Yeah, there is a lot of potential in that game.

Story is decent enough so far. (I haven't finished it yet.)

Fuck space sudoku.

The companions could have been much more compelling than they are.

The UI is a hot mess.

Gunplay is the best out of all 4.

Open worlds are nice but can get grindy.

I love all the references back to the original story I've ran across so far. (I sadly took a break after starting the game a long time ago and am lost on the actual time periods. Scared to look it up to prevent spoilers.)

Multiplayer is just ME3 multiplayer but better.

I've enjoyed it better up the point I'm at now than some of the ass changes done to ME2 and 3. At like 60 hours total across the copy I own on EA's launcher and the Steam version. Only have 90 hours in Legendary edition with only like 10 missing annoying achievements if that tells you anything.

EDIT: Oh, also. Achievements and saves are cross compatible from EA -> Steam.