Recent reviews by Praetor Sylvor

This game is pretty much what I expected from a Bethesda game, but better than usual (imagine my surprise when no CTDs or grievous bugs on launch).

Story: 8/10
The main story wasn't much to write home about. It was serviceable, definitely better than most other Bethesda MQs, but still a 6 - 7 at most.
The factions stories (UC, FR, RI and CF) are really, really fun though. They didn't have any plot twists the way the MQ does, but they were enjoyable at worst from start to end.
The side quests you encounter while traveling were a solid OK. Not special or WOW, but not bad or boring either.

Gameplay: 7/10
About on par for a Bethesda game. One good, one OK, one very very bad: very good gun-play system, an okay melee system and an abysmal unarmed system.
This game would've been better if there was no unarmed system instead of this abomination.
Stealth is very different; as many other reviewers have already stated it looks like BGS veered entirely into the other direction when it comes to stealth.
It's fairly easy if you get all the relevant perks to max, but it's a pain to get there if you don't abuse the save system or the EM weapons.
Lock-picking/hacking is entirely neglectable if you don't want to roleplay as such, which is good because the lock-picking mini-game is as repetitive and boring as always.
I don't like how persuasion works, but your mileage may vary.

Visuals: 7/10
The visuals are OK. They're not the best, but they're definitely not bad.
If you want next-gen graphics though you're going to be very disappointed.

Sound: 8/10
The sound design is good. Nothing that really blew me away or amazed me, but it kept me immersed in the game.
Music is banger too, fits the game perfectly.
Weapon sounds are very crisp and impactful.
Overall, the sound design is very well done.

Stability: 9/10
Nearly no bugs on launch, which is … very rare for a BGS game. Only encountered one quest bug in my entire playthrough, which was easily solved with a reload.
No stuttering or lagging on a RTX 3080 Ti, but others have reported heavy stuttering or lag with other GPUs so your mileage may vary.
Overall, I'm very impressed with how stable this game launched. Kudos to BGS.

Notes:
Difficulty wise, the game is easy. Very hard is only very hard in the beginning of the game, but rapidly becomes easier as you level and find new gear.
Enemy AI seems to flip-flop between flanking, blitzkrieging bad-asses and brain-dead potatoes.
There are a lot of ballistic weapons, but very few laser weapons and nearly no particle weapons.

TL,DR:
A very, very fun Bethesda game. But it is at it's core still very obviously a Bethesda game, so if those aren't your to your taste you'll probably not enjoy this game as much.

Singleplayer is an experience.
RDO is so much fun, but R* killed it. Shame, it's more fun than GTAO imho.

I like it.

It's a lot like Overwatch, true, but it's different enough to be itself.

It's simple, it plays well and the graphics look appealing too.


The only gripes I have at the moment are the fact that there aren't a lot of game modes, that there aren't a lot of maps and that you have to reach rank 4 with 12 =/= champions to be able to do ranked. It's nice to see some form of barricade blocking newer players from ranked, but IMHO it would be better to reach a certain rank with one champion from each of the different roles instead.

I'll start by saying that this game is the first MMO I've ever played that gave me the feeling "I'm going to be playing this for a long time." World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, Tera, Wildstar and others never gave me this feeling. Not to say that I didn't enjoy them, but they didn't give me this feeling nonetheless.

On launch day, the servers crashed, just as with pretty much every MMO out there. However, after an hour of downtime I could start playing again (possibly sooner, I don't do login spamming), which is something that I haven't experienced with other MMOs. Hell, World of Warcraft's releases seem to be getting worse by the expension.

When I started playing the game, I was even more awestruck than I was during the bétas. A beautiful world. Enemies that do their best to flank you and stay out of the way of the bullets that you fire. The smooth cover system that was so intuitive that I've had zero problems dying because of bad controls. The way questing was handled, and how every radio operator had their own unique personality. The people in the streets coming to thank you for specific accomplishments...

On a side note, I've not played in the Dark Zone since the last béta, so I can't really give my opinion on that.

Ubisoft and Massive have done more than right with this game in my book. So thank you. Thank you Ubisoft. Thank you Massive. Thank both of you for making this game a reality. Thank you for making a game that I will never forget.

If there is one thing I don't like about the game, it would be the fact that they already announced payed DLC, which kind of rubs me wrong. But I'm going to defer giving a negative judgement about the DLC untill I've seen and played them.

TL,DR; A stunning game, more than worth it's money.

People, if you haven't bought this game yet, go buy it. It's not that expensive, and it's one of the best RPG games made. The modding community is also very big, and while there aren't that many new mods made, there are a lot worth checking out.

A must-have for every strategy fan. Diplomacy system is a bit ... meh.