[quote=The 42nd Gecko]
As much as I love the supports and customization of Awakening, I've been playing older games and feeling that I prefer having limited missions to level, and that Awakening's map and mission design sucked until you get to the DLC.
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I usually play to 'complete,' so I prefer the capability to max shit out. That's the cool part about awakening. It's like variable difficulty. If you don't like the map just do each story chapter one after another. or just don't play dlc, or go without other things. Awakening's about as hard as you want it to be.