maybe I'll get more into it as I get deeper in the game, but straight out of the gate is a little confusing and frustrating. It seems like once I can finally "evolve" some powers, it will seem a bit more robust.

Granted, I did spend way too much time fussing with inventory in ME1, so I'm really good with that being streamlined, actually, but the neutered XP and levels I'm not feeling too much.

and while they cut down on all that fluff, repetitive dialog from multiple characters still serves as a major distraction. I try to pursue all dialog wheel options, but when you're on hub worlds, you find really quick you get the same info about 10x or something from various characters, and it gets old.