, the Bridge Alliance and Governor Burham can get *******. For the most part I have found the dialogue to be perfectly acceptable, and a tremendous improvement from previous games, but I found the conversations to between De Sardet and Governor Burham to be extremely jarring. They go from either threatening/accusing each other to, "Oh hey, how is it going. Nice to see you." LOL.