TL;DR: Great game with minor issues, and also plagued by EA bs.
I'm not finished with the game, but the game itself seems really fun so far. I will say that, if you are at all into Star Wars as a franchise, the game is worth giving a try, and even more so if it goes on sale. Even if you aren't into or have never played a turn-based tactics game, it is genuinely fun. I never played X-COM (which many reviewers say the game is akin to), and only played a few turn-based tactics style games (FFT, most notably, which is somewhat similar to this), and I'm having a great time. The amount of buzz words, buffs or debuffs, items, the UI, world map, the systems, it all feels like quite a bit when the game first introduces them, but once you get the hang of it, it's really fun.
I initially refunded this game because of some frustration with this, some animations in the hub world seeming off, the Mass Effect Andromeda style facial expressions and movements, and some general initial release fuss. I was hesitant at the time whether the game would be fun. But after seeing many others enjoy the game, I decided to give it another go, and man am I glad I did. The flow of combat, balancing your team, customizing your characters, the music, visuals, they are all solid. The game allowing you to flexibly swap your team around on the fly and test things out is really nice to have, as it encourages experimentation and doesn't punish you for committing to a loadout or skillset choice you made previously. When you get your squad to synergize and work together well it feels genuinely rewarding. It also doesn't seem like there is any wrong playstyle or skillset you can go with, so long as you build and play around its strengths, which is nice to see. I've seen many people say different things as far as how they build each of their characters and whatnot, which is a great sign of a strategy game.
I will say that it isn't all perfect, as there are a handful of gripes I have with the game.
For one, I wish you had a bit more interaction and story development with the side characters, whether they're generic or not. The non-recruited characters all seem distinct in their design and function, and it is nice being able to give them whatever skillset you think might suit them best. However, their little story missions don't do much to strengthening a relationship with them and making them feel like another companion out of Mass Effect or something. I guess this wasn't really a thing in Final Fantasy Tactics so maybe I'm asking for too much with this game, but still; I'm also not even sure how you'd tackle such a feat with the generic characters. The generic characters themselves feel neat, but somewhat pointless to me, since the non-generic characters can use the same skillsets with (often, at least in my opinion) better passives/subskills. Maybe I'm just biased towards the non-generic characters though.
I also wish that the game was more explorable in some way. The game does these weird ultra-linear walking sequences where you walk for like less than 100 meters down a linear path where there is exactly one NPC and one (bright glowing) item that you interact with and immediately walk away from, then you arrive at the combat zone, and I don't know why the game even decided to bother. I didn't expect some open-world explorable zone at each planet or something, but it's just a weird design choice to me when its so painfully clear that the walking sections have so little thought or design put into them.
Re: bugs, performance
What I will say is that I haven't had that many performance issues while playing. No stuttering, no input delay. I have had one major crash (no bsod though) and one soft crash/freeze, but, other than that, I have not had any major performance issues. There have been some bugs I have noticed with some movement animations not loading, attacks not playing out for some reason (but still dealing damage), some instances where Overwatch (a general ability) doesn't trigger properly, but they all haven't been consistent enough for me to write off the game as being utterly problematic. If you are willing to tolerate some light performance issues, it is a lot of fun. I have never had a character die, or even go down, and have yet to suffer a major loss or something from such a bug happening.
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Given the game's success, I am hoping to see more improvements made to the game - bug fixes, DLC added for more story, missions, dialogue, races, weapons, classes, customization, etc. etc. - but I'm not sure if it'll happen given the news about the development team being on furlough. It's sad to see, and like many Star Wars video game projects, they seem doomed to always be in some sort of development hell, getting neutered or blocked from becoming truly great. Only time will tell though. Hopefully I am proven wrong by EA.
