This game is a mixed bag in curious ways. If I could've refunded 5 hours in I would have; 55 hours later it probably sneaks into my top 5 SP games.

The game starts out slow in all areas, particularly in its combat/stealth systems and the story. All of those improve significantly as the game goes on.
The first open world being the worst one by a significant margin doesn't help early perceptions either.

Performance wise, the game is well optimized (I started playing at 1.4 and completed most of the game on 1.5). Framerates stayed consistent, 60 on the ground and 90 in space, on pretty much max settings with a 3070 / i5 13th Gen. On the flipside the optimization was a little aggressive in some areas, so you end up with some blurry textures here and there if a lot is loaded at once. I still prefer this outcome over the shader compilation stutter fest that we usally get with AAA these days.

I'm not into the whole "waah female protagonist woke" drama, so I was free to enjoy the dynamic between Kay (main character) and Nix (sidekick). Had more fun with these two than with Cal / BD1 from the SW Jedi games if I'm being honest.

The devs cooked like crazy in some areas of the game, and the first DLC was also really good. Hope this gets a sequel, but I'm not getting my hopes up with the whole media perception.

This game is a mixed bag in curious ways. If I could've refunded 5 hours in I would have; 55 hours later it probably sneaks into my top 5 SP games. The game starts out slow in all areas, particularly in its combat/stealth systems and the story. All of those improve significantly as the game goes on. The first open world being the worst one by a significant margin doesn't help early perceptions either. Performance wise, the game is well optimized (I started playing at 1.4 and completed most of the game on 1.5). Framerates stayed consistent, 60 on the ground and 90 in space, on pretty much max settings with a 3070 / i5 13th Gen. On the flipside the optimization was a little aggressive in some areas, so you end up with some blurry textures here and there if a lot is loaded at once. I still prefer this outcome over the shader compilation stutter fest that we usally get with AAA these days. I'm not into the whole "waah female protagonist woke" drama, so I was free to enjoy the dynamic between Kay (main character) and Nix (sidekick). Had more fun with these two than with Cal / BD1 from the SW Jedi games if I'm being honest. The devs cooked like crazy in some areas of the game, and the first DLC was also really good. Hope this gets a sequel, but I'm not getting my hopes up with the whole media perception.