So far, I'm really enjoying it. I've only played it for 5-6 hours, but I had fun every single minute of those. And I haven't even finished Earth missions yet.
- One thing that keeps me busy are bounties. After playing through the first few missions and leveling up to 5, I started doing those instead of progressing further. They shiwed me so many different patrol missions, gave me incentive to play a bit differently than I normally would.
- They even enticed me to play PvP, which I swore I would not touch, because I generally dislike that, but so far I'm having a lot if fun playing Control, and I managed to actually not suck at it. I see myself repeatedly returning to PvP to have fun and to earn rewards.
- My favorite part is customization, so many choices to outfit your character, and they made it so your choices actually impact your gameplay, so I can cusomize my character to suit my playing style.
- I can see myself sinking 100s of hours into this game, and it will probably be November before I even finish the narrative part, I'm in no hurry to progress even to the Moon. With bounties constantly refreshing, the game offers a lot of variety and incentives.
- I haven't even played a single strike, raid or public event. Those will add to my playing time considerably.
Things I don't like, which lead me to inevitable comparisons to Borderlands:
- Scarce loot, especially chests. It seems that, unless you purposely go out of your way, they are nowhere to be found. An occasional chest standing in your path would be welcome.
- Enemies drop only bullets, very very rarely anything else. I understand the need to not devalue loot, but a rew more rewards, especially from tougher enemies.
- No memorable characters. I'd prefer missions and bounties being spread out to a variety of characters, this way feels too automatic and bland. Could have been just a message board instead of a dull cardboard cutout standing there. I know this isn't BL, but I fell in love with that game in big part due to characters and humor.
- What's the point of the spaceship? Maybe I haven't gotten that far yet, but right now it just serves as a visualization of a loading screen. Why bother upgrading it, or doing anything with it at all?
So far, I love it, and the score is a measure of my having fun with the game, which is a solid 9.5/10 so far, meaning that I play it more than I'm supposed to, and that I feel bad when I need to turn it off so I can catch some sleep.