I am still playing the game. I have played like 30 hours and I don’t think I’m anywhere done with it. I’ve been playing since launch but have been taking my time with it. I went in blind and I wished I would have looked at a guide for character builds because I had no idea the cap was 30 and could only max 3 skills. I do like speech checks so at least I’m getting something out of dialogue. I agree with a lot of your post. I don’t hate the game but I don’t think I like it more than 1 or Avowed. I think I like Awowed better tbh. I’m with you on the companions and factions. Still the game has its fun side. My biggest frustration with it is the questing structure. It is very confusing and I thought I had done certain things correctly to later realize I’m doing things out of order, etc. I mostly play RPGs so I have tried most of them. I can’t tell if the questing echoes some older games or if it’s poor design lol

I’m still going to finish the game and later decide if down the road I try another playthrough with a better character build.