I got this game last night and so far I am pretty impressed with it so far. I read many reviews on this game and gave bad impressions about it. Even though some points they have made are true to a point, but the game is still good. I love the dialog system and story, I have no complains about it. But most complain about the shooting mechanics, this is RPG not a shooter, so the shooting is determined by effective range, pistol (close to mid), shotgun (close- quarter), machine gun (close to mid) and rifles (mid to long). I'm specializing with pistols since everyone most complain about it how its not very good. If you thought about it in relation to range, it works, of course it make sense that you cant or very difficult to shoot a pistol at long range, if you can then this game no longer becomes a RPG but a shooter. I like the challenge of getting within range to shoot instead of blasting an enemy from any range, where is the fun in that.
Yes, the game isn't perfect, so the good things I've said so far will contradict to bad things about the game. Firstly, the AI; when they work its fine but they're not the best. Second, the Controls; I have 360 version and the controls are loose, sometimes it walks on its own without touching the control stick, I have to push the opposite direction at times to stop. This is why I think most complain about bad cover system and shooting mechanics, the loose controls are influencing them. The controls need weight and be stable so that the other gameplay mechanics would improve. This is my opinion on my version.
If there is an opportunity for Obsidian to create Patches and Updates (hoping you can do it for the 360 version), if you fix these two issues in the game, the game would be even more awesome.
Although there were other minor complains but they can be overlooked since this is the first tryout, hopefully not the last.
