Code Green: a more positive look at the previews

I must confess my curiosity is piqued on one point. Your squad may not all be on good terms with you but we have not seen anything like da approval meters. Will this mean there is one or is the system more organic?

The main concern for me is some of the people bringing up that the open areas are bland. Which was what I feared all along. Infact I called that around the time they first started showing off the different locations. They instantly gave me Inquisition vibes. That kinda sucks to be honest, as Inquistion while it had a lot of aesthetic locations they were otherwise empty and uninteresting in terms of exploration. Meh, I would have been ok with a more linear experience over the illusion of something more expansive.

THIS!

Not here anyways.

1. Take any ten pics of any open world game and you will have a good chance of seeing bland areas.

2. Bland areas aren't much of an issue as long as there is compelling things to do. And it sounds like most of the devs have played through Elandon (sp) which is giving a hinterlands vibe but inquisition got so much better after you got out of there.

I thought I read somewhere that there is some sort of "relationship log" that tracks somewhat how other characters feel about you (or was it more of a personality log? i can't remember). Either way the system does have some visible numerical measurements associated with your dialog choices, but it seems like it won't be nearly as overt, and will probably be much more nuanced than either DA:I or ME3.