After Spending 35 hours with the game, I feel like I have tried and done what I wanted to with the game at this point. For being considered an MMO it feels more like a single player open world RPG. Social aspects and group activites such as talking in the faction chat room and 6 player raids/dungeons, don't become available till after you reach max level which I found to be a really odd decision by the developers. I reached max level (which is currently Level 45) just by b-lining and finishing the main story (at this time) for the Elyos Faction, which was mediocre at best and rather generic. I cleared the Verteron map of Strongholds (5-10 minute mini dungeons that has you kill x number of mobs or doing a memory puzzle once in a while), instanced Dungeons (similar to Strongholds just in caves instead of forts) and Side quests(Generic kill x, collect x fetch quests), engaged with some of the group Dungeons due to some of them being tied into a few of the side quests, all of which are generic, bland checklist activities that give you very minor rewards.

There is a In-game Cash Shop but true to the developers word, it's nothing more then a shop full of cosmetics and an optional subscription (for extra goodies) and your typical quarterly Seasonal Pass. None of which I had an interest in and thankfully I didn't feel like it was being shoved in my face every 5 minutes( Sarcasm to a small degree, as it has been done worse in other games).

Visually it's one of the best looking ones I've played, it's bright and vibrant and the land you travel around can be pretty stunning at times. The lip syncing and character animation during quest related conversations is hit and miss and leaves a lot to be desired. The Voice acting (which is part of both the main questline and side quests) is passible but not the best. It has a clean and straight forward UI, runs decently in Unreal Engine 5 with little to no technical hiccups. The Sound design is decent but doesn't standout, The combat is fast, fun and fluid. The Traversal mechanics especially with the ability to fly is pretty fun and it's nice to have the convinece of Auto-pathing to every active quest at the press of a button.

Overall: I had a decent time with the game. It's visually impressive, the combat and traversal is fun to engage with but frankly that's all it has going for it for me. If your wanting a super social MMO this isn't likely to jump at the top of your list, if your a story-driven gamer (like myself) hoping it to compete/Top or match FF14, SWTOR, or Guild Wars 2, this is not what your looking for. If your looking for something to just pass the time with temporarily in between new games, updates you might enjoy it. For me, It was fun for the brief time I played it but I can't see this as my next permenant MMO or replacement of my current rotation of MMO/Live service games. Moving on to the next one!