I bought this game when it first came out. Honestly, I dropped it after a few days and only recently picked it up and finished it. I absolutely hated it at first. I think it was largely because my expectations were so high from reviews and the buildup and when I got to playing I realized very quickly you don’t have nearly as much freedom as I initially believed we would. However, upon picking it back up I really fell in love with it and I’m super disappointed there wasn’t more to it. The highlight for me was honestly how smooth and natural the combat felt as well as how fun it was to just explore the world. This was one of the only games I’ve ever 100% (all collectibles and stuff). But despite loving it I’m still pretty disappointed. The game was incredibly restrictive in terms of play style and character development. A lot of stuff felt so tedious that even after loving it I was still just skipping through cutscenes and just wanting to get a lot of missions and stuff over with because I’d already done it so many times. Once you’ve done a handful of missions and side content you’ve pretty much seen it all. I think this game really could have used time to flesh it out, add more unique experiences, and definitely more content. A perfect example of this is the beasts, potions, and ingredients type stuff. There is a world of possibilities in there but they decided on keeping it face value. Can’t sell animals or make them unique through breeding. Can’t sell off any of the stuff you make despite having an abundance end game. It’s just superficial. It feels as though they solely focused on the world and the actual game part was second thought. I felt like I ran through all of the collectibles way too fast. Honestly this was just kind of a rant because I just finished completing my 100% run lol