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Here's a review from someone who has actually played this game.
>The pros:
The story is fantastic. Every single character feels alive, 3 dimensional and unique. The lore is as expansive as any RPG universe. There's genuine humor, genuine social dynamics. Saying the wrong thing to someone may get you in hot water, MC or not.
The visuals are jaw dropping. The flora is diverse, the architecture is detailed, the lighting is like what Italian painters spoke of trying to capture.
>The cons
Gameplay is absolute nu!vidja soyboy dogshit. Threats are nonexistent. Not after you figure out that not only are the guards egregiously slow (you can outrun them without even sprinting), but they're wildly inaccurate even if they somehow do get you into melee range. As long as you eventually duck into a hiding spot out of LoS you are 100% safe from any and all danger. At which point the entire core stealth mechanic that the game hinges on goes flying out the window; you don't even need to use guile at all unless you need to directly, physically interact with a guard. They lure you in during the first 20 minutes of the game with token mechanics like puzzle solving (using a A stool to reach a high object, etc.) and hornets' nests inside of hidey holes rendering them dangerous (this occurs in exactly 1 instance, ever) after which point such complexity is utterly abandoned. As for objectives, literally every single quest in the entire game from start to finish is a scavenger hunt. "Find 30 mushrooms". "Find 3 plane tickets". That is all you will ever do, period. The wasted potential is mind-boggling.
Bugs are obscene. Again, after that highly polished 10 minute interval, shit gets glitched real fast. Holes in walls. Camera doing 180s. Enemies doing erratic shit like only going to sleep after you throw a stick at them. Just absurd. This game was not finished upon release.
Ultimately it's worth the buy if it's on sale for $2-5. I only got it myself 'cause I was in the alpha and got it for free. If you buy this for the full $25 price tag you're cucking yourself.