I am playing this game right now, on my second playthrough, nice of you to include this.
Pros:
+ Graphics
+ Gunplay mechanics: This was very good, especially for the sniper rifle which is probably my favourite in this game.
+ Extremely fantastic characters: If ME 2 does something perfect, its the personality of a couple of characters in this game. Mordin Solus, Garrus, Illusive Man and some others are really a joy to see and listen to.
+ Excellent voice acting.
+ Excellent music.
+ Character customization at the beginning, you get to change how you look. Very nice of them to provide a code which can be copied and used for another time. For eg. if playing on a 360 you have your own character you can copy the code, and use it on the PC for the same character face.
+ Final level is one of the best missions you will play on any video game.
Cons:
- The biggest minus of the game, the game itself. At first its great to go on a mission killing enemies to find your target, i.e. your crew members, but it gets old after a couple recruitments. By the time I was recruiting the last two or three characters I was completely bored of the game's repetitive nature with nothing to do different.
- LOYALTY F*CKING MISSIONS. F*CK THAT. More unnecessary going on a mission that's not related to the story. There should have been more variety in the loyalty missions, but it was the same go to a planet, go to a particular place in there, shoot enemies and complete the objective which usually didn't mean much on your part. Skipped this sh*t when I had the chance, and just went through the relay saying f*ck my crew, I just want to enjoy this damn game.
- Complicated RPG elements. This one is hard to explain. The squad screen is simple enough where you allot points, but the squad weapon and armor and ship armor upgrades are unnecessarily complicated. Just put them all at one place and I find the resources for it and do the upgrade, no buying upgrades and finding upgrades stuff please.
- The fact that the no. of missions that actually relate to the story, although these mission are really big, are limited to around 3 or 4. Everything else is completely unrelated to the story.
Rating: 8.7
