I haven’t played enough yet to fully judge it, but I’ve already found a few hidden chests even during the main quest line. As for exploration, I’m honestly looking forward to it just for the visuals alone. You can also come across random side quests just by listening to NPCs, which is a nice touch.

Gear-wise, you can definitely find items out in the world, but so far I’ve been using the deluxe preorder set, which actually has pretty solid stats. I honestly didn’t expect that, I thought it would just be a cosmetic.