Almost a return to form. Plays great and the narrative is the most engaging its been since 3, for me. There's still some noticeable roughness though. Lighting engine has issues in exterior spaces. The boss fights are rather absurd difficulty spikes. And the netcode in multiplayer will hold out well enough most times, but it can unravel pretty bad as well.

But the gameplay core really is just so fine that you can brush off those issues and have fun. So I look forward to seeing how the game evolves.

[Update]: Not as optimistically as I had hoped.