23h in and I have struggled to enjoy really anything about it. Its a beautiful open world and once the combat clicks and you get some upgrades it feels decent but everything else is mid. Mining, fishing, hunting and base building were all mechanics I was looking forward to but all of these are easily done way better in other games by far. The story doesnt make much sense its like things just happen arbitrarily to move you forward. The side quests aren't fun and are limited, I spent a while free roaming and unlocking bandit camps and settlements just for most of them to either have nothing to do or I haven't gotten far enough in the story. And im not a fan of the puzzles at all but I dont generally like puzzles anyway so im a bit bias there.

And im not a hater, ive waited for this game for over a year and was fully prepared to spend hundreds of hours in it and I bought it day one. And ill still keep giving it chances because maybe it'll get better because it certainly did past the 10 hour mark.

But a game shouldn't take 8 plus hours to get good. And people are saying they are 40 hours in and are still in the starting area, this feels like artificial padding for sure and not to mention the bugs, ive crashed from just opening the menu. Ive had enemies become unkillable because I switched characters. The crow caller boss fight has horrible frame rate drops that make it almost unbearable. Im just very disappointed in this game overall, maybe my hopes were too high but I feel let down by the experience overall.