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I didn't like the melee at all. I liked the concept but felt they failed to nail it. I disliked the gunplay too, but found myself turning to guns in the final levels out of frustration with the abrupt overload of armed enemies.
Overall I liked ME and am happy to have bought the game and voted for risk taking, but I did feel that the developers hadn't fully rounded out the implications of their central mechanic 'free running' and its effect on melee, gunplay and level design - for example, they clearly struggled with the normal game device of making the game progressively harder, with uneven progression of free running challenges and abrupt wobbles with combat.
Still, loved the art direction and when it worked, the free running was superb, offering an immersive experience like no other with a FP perspective.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
