"But game looks great and I get the sentiment that combat is fun but maybe the in between stuff is way less fun" - I would say this is a fair assessment. The game tries to do a lot. Some they get right. Some just feels unnecessary and annoying....but it hasn't really taken away from my enjoyment of the game yet (more of a nuisance than anything).
Yeah not gonna lie...that inventory management really is annoying.. I read 2 reviews of the game before it came out, and they were pretty spot on. Admittedly I've only barely scratched the surface of the game, but the reviews rating it 7/10 might not be far off. It's not a bad game...just has some questionable mechanics and might suffer from trying to do too much at times.
More pros/cons
- They didn't lie when they said the game does hold your hands....for better or worse (ex. I spent 15 standing on a platform trying to figure out how to activate it; Also, had a situation where I couldn't finish a side quest until I interacted w/ a specific object "just right")
- The game allowed me to sell an item that I needed for a side quest. Luckily the game has a buy back system and I remembered who I sold the item to otherwise I would've been screwed. It doesn't seem to be consistent in this behavior because I was prevented from saling other items (maybe because they're main quest items)
- The game has this investigation system where some items will have a ?? over them until you interact with them and learn what they are. Cool. However, why do some items that vendors sale have this ?? on it. You have to hover over the item at which point it scans it for 3+ seconds before revealing the description and updating your investigation data. The usage of this seems random af.....like I can't look at this item and tell it's a shovel. There's NOTHING special about it so display the description by default. Seems like a uneeded mechanic/annoyance
