'I like or love the game' (General feedback)

I had high hopes but very low expectations, and so far I don't regret buying the game in any way, shape or form. I bought the Deluxe version on Xbox, and would expect to pick it up on PS4 whenever it drops to around half price so that I can keep in touch with some of my MP friends there.

It's way too early for me to rate the game overall, but of the two options between loving and hating I'm absolutely in the former camp. I played ME3 on day-of-release and remember it being a little glitchy. This is similar, but still a picnic compared to FO4, for example. I try to react to glitches with amusement, not hate, otherwise I'll just end up hating myself most of all, recognising that I pay good money to be a game-tester for AAA Studios. It's ultimately my choice whether I go along with it.

I'm about to go back to Eos to carry on some side-quests, and so far everything has been pretty enjoyable. I agree with those who say it feels very like the original game, but with improved gameplay mechanics. Sadly the animations seem more like a backward step, but I imagine they will be patched. I haven't got a clue what I'm doing yet in terms of resource management, profiles, Apex stuff or R&D, but I can already see how much fun I'm likely to have getting the hang of it all. It might help a little if some of the tinier fonts were enlarged for us old guys though! I haven't had any major issues with the dialogue itself, despite fearing the worst, and the voice acting has been pretty good too (Tann the Salarian aside - he makes me feel slightly nauseous.)

Not gonna lie though, the CC was almost a game-breaker for me as I recoiled in horror at every one of the female templates, and most of the males too. I don't want to join the ranks of the conspiracy theorists, but I find the 'it's just incompetence' explanation hard to believe. I saw the model for the default Sara for the first time yesterday, and I've gotta say that's incompetence on an intergalactic scale! The fact that Cora has a great body but a man's face is also slightly distracting. Two men actually - James Hunt, the F1 racer and Martin Fry, the singer of ABC. Default Alec Ryder looks like Kevin Godley of 10cc too, which is making me wonder if there's a middle-aged Anglophile somewhere in Bioware's animator ranks who wasn't quite brave enough to go full-on 'Flock of Seagulls' with Cora's haircut.

I'll finish my non-review by acknowledging that I watched a little of DragonRacer streaming some multiplayer, and saw enough to know that I'm going to have a lot of fun there too. At one point her Krogan was dead along with two others, dependent on an Asari clutching a wave, which (s)he did with some style. I realised that if I went straight in I might never start the SP campaign! I can't comment any further than that on MP though. I saw a post requesting more gore, and would be disappointed to discover that headshots on Kett in MP don't result in the same melon-pop as SP, which I like very much.

TL/DR: Probably gonna end up a solid 8/10. Probably.

How about immersion? How would you rate this compared to the trilogy games when it comes to immersion, anyone?

I've got about 8 hours in and loving the game so far.  There's a lot I have to learn.  I just found out last night how to outfit my weapon mods!!!  I love the open world aspect, especially the space exploration.  I just need to figure out how to mine planets from the planetary view, if that's even possible.

The only part I'm loving a bit less is the cover system.  Can't tell you how many times I've been killed because I can't crouch, or when I attempt to move close to an object I'm still standing up, or when I hit the "B" button to warp to cover I over-shoot it.  I can't remember how cover worked in ME3, but it had to be better than this.  I mean, was the game even tested in-house?  I didn't participate in the beta so couldn't have known about this until I played it.  I've seen a lot of negativity about it on various forums, so I know it isn't just me.

Oh, and one other thing.  I was talking to all the crew mates and didn't realize until after I had finished that there's a symbol inside the conversation wheel.  I accidentally romanced it up with Liam, thinking we were simply having a "bro" moment, hahahaha.  Boy, was I wrong...bad move on my part!!!!

Alright, after 60h I finally finished the game (left alot of side quests for future playthru) and for me its the best ME game. It dont beat the trilogy but compared to each of the other games its the best. A great foundation to build from.

Lets start with the good:
+ It runs great on PC with a few minor bugs and glitches.
+ It looks gorgeous.
+ Combat is the best in the series.
+ Interesting characters that are for the most part very well voice acted. I like the crew on the Tempest at least as much as the Normandy one. Also, that Cora romance
+ The quests are mostly well done. The main was interesting enough to keep me coming back for more, and the side quests feel much less "MMO style" then DA:I for example. So much to do that many can be skipped for another run.
+ The sound in combat and just walking around in the world is great.
+ The Nomad is fun driving around and over enemies.
+ The ability to choose wich skills to use.

The bad:
- Animation, both facial and walking, are not very good. It didnt bother me too much though, and I feel the outrage over it is quite abit overreacting.
- The menus are not good and feels clunky. The map can be confusing at times.
- The "puzzles" gets old fast. So does the zooming in while traveling between planets.
- The soundtrack, while not really bad, is not up on par with the other games. Besides the main menu music, nothing really sticks.
- At times the casual auto conversations, especially from Scott Ryder, are abit too much for my taste.

To sum it up, its a really good game that gets a solid 8/10 from me. Hopefully, this is only the first ME in the Andromeda galaxy.

Yeah I know what you mean.  You hear them say things, and that's not quite how it's spoken in the real military.  

Phantoms and Banshees and Brutes and Praetoreans were quite efficient at driving you out of cover in ME3 MP.

I like the environments, the level design, the combat and the combat. In many ways, this game reminds me of ME1.

immersion is great, lot of "space-realistic" environments and landscape to behold and hazards to take into account, 
you loose yourself in this new galaxy cluster

That sounds good.  What about convos with NPC's and the VA? I assume the animations disrupt it at times?

Adding that extra axis of movement makes a huge difference. It basically gives you lots of options on approaching enemies on the battlefield. I'll never get enough of being biotic death from above. 

I'm having a lot of fun with this game, but there's one thingie: is there any way to make the text on screen bigger? As in, larger letters for my poor blind eyes. I may need a bigger TV screen (playing on Xbox) but even with my glasses on I have trouble reading texts.