Extremely cumbersome feeling. Got very tired of fighting groups of 16 enemies at a time with decent HP that could occasionally debilitate my entire party with a single spell or ability. I don't care for hand holding myself but its easy to feel incredibly lost while meandering around in this world. Needing to use a guide almost never feels good.

I do appreciate how moving and living the world is! A fair amount of stuff happens independently of you, sometimes for the better or worse, but the game does have this feeling of stumbling around in a wonderland because of it.

The game is extremely ambitious, too much for its own good imo, but that seems to be what people like about it so power to you if this is your thing.