Cut this into an 8 hour boss rush sizzle reel and it would have been a semi-competent action game with some of the most insane maximalist set pieces seen in the genre. It's incredible how much all the filler in between those battles drags down the experience. It genuinely feels like you're playing two games, the lesser one being a mid budget mmo-like rpg. I don't see much of a point criticising the story, setting and characters, those parts are so poorly constructed that they may as well be ignored.