£4.19 on cdkeys for the standard edition on origin.
I bought it the other week because all the MEL stuff has made me fancy more ME and have been playing it knowing nothing other than "it's crap". It's alright, I've been doing lots of the side quests on so the game kinda feels like it's just got a lot of busy work, driving all over the map to do quests, then fast travelling as soon as they're unlocked. Main story seems ok so far, I don't know how far through it I am though.
Main issues with it are
- Saves break. Seems like it's an issue with the Nomad (the car) and saving where it can or does bork the save. Some people have said it does load after like 5 minutes, I've not tested. Made worse by lack of quick save.
- You can't save on the main quests at all. So if you die (which I have been) you have to do a fair chunk of it again. I've fought my way through what I'd consider a large sized base, got inside to the commander/mini boss/elite and died, had to do it all again
- Emptiness and large size of maps. I get you're on a planet, with stuff dotted about, but I don't fancy driving loads for ages getting across the map
- Squad mates are dumb, they seem to stand around in the open to get shot and then go down. When they do shoot they seem to struggle to kill/hit anything. Enemy AI however will very quickly drop my shields if I'm exposed, not just increased damage, they seem to hit a lot more. Seem to make better use of cover too.
I can't really rememeber me1->3 too much in terms of gameplay, so maybe i'm being overly critical of MEA, but it's felt more of a drag to play than the others. Not tried the multiplayer on it, I've just been sending my 'teams' to do the missions that you can do in multiplayer. Is it worth the ~£4 i payed for it? Yea so far, though I'll wait to the end to make a proper decision. Would I pay £8 for it? No probably not, at least based on what I've played so far.
