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Destiny killer? I heard that many MANY times and here's the thing, they are nothing alike. This feels more like a vaulted game they were developing for the xbox 360/PS3 era. The graphics aren't the best, but they do look nice in the areas you can explore, but if you look at the scenery afar they are low rendered images to save on resource usage, very xbox 360/ps3. The combat is also very VERY arcadish and not very intuitive. Think of Mass Effect but less fun. The trailers you see don't do the game justice. They make the game look more action packed when it's not. Maps are very VERY linear as in small zones that have a certain layout and you're meant to go from point a to point b and move on to the next section. Very early on during my gameplay I picked a side mission from a hurt female soldier holding her leg. She has you go kill the leader of a gang very close to her location. You kill such boss (and like every other exterminate/kill the boss quest) a floating icon will present itself which you can use to quickly fast travel back to the entrance of that area (once again very xbox/ps3 era like lol). I turned the quest in and I was susprised to see I could take on the quest again...this is in fact a looter shooter with RNG. You're meant to kill the same boss over and over again to get a certain piece of armor/weapon for a specific build. If this is what you're into this might be your game. The lore of the game is actually boring asf. Humanity travels the star system trying to find a new home. They land on a planet, your character goes into sleep and wakes generations later to find out humanity is divided as always and fighting one another while slowly destroying the world (once again). Basically humanity is the true monster. Also, the planet gave some humans super powers hence why we have super powers. The shooting mechanics feel awkward. You shoot and see white dashes resembling bullets flying out despite your weapon having elements surrounding the weapons (fiery electricity etc) The obnoxious huge crosshair doesn't help the case and further makes the game look like something you would see a background character playing in a movie/TV show. What im trying to say is that looks very arcadish and awkward, despite the game looking grim and trying to be grim? Overall it's not a difficult game despite having difficulty levels and can be fun... or might be my nostalgic feeling for xbox 360 games (rest in peace Army of Two since it gives me vibes of that game). Buy on sale. I got it for $15, base game plus its one and only expansion DLC, the other DLC is some cheap ass cosmetics.