Uuuh, its basically like the first season of a show... you can judge it. Its also not guaranteed to get better, its Bioware so hopefully they can pull some stuff off. I was at least entertained by it, the characters are really where its at. Just going around talking to everyone is a game in and of itself. The overarching story didn't really set the foundation as well as it could have.
Well, because there are no good story options in the genre. Anthems easily got the best one I've experienced thus far out of all 4 of them, and that's not saying much.
This isn't the genre you play for great storytelling unfortunately.
Think this is a huge thing for the game, there is no cost of entry when coming back as long as they stick to their "no paid DLC" stance for future content. Where with Destiny you have to pick up the next bit of DLC to get back into it, with this game as long as you bought the game, you're done. You just load it up and play.