frankly I got no idea what the were cooking with the plot here but barret rules.
open world kinda works (art direction, environment design is seriously fantastic), but weirdly tedious in its animations and constant interruptions from a sick sociopathic villain known as chadley and his towers.
music is god tier as expected.
combat is still not my fav but I like how every enemy has different ways to take them down, feels like a big moving puzzle. took me about 60 hours to actually jive with it properly.
overall a much better experience than remake, and I'd say its almost worth going through remake to play this one.