The first 3-5 hours bored me, but after that, I couldn't get enough of it. Took forever for me to beat tho, as longer RPGs usually do. I thoroughly enjoyed it tho. It's a strong 9/10 in my book. It'd be a 10, but it had an exuberant amount of flaws into this mechanics and whatnot, that while plenty got fixed over time, plenty still exist. I know open-world games can be like that, but it really stepped up the ante in the flawed departments. Combat wasn't as bad as some folks made it out to be tho, but definitely was merely average at best. However, until the Souls series came along and crushed buildings, most action-rpgs weren't all that amazing in the combat dept. and I think due to Souls games, players either lost sight of that or fully expected better of all of them moving forward. While they're somewhat within the same sub-genre, both games are going for different things in all aspects and aren't even that comparable IMO, plus I like the contrast between the two.