not the saviour of triple A games, far from that, but still very good

You'll probably dread this game if you rush it (imo that happens with most triple A games nowadays) because of the simple and repetitive gameplay but everything else is top-notch, story, characters, music, set-pieces are great. I'll say that the beginning AND the ending are VERY miserable and Clive's fate is unnecessary in my view. Did all the side-quests, they are horrible, MMO level of tedious.

THERE IS a world in there. crazy stuff.