Great review again, Kallie - I also read your Anthem review and really appreciated the points you made. I haven't played Days Gone, but based on the gameplay and story elements you describe, it sounds like you've given it a fair score.
Just ignore all the crybabies who can't take a difference of opinion, especially when that opinion comes from a woman. "Boo hoo, b-but women aren't real gamers!"
@ditronus: Yeah, for me the Mass Effect trilogy (forgetting the last 10 minutes of ME3!) delivered one of the best experiences I've ever had in gaming. Bioware's magic was in their stories and characters, and their way of making you as a player feel so immersed in each game's world.
I just recently went back and played DA:O and felt incredibly involved with the characters. It's a single-player game, but I never once felt alone.
Thank you for your honest review, Kallie. I've been playing Anthem on PC over the past week (EA Premier early access), and though enjoying the game agree with the points you make. As a long-time gamer and Bioware fan, it's disheartening to know Anthem will be many people's first game by this company.
I do like the colour customization on the javelins, and the outside world, wildlife and music are really well done. However, I agree the story is hard to follow outside Fort Tarsis, and I found most characters and dialogue options underwhelming at best and infuriating at worst (no option to punch Neeson Giles).
Actual gameplay in the javelins is fun, but on the flip-side the AI is bad and there is very little variety in missions. I've logged over 20 hours in the game and have also run into quite a few bugs while playing.
I'm not impressed that they got rid of policies that shouldn't have even been there in the first place. You still have to connect once, anyway, and they didn't ditch Kinect.
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