Pros:
- Amazing atmosphere and art direction
- I love the over the top animation and overall juice
- I like the exploration, I feel comped to discover the world
- Very good sound design
- I like the world presentation, for an isometric perspective the level design is so good
Cons:
- Durability mechanic
- Movement - walking to slow, sprinting makes you unintentionally jump of ledges
- Performance is all over the place, a friend of mine had good results with a 3060TI, 1440p quality settings, I was around 40 fps with a 2060TI in 1080p performance settings and I had almost the same results with a 1660TI but there is a 6gb vram difference between those 2
- Foraging - bloodborne blood vials PTSD and no cap for cooked food? - feels like a bad cheat
- Stamina management is slow making the game unresponsive
- Basic enemies feel very spongy and thus sometimes tedious
- In large groups - no interesting decisions in fighting them, just draw them out and charge attack
- Pressing a button 5-6 times for digging, mining, etc feels like a survival game, even in the first Monster Hunter back in 2004 these actions felt quicker and more rewarding
Audio small thing:
- Sword slash sound is really abrasive and irritating after a while