It's both. (DBO)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Monday, April 23, 2018, 13:51 (2189 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Look no farther than Mass Effect. A well told story through the campaign and side quests, and a massive codex giving us the history of that world. That's certainly what I want.

And all of that was wasted on me because the game was so terrible I gave up midway through the first mission :-p

Go straight to ME2. I missed 1 when it came out, then played 2 and absolutely loved it. So I went back and tried 1, and thought “same great writing, but this one sure plays like crap!”, lol.

2 is a bit dated now, but I think it is still appreciable.