This is perhaps the most intentional open world action game of the modern era. Everything, the pacing, the art and the story arcs have payoff.....that is accept for the collectables. There is no big incentive that I could tell to collect everything unless you LOVE head bands and dozens of boons that you wont ever use. I would also have preferred if you could swap the esthetic of different armors and their abilities but I understand the design choice to not to.

What I love most is that this game respects your time. You don't have to grind to progress or do 'x' amount of side quests to progress further in the main story. Want to know more about Character 'a'? Go do some of their missions. Don't care about this character? You likely don't have to engage with them again.

Finally, the story from beginning to end is fantastic