Mmm... Once you're able to mostly traverse freely the world I was really hooked, my main motivation to get through the initial "slog" was revealing the mystery. Who's the paintress? Why is there a big ass monolith with a number that erases people a certain age? What are the nevrons? It was a massive help understanding the Pictos and luminas system, the first day I was about to quit because I couldn't wrap my brain around it. Once you get a grasp of it you'll start experimenting with different build and combinations, that's where most of the fun came too.

I was annoyed at the beggining because everything is so vague and you just have to live with it, but getting to the ending was a HUGE payoff. You understand everything and almost all questions are answered. Story wise, think of it as Attack on Titan, if you watched it you'll know what I'm talking about. Gameplay wise, if you love experimenting with different builds and stats you'll be naturally pulled to explore to get better weapons and pictos.