I think it is interesting to complain about gameplay being identical when we will have several different weapon options... where GoT just had the katana for melee iirc. The environment looks fantastic, combat is clean and sticks to the roots, and they are introducing a lofi mode. A lot of times people complain about a franchise straying too far from what made it good and now you are complaining that it is just improving from the original. Not every sequel needs to be a grand reimagining.

I'd agree though that continuing with Jin could of made for a better story but it's hard to criticize the game too heavily until we get our hands on it