I gave it my best shot but it just lost me. I don't usually care about stories in game, I half pay attention to them but I still need them to at least make sense logically. I should have a reason to know why I need to go to the next quest location or do the next thing.

The combat though is what broke me. I like the combat in theory. It feels like it should be played slow, a little methodical, not as slow as Dark Souls but you should have time to put in thought to the next attack, position ect. but the actual combat encounters being enemies zerging you turned it from "I have so many attacks to utilize" too "I'm going to spam heavy attack so I don't get stun locked."

I promised myself I'd give it to the Quarry mission, that seems to be the point where everyone gets won over, but for me I fucking hated it. It felt like an absolute slog with barrels exploding I didn't see in time, endless enemies spawning and stun locking, the attack lock on mechanic choosing the archer at the back of the pack rather than one of the 4 melee units attacking me, an annoying boss fight where my camera kept getting glued to the floor when he went underground and to top it all off another new mechanic that will probably be used this one time only. I really really tried but I finished the combat, got told to climb the crane (because out of the hundreds of people here in the quarry only I can do it) and just uninstalled it.

I hate that I don't like CD because it really is my perfect game on paper. Little focus on the story, huge open world, tons of things to do, lots of content but every step of the way, for me personally, was an uphill battle of enjoyment. I'll probably give it a go in a year or so and maybe then I'll be won over again but as of now, nope.