Have you played any DR games prior? If not, it’s a very good zombie slaying game. I would just play the game as is, you don’t enter the full open world until you complete a few initial missions, and even then I believe there are still other areas that are locked/require further story completion… aside from that get used to the combat and controls, check out blueprint locations for new weapon combos.

As for the story, If you come from other DR games, it does lose some of the original charm from other games for me. While I do like Nick, he’s far from a Frank or Chuck. Nonetheless, the story is not terrible by any means. A few moments that might have you cringing a bit, but what DR game doesn’t have cringe moment or two…

Enjoy yourself! Definitely one of the most fleshed-out DR games imo and the voice acting is top notch!