Ok I'm towards the end....but I'm partially thinking "wrap this up"
Idk if it's because I've done about 100 hrs straight of this series, or if it's because the missions aren't varied and are starting to drag a little bit.
Or the fact the games punish you for wanting to stick to the story and not doing side quests to level up.
I've done a bunch of side quests just because I was intrigued but it feels like the game forces you to level grind. There has been at least 3x in the game so far where I couldn't progress because I didn't level up enough before, and that's with doing a plethora of side missions
Edit: oh yea.... I love the combat and revamped abities. I thought not having a shield was gonna suck but the parry and dodge system makes up for it big. I like how the main character doesn't take fall damage after a certain level, and also how some of the other things you had to level up in previous games are automatically given to you.
The staff imo is the best weapon type in the game; it is the perfect combo of range power and speed. The over power arrow shot is reckless lol. It might be too overpowered but I'm not mad. I'll spam it in battles I don't feel like wasting time with