Let me just say right up front; I put about 12-ish hours into this game. So obviously this is not a comment on the whole experience, beginning-to-end.
But I have to say; I have had no fun with this. And I mean that literally, not in any kind of hyperbolic sense. I have had zero actual enjoyment with this game, for a dozen hours. It is an ugly, grey, lifeless RPG with mediocre action and not a single interesting conversation to be had with any of the people I've met so far. And the UI might as well have been designed by an alien. I have no clue how Bethesda can be this deep in the game and still be making menus and inventories like this.
Miss me with any "well it takes 85 hours to get good" shit. I don't watch two seasons of a TV show to get to the goods stuff, so I certainly won't tolerate that kind of thing in games. You can make a compelling intro, even if your game is generally a slow burn - I'm fine with that. But aesthetically, narratively, and gameplay-wise this thing offers almost nothing in its opening act.
But I have to say; I have had no fun with this. And I mean that literally, not in any kind of hyperbolic sense. I have had zero actual enjoyment with this game, for a dozen hours. It is an ugly, grey, lifeless RPG with mediocre action and not a single interesting conversation to be had with any of the people I've met so far. And the UI might as well have been designed by an alien. I have no clue how Bethesda can be this deep in the game and still be making menus and inventories like this.
Miss me with any "well it takes 85 hours to get good" shit. I don't watch two seasons of a TV show to get to the goods stuff, so I certainly won't tolerate that kind of thing in games. You can make a compelling intro, even if your game is generally a slow burn - I'm fine with that. But aesthetically, narratively, and gameplay-wise this thing offers almost nothing in its opening act.