Alright
Daidre I'm not gonna go as far as to say I want my 5 bucks back because I got some measure of enjoyment from the game. It isn't as bad as Outer Worlds, but the gap between the two games isn't that large. ME:A has semi-competent skinner box-ian gameplay systems that make the pillars of exploration and combat somewhat enjoyable, in a very popamole way. But a skinner box can only hold your attention so long, and this one starts to lose its luster quite quickly.
It doesn't help that the other aspects of the game are utterly awful. The writing is terrible, the characters are mostly either forgettable or obnoxious, and there are many technical aspects that are a shambles - less of a shambles than they were on release perhaps, but still a shambles.
Once you realise that you truly do not give a rat's ass about anything that is happening in the game story-wise, the other pillars start to feel pointless.
And make no mistake you would have to be a fucking braindead vegetable to care about anything that happens in this game.
This quest in particular is typical of the game's approach:
- You have a bunch of idiotic protestors whining that they have been separated from their families. This has happened because the station has gone through tough times and is hugely limited on resources. Note that they complain no matter what decision you make earlier regarding military vs science (another 'choice' that has no impact on the game at all)
- They refuse to understand that the station can't just wake up everyone who has a family member, because everyone will fucking die if the station runs out of food, oxygen, water, etc. Instead their attitude is I WANT MY FAMILY MEMBERS REVIVED NOW.
- This shouldn't even be a debate, but as a Pathfinder (kind of like a Spectre) people expect you to wave your magic politics wand and get their family members revived. If you tell them they're being retarded they basically threaten to commit terrorism.
- No matter what your choice in this quest, it has pretty much no consequences at all. If you choose to revive the extra family members, nothing happens - the station doesn't run low on resources, nothing.
Citation just in case some idiot comes in here and claims I'm making this up:
Everything about this quest screams that some woke zoomer came up with it and thought it was a real moral dilemma. It made me want to punch a baby in the face. And pretty much the whole game is like this.
As I've already stated, the other gameplay pillars, while not as flawed, cannot carry the game alone.
So this game is getting uninstalled and I will never play it again.
