User blog comment:DeadpoolN7/Destiny like Mass Effect?/@comment-11209678-20141001035009

It's not terrible, definitely the most over-hyped game I've played though. I haven't been that impressed with the gameplay. It seems to get pretty repetitive for me and there really isn't anything innovative about it. Mass Effect isn't particularly known for its gameplay, but I'd much rather play Mass Effect 1 (which is my least favorite as far as gameplay goes) than Destiny. Mass Effect absolutely destroys it story-wise. It's not even close in that area. I understand that Bungie was trying to create a mysterious quality to the lore, but it really falls flat on it's face because all too often I was left wondering what was going on. Also, they fail to develop any personal relationship with the characters. I didn't really care about them at all, which is pretty much the opposite of what Mass Effect does with its characters. What this game really needs is something like the codex that Mass Effect has. That way they don't need to explain every detail during gameplay, but if players want to know more about something, they can. To me, the fact that there isn't something like this almost shows that either Bungie didn't want to take the time to develop much of a background, or that they want to create a prequel where more of this will be addressed.