Pure Bethesda Game with all the exact same flaws and qualities as a Fallout 4 or a Skyrim. Except that in 2023 those flaws outweight BY FAR its qualities, especially as it feels they dont learn from their mistakes.

Pros:
- Lots of content
- Great work on the "being in space" feeling (DA on interiors, ship and some planets)
- Decent storyline
- Great faction side quest and some hidden one
- Nice and various choice in firearms and powers
- Strong modding community

Cons:
- Absolutely HORRENDOUS npc AI, it really feels like you are sourrounding by empty shell with the most unnatural and stupid reaction ive seen since a while. Reminding you every 30s that you are "just" in a game as "human" interaction feels empty, cold if not weird as hell.
- Companions empty af with poor design, and interaction with them is just plain boring
- LOADIND LOADING LOADING ALL THE F**** time, literally destroying immersion
- Terrible Ship dogfight system. Absolutely zero skill required (no real evasion maneuver, missile counter or such things) it is PURELY stats based hence VERY quickly repetitive and boring. Huge miss from Bethesda here.
- Terrible optimization on PC
- Even if more polished than its predecessor, very average looking for its current gen
- Inventories, weight system, skill system challenge etc ... outdated and feels very "heavy" to use
- Everything feels slow, but ... the bad kind of slow.

CONCLUSION:
Without mods, I would surely have give up completely on this game, but best is to let the modders and update improve the game to get back to it MAYBE after a year or so.