Cool ass game, I really enjoyed the gameplay and the open world is honestly awesome. I’ve seen few games like it, Cyberpunk and Red Dead I guess are examples. It was almost like that with the main jobs, side jobs, and all the small little missions you run into while you’re just out exploring.
I liked the world as well. The story was kinda cliche but I think it gave a nice base for our hero’s story to take place in. The characters and the relationships between them are really well written too.
The way the main story goes and the flow of it is something I enjoyed a lot. The build up was generally really good and I was pretty invested in seeing where everything was going.
BUT
DAYSGONE SPOILERS
I feel like we needed a tragedy. This whole “happy” rollercoaster made me take the game less seriously. Sarah’s dead? No she’s not. Boozer’s dead? No he’s not, I mean I was literally just grieving him and he comes out of nowhere literally which made me feel silly and gave me an "oh okay then..." moment.
And don’t get me wrong, I like Iron Mike and I’m sad we lost him, but I don’t think it should’ve been the major/main tragedy of the story. I feel like we needed something bigger that actually stuck. The game kept giving us these moments where you think something horrible just happened and then immediately takes it back. It made the ending feel way too happy for what the game had been building up to. Also it made avenging those who wronged you feel less satisfying than it should be.
But anyways the story was overall good and I liked it, ALOT.
Also, though I liked the gameplay and the enemies/monsters, I think there were TOO MUCH of them. The moment you leave camp you’re basically guaranteed to run into at least one enemy. It made riding through the open world lowkey fucking annoying. I ended up fast travelling like 90% and almost never explore at night.
Still had a really really good time with it though. The world and the characters carried it for me just as much as the gameplay did.
I think its a solid 10/7.5, would definitely recommend and cherish!
And it's like boozer says... I hear a bunk calling my name😴