There is a lot of good things in this game but wow is there some absolute garbage.

Movement is appalling. (Walking speed limitations like going so, so slowly in camp, orientation/turning is woeful etc)
Much of the game is basically on rails. For example often your character/horse seems to steer itself and jump obstacles for you and other times you will faceplant because you didn't jump a fence that the game decided you needed to when you didn't need to manually jump the previous 2 fences. Wierd.
If you don't love cutscenes then don't do it. Unfortunately I despise cutscenes and times where control is taken from me so it was probably only a matter of time till I had enough of this. I don't get why people think games with an identity crisis that think they are interactive movies are any good. If I want a movie I will watch a movie.
If you don't like having control of your character taken from you at random times by random NPC's walking up to you and waffling nonsense then don't do it.
If you don't want to purchase items while browsing the catalogue (shop) apparently at random then don't do it. (This was the last straw for me)
If you expect to find traders at their shops then don't do it as they randomly are not there. Probably some logic to it but whatever.
When you call your horse to you in the game world it's just so incredibly slow and stops literally miles away from you..... unless you whistle for it while you are driving a wagon at which point it will gallop straight in front of you and cause a 3 horse pile-up ruining everything. Joy.

Ultimately it's an incredibly slow game where you will spend the bulk of your time travelling and the rest grinding tediously for any actual progress.

It looks great and has so many good things going for it and I want to love it but I cannot. It's just straight up awkward with some bonkers design decisions.

Oh well I got it on sale and after 24 hours played I feel I got my moneys worth. I may revisit it if I cannot find a substitute but in the end it turns out I am just NOT enjoying it right now.

There is a lot of good things in this game but wow is there some absolute garbage. Movement is appalling. (Walking speed limitations like going so, so slowly in camp, orientation/turning is woeful etc) Much of the game is basically on rails. For example often your character/horse seems to steer itself and jump obstacles for you and other times you will faceplant because you didn't jump a fence that the game decided you needed to when you didn't need to manually jump the previous 2 fences. Wierd. If you don't love cutscenes then don't do it. Unfortunately I despise cutscenes and times where control is taken from me so it was probably only a matter of time till I had enough of this. I don't get why people think games with an identity crisis that think they are interactive movies are any good. If I want a movie I will watch a movie. If you don't like having control of your character taken from you at random times by random NPC's walking up to you and waffling nonsense then don't do it. If you don't want to purchase items while browsing the catalogue (shop) apparently at random then don't do it. (This was the last straw for me) If you expect to find traders at their shops then don't do it as they randomly are not there. Probably some logic to it but whatever. When you call your horse to you in the game world it's just so incredibly slow and stops literally miles away from you..... unless you whistle for it while you are driving a wagon at which point it will gallop straight in front of you and cause a 3 horse pile-up ruining everything. Joy. Ultimately it's an incredibly slow game where you will spend the bulk of your time travelling and the rest grinding tediously for any actual progress. It looks great and has so many good things going for it and I want to love it but I cannot. It's just straight up awkward with some bonkers design decisions. Oh well I got it on sale and after 24 hours played I feel I got my moneys worth. I may revisit it if I cannot find a substitute but in the end it turns out I am just NOT enjoying it right now.