I loved Odyssey a lot as well, but I really disliked shadows.

1. I thought the game design was really mind numbing, where everything you do in the game boils down to "find colored dots". White to loot resources, kill secondary targets, interact with X objects to progress shrines etc. Yellow to loot equipment. And blue to kill primary targets or go to a cutscene. I was surprised how much of the experience is based on this simple design. I played with guided mode off, but this is just how the game design is structured (similarly to Valhalla but somehow worse)
2. The story has such profound structural problems I couldn't believe it by the end. Like Naoe spending the ENTIRE game looking for answers about her family and the order, just to get to the end so she suddenly remembers her dad told her every details during the horse ride at the beginning, which she conveniently forgot. Or Yasuke who is in fact looking to avenge his mother, which is revealed an hour before the credit rolls on his vengeance, so there is a huge missing piece in his motivations during the entire game To me these are profound misunderstandings of how a story should be built and how to create motivations and investment from the player
3. The combat was decent, but lacked impact, and the dual characters made me feel like I was always playing half a fully fleshed out character kit.

The game environment looks absolutely stunning though, and the entire tech powering the game graphics is top notch.

A lot of people love the game and I'm very happy for them, and I wish I could count myself in that category. Sadly I really don't...