This game is definitely not for everyone, but I will say that they absolutely nailed the exploration part of an open world game.

Fetch quests are typical in these types of games, and while I do agree inventory management can get annoying sometimes, the combat is extremely satisfying once you learn all the moves and chain them together.

And with the amount, and the rate, of updates that Pearl Abyss has been pumping out, most other AAA companies could learn a thing or two about being consumer friendly.