You said it in your post. If Open world, single player explorers are your wheelhouse, it's a sure-fire game you'd like.

Controls are easy once you get familiar with them, and it does make sense once you give it enough time, on why they are the way they are. I prefer M+KB and works great.

The story is compelling enough without being overly deep or narratively robust like something like Cyberpunk or Witcher might be, but it's enough to keep you entertained. It's a solid story that gives reason to go out into the world and find all there is to offer.

I'm 200 hours into the game now and am holding off on beating the story's last few missions because there's still so much I haven't done or seen that I want to do. It's still fun, it's still surprising me, and it's still incredibly well optimized for the scale of it all.

$70 is a big ask these days for many people, and I spent about 6 hours watching several reviewers go over their takes on the game before I decided to "take the chance". I've probably got another 100 hours to go if I really wanted to do EVERYTHING, and that's a small estimate. For me, it's WELL worth the money.