Once the novelty of being a peasant learning his way up wears off within the first five hours the game is filled with flaws.

The story is good, but playing through it is a complete slog. The mechanics are broken. The minority of times you are actually enjoying the game rather than fighting shitty decisions or bugs.

The quest design is the worst part. Most of it is fast traveling to another area to talk to some npc who then sends you on a rabbit hole to another npc which will do the same. It has its moments, but its lows are in the trenches.