Eh. Not my cup of tea. Some people may like it....the story is engaging. The characters good - and the graphics are nice.

But the gameplay is tedious, boring and annoying.

This is a courier game. You go from point A to point B....and often back again. It's little more than a hiking simulator with a few other gamebox abilities thrown in (and only midling combat). The issue is you're just ... walking. And more walking. Eventually you can ride a bike etc.; but 80+% is just ... walking. And you're balancing a bunch of weight.

So, in a nutshell, your entire time is spent rearranging the layout of things you're carrying so it's balanced...then walking up or down hill etc. Once you get imbalanced, you brace and crouch. Then rinse and repeat.

And that's the bulkshare of the gameplay save for some addl. mechanics later on.

It's beautiful - but not engaging. Games are meant to be fun. This wallows in tedium, pathos and decay...but doesn't do so in an engaging way. Lovely to look at, but I just can't recommend it except for niche gamers who enjoy glacially paced repetitive tasks set against the backdrop of a well drawn story.

Eh. Not my cup of tea. Some people may like it....the story is engaging. The characters good - and the graphics are nice. But the gameplay is tedious, boring and annoying. This is a courier game. You go from point A to point B....and often back again. It's little more than a hiking simulator with a few other gamebox abilities thrown in (and only midling combat). The issue is you're just ... walking. And more walking. Eventually you can ride a bike etc.; but 80+% is just ... walking. And you're balancing a bunch of weight. So, in a nutshell, your entire time is spent rearranging the layout of things you're carrying so it's balanced...then walking up or down hill etc. Once you get imbalanced, you brace and crouch. Then rinse and repeat. And that's the bulkshare of the gameplay save for some addl. mechanics later on. It's beautiful - but not engaging. Games are meant to be fun. This wallows in tedium, pathos and decay...but doesn't do so in an engaging way. Lovely to look at, but I just can't recommend it except for niche gamers who enjoy glacially paced repetitive tasks set against the backdrop of a well drawn story.