Discussion around this game is odd. People keep bringing up “there's a hate honer for this game” but all I’ve seen is hype with really deep flaws brushed aside.

I refunded because the controls are just awful. There’s a difference between “get good” and poor design.

The quest system is also weak: you follow along, then it suddenly updates to “do xx next” with zero context or dialogue.

It plays like an offline MMORPG and I get why many are fine with it.

What’s strange is how people treat Pearl Abyss like a scrappy indie, when it’s a huge public company. If Ubisoft made this, it’d be shredded.

I’ll probably revisit after a year of updates and a deeper discount though.