Two years on, time for a reappraisal?

I'm not saying it wasn't useful. But it wasn't essential and the game didn't really go out of its way to encourage it as a combat tactic. It all depended on how creative you were. I did use it. I used it extensively. When I remembered I had it. Most of the time, it was an afterthought. My bottom line was that it wasn't that intuitive. For me, at least.


What a coincidence.

Well, I never downloaded the mod, because I never needed it, because I never switched profiles.

Oh well each to their own, I loved both the access to all powers and the jet pack. 

Yeah I had 1000+ hrs as well and by the last couple of PT's I was playing more for the combat than the story. Yeah the squad mate commands was a bit disappointing however it allowed you to get more engaged in the combat from an immersion perspective.

I still like it and like it even more than when I first played it. Sure, there are some flaws, but it's not nearly as bad of a game that a lot of people make it out to be.

Regarding the jet pack, I like it. It's fun. I didn't really like the profiles though. I'd rather just have a normal class system again. So usually I just pick a profile and stick with it the entire game.

Don't be ashamed, mee too, in ME1 at least, and my first playthrough of ME2
Then I went all gun blazing with only 3 powers (plus passives like armor/ammo) and ignored the companions
But having just finished The Bureau (XCOM) I kinda miss the tactical pause

It's the space version of DAI, if you liked DAI but wanted a change from the long list of sword and sworcery fantasy playground, this is the game for you!

Driving around on the land vehicle is great! loads better than DAI's mounts...how did both use same Frostbite engine??

What's interesting with DAI is many of the addon DLC packs have mounts on the front cover as their sell point yet the ingame mounts in terms of controls (no sense of speed for one) is the worst in gaming history.

What DAI got right were the dragon fights, some of them are very epic!

I'm way late to this thread, I realize. I was just reading the debate regarding jetpacks, Favorites and their utility.

I enjoyed the jetpacks. There is never a fight in which it isn't useful to me. It's also preferable outside of combat to Shepard's earthbound navigation. It was mechanically enjoyable. It makes reasonable sense as an in-setting item. I'm not sure how anyone can knock the jetpacks.

I don't frequently switch favorites. I tend to stick to a single style through most of a PT. That said, I really appreciate having them in this lengthy game. I do switch it up, occassionally. Being able to access a skill+profile loadout with the push of a button is easy. It's far easier and less clunky than needing to assign the skills and profile individually whenever one wants a change of pace.

I can understand being disappointed that the favorites were not what some wanted them to be and what they were touted to be. They were not useful for on the fly, mid-combat playstyle changes. They are still very much useful, though, in the way I previously described. Anecdotally, players of AC Odyssey have clamored for months for the ability to save skill loadouts in precisely the way Favorites allow. It can be incredibly useful in a lengthy game with myriad playstyle options.

The "I only get to use three skills" complaint was never one I had. I've been using three active skills since ME2. I can definitely understand missing something you enjoy. It just isn't something I missed at all.

I also never used pause-and-play. That's not the playstyle I enjoy. I'm all in on player-skill, rapid reflex gameplay. It was always cool that MET could be played in both ways. I think it's sort of a shame they took that away in MEA in order to homogenize SP and MP.

I will admit that I use pause heavily during the final fight at the thanix missiles in ME3 on insanity. I don't know how people would do it without honestly. For me, if I don't coordinate every single power use and movement of all squad members perfectly, I don't stand a chnce against the bansheepocalypse.

Yeah although in my case it's the Brutes tha ttend t od ome in I think mostly because mqaybe they softem nme up fo rwhen the Banshee's do com eion either way that is a cool final level.

I am currently playing ME:A again. Had a great time playing it earlier when it came out and I still care a lot about it. Sarah Ryder really clicks for me, wish we could have had dlc and all the good stuff for this game. For me it feels like there is still so much to discover and do. I like seeing my Ryder grow into her leader-role and the companions are great!

My dream come true would be a piece of dlc for ME:A. Yeah I know, no chance of that but one can always dream.

And that's only minimising the useless bullshit. The allies missions have a lot of useless bullshit as well.