Just finished this game on Ranger difficulty in roughly 40 hrs. While I did not explore everything, I did get the Achievement for having a lvl 25 character.

All in all solid gameplay, even if the UI can be a little finnicky and some abilities aren't as intuitive as they could be. I've shot my own people more times than I'm comfortable to admit, just because I was looking at the hit percentages on one character and then, wanting to switch to a different character to see theirs, I clicked the sidebar only to end up killing my sniper with a salve of automatic fire. But I digress. I doubt there will be much about the gameplay that I'll remember. All in all, I don't recall much variety between the fights. This may be due my relatively save playstyle and I did not experiment much with the weird science weapons until the last 10% of the game's story. In terms of enemy variety and interesting abilities, XCOM 2 comes to mind as better example. Or Divinity Original Sin 2 for the mixing of environmental effects. While you can discover some fun weapons for sure and nothing beats the satisfaction of that 5k sniper one-hit kill on a boss, gameplay isn't what made this game stand out to me.

Its strong suit is the dialogue, the voice acting and the soundtrack. I really have to stress the good work of the audio department on this game. The way gameplay and sound worked together will definitely be the thing that I will remember about this game. It reminds me a little of the original Red Dead Redemption. Sure, I finished that game because it was a good. But I played through it 5 more times after that, just so I could listen to Far Away by José Gonzaléz while riding my horse along a river. Not spoil anything, let's just say I have a feeling it will be similar with this game.

To close, I've had some bugs that added about 3-4 hours to the playtime due to a garbled up save game where a faction I aided would treat as though I hadn't. Across the internet there's reports that this game is lacking some polish in terms of bugs and I can relay that. After one or two more patches I can definitely recommend picking this game up. At its current state I'd give it a 6/10 with potential towards 7/10.

Just finished this game on Ranger difficulty in roughly 40 hrs. While I did not explore everything, I did get the Achievement for having a lvl 25 character. All in all solid gameplay, even if the UI can be a little finnicky and some abilities aren't as intuitive as they could be. I've shot my own people more times than I'm comfortable to admit, just because I was looking at the hit percentages on one character and then, wanting to switch to a different character to see theirs, I clicked the sidebar only to end up killing my sniper with a salve of automatic fire. But I digress. I doubt there will be much about the gameplay that I'll remember. All in all, I don't recall much variety between the fights. This may be due my relatively save playstyle and I did not experiment much with the weird science weapons until the last 10% of the game's story. In terms of enemy variety and interesting abilities, XCOM 2 comes to mind as better example. Or Divinity Original Sin 2 for the mixing of environmental effects. While you can discover some fun weapons for sure and nothing beats the satisfaction of that 5k sniper one-hit kill on a boss, gameplay isn't what made this game stand out to me. Its strong suit is the dialogue, the voice acting and the soundtrack. I really have to stress the good work of the audio department on this game. The way gameplay and sound worked together will definitely be the thing that I will remember about this game. It reminds me a little of the original Red Dead Redemption. Sure, I finished that game because it was a good. But I played through it 5 more times after that, just so I could listen to Far Away by José Gonzaléz while riding my horse along a river. Not spoil anything, let's just say I have a feeling it will be similar with this game. To close, I've had some bugs that added about 3-4 hours to the playtime due to a garbled up save game where a faction I aided would treat as though I hadn't. Across the internet there's reports that this game is lacking some polish in terms of bugs and I can relay that. After one or two more patches I can definitely recommend picking this game up. At its current state I'd give it a 6/10 with potential towards 7/10.