Rate aspects of the game on a scale, to offer praise and criticism.

I will bite. I will black out after a few post on the forum today, since I don't want to be spoiled about stuff. I will however talk about my impressions from the 10 hour EE (or rather my 6 hours, since I didnt have time)

Presentation (++)

I think the intro is good and the presentation is good for both new and older players of the series. I felt curious about what was going on and I wanted to find out.

Character Creation (-)

What Character Creation ? one might ask. They might as well have just put up a few presets you could not change upon. I felt it hard making a character I liked and mostly so because "like myself" I wanted light skinned male with a beard and long hair (that is not possible and the beard models that are in are not even beards! it looks like someone rubbed dirt onto them. Most of the presents also look fairly dumb, as opposed to some of the chars in multiplayer.

Story (+++)

I actually found the story alright and I wanted to learn about what this new place would hold. I wanted to play more to learn about stuff! I don't want to write to much about it (no spoilers etc) But overall I liked it.

Companions (++)

Companions seems alright and tbh I have not played enough to expect more than I got! I wanted to learn more about my two companions, but have not had the chance yet (not played that long and don't want to until release)

Atmosphere (++)

I found the change of "systems" refreshing and I had a good vibe when I ventured onto the "planet" The visuals/sounds did alot for the general Atmosphere there.

Graphics (++)

I don't care much about GFX. I grew up with Atari and Commador 64. But I will say that I think the GFX was good looking.

Audio/music (++)

I liked it alot and I found that the music was what I would have expected from the series.

Dialogue wheel (+)

I think its simplistic and that its a sign upon that most games are "dumbed" down to be played on and by the console playerbase. I don't really think I have much of a choice and each respond would not really make sense all the time.

Animations (+)

I think its alright, but it does look abit emotionaless and stiff at times. I could have been alot better I guess, but not something that will haunt me.

Explorations (+)

Yes there is explorations and we might get alot more of it! But the exploration I did felt forced and I felt like my hands were held.

RPG Factor (+)

Sadly this game is not really a true RPG. The only thing that truely persist from the good old times are the story telling. I will explain more further below

Combat (+)

Much too fast paced and actions oriented for my taste. I mean this is not an RPG, not even a action RPG, this is a fast paced shooter with story telling.. The combat is not focused on being smart/tactical, but rather to exploit and spamming. I don't like it one bit. But its alright I guess, this is the development games are trending sadly.

Choices (+)

Did not see that any of my choices mattered yet, but they mmight later on (thus the one +)
Auto Savegame (-)

Another example about how dev's cater to the console crowd. We are seeing a devolution in gaming atm and this is one of them. It makes no sense at all to not included saving other than automated checkpoints for a PC game in 2017... I wonder what happens when people start to get corrupted saves.

Abilities/skills system (+)

Utterly borring system and while it does suit the new fast paced shooter style without much RPG over it, I still think its garbage. The fact you can pick whatever you want and even respect makes it less of a choice. There is no consequences in games anymore.. There is no reason to adapt. It will also break my immersion. This is another example of new age gaming / console crowd influence in gaming, its sadly the evoltion since gaming became mainstream.

Overall impression after my 6 hours (++)

I gave this game a ++ overall and that is mostly because of the story and because its mass effect. If this had been another series, I might have put it down to a one +
I think this game shows us what we can expect in the future. Less RPG elements, Less consequences, Less story/choices, more fast paced actions, instant glorification, simplistic gameplay. Its just the way of the world. The new age gamers have been spoon fed with this type of gamestyle since they started gaming and they are the loud majority sadly. I wish we had more RPG elements and much better choices, but that age is dead unless you support old style CRPG's by crowfunding. Big devs and pubs will cater to the console marked and younger generation.