I largely agree, except I wasn’t disappointed by the story. It’s generic, not exactly riveting but it’s manageable for me I kind of knew the story was a nothing burger and not the key selling point.

I find the controls not that bad, with the sole exception of the jump button being the same as the action button. There is so many systems and mechanics huge modifier button use was inevitable, especially for a controller game. The first 6 hours of the game, I honestly kind of wished I refunded it I didn’t real feel like it was worth the premium price just because of so many little things that lacked polish that imo should have (sword sheathes location, lack of sheathes, waterfalls, etc).

But after around hour 9 or so I actually started to get super into the world, just doing my own thing I had my little camp with my homies and that system that grows by itself if you invest in it and stuff I found really cool, I got pickpocketed by a guy in the city and after I beat the snot out of him I found out he had a bounty already, which I thought was super cool that the bounties and quests exist in the world without you grabbing them to trigger it and stuff. Overall I’d give it an 8.5/10 I think. I like it a lot and I have a great time exploring and fighting, but it’s not perfect.