I want to give this game a positive review, I really do but there are so many aspects of this game that's driving me up the wall.
Quick context: I've played all three mass effects, and SWTOR, all four being games which BioWare developed.
Starting off I despise the combat, I hated SWTOR combat with a passion, I stuck around through all eight campaigns due to the compelling story, the combat in DAO is maybe a smidge better but that's because it can be complex, and is flashy, still miserable though, the story so far is compelling hence why I'm still playing.
The game, especially the dlcs are buggy, it crashes frequently when tabbing out, I've ran into no save breaking bugs, the bugs I've ran into require you to backtrack a lot, that wouldn't be an issue if the player character wasn't so slow. walking back to fix the bugs can take upwards of 5 to ten minutes of walking, just walking as your playable character drags their feet.
But the biggest issue that has made me lose hours of time was, I gave gift to max out my companions 'friendship', not knowing that it would force me, unknowingly into a relationship, I had never initiated a relationship with either character, I've talked to them maybe twice, and then, four hours after I had given them the gift, I find out I'm dating them both. I did not want to date either of them. I do not understand why there wasn't a single conversation about this, just poof your dating them both. due to this I'm having to roll back to a save FOUR hours ago. in mass effect, in SWTOR, romances take several hours of gameplay and tens of conversations where your given the CHOICE if you want to romance the character.
