Honestly, with less than 20 hours into the game, I can say that it is absolutely gorgeous, from the environment to characters, it's all things that I can appreciate! That being said, I am very much disappointed with Ubisofts intellect to integrate actual play mechanics. The game has so many issues with bugs, from stories not progressing due to progression locks that somehow happen because Ubi didn't think to add certain parameters to prevent that, 2 and a half hours of my playtime was dedicated to trying to fix this issue specifically, and why did it happen? Because you're able to explore the maps with no specific points to slow you down for certain cutscenes that you NEED to progress. The issue I dealt with could have saved me so much time if there was a simple "unstuck" button, or save files that you can access, but they do not give you those. First game I have played that does not have save files you can choose from, and in my opinion, that just makes a game buns, especially open world games where you have so much to do, or choose from.
Other than that, the clipping into random environment factors, and then getting glitched so that you can not move or escape, is really annoying as well. The game is so beefy, that my laptop (which can run multiple other games with no issue, like BG3, Stellar Blade, Divinity 2, Subnautica 2, Ark, and many more) somewhat struggles to load everything in, especially if I am visiting a new area or fast travel to a spot, I have to sit idle for at least a full minute or two before I am safe to move around, otherwise I risk running into the issue above, where you get clipped into the environment.
Overall, I am happy with the game and it's graphics, just wish that a different studio or development team had the opportunity to take over the project. From what I have seen, this game has had the same bugs and issues since release and Ubi still hasn't taken the time to make the quality of life for the game better. Disappointing to say the least as this game has so much more potential. Hope Ubi gets their ♥♥♥♥ together, not only for this game, but just in general. Even if that's a huge ask lmao.
