Play this game for the world, not the story. It demands a lot of you, but gives a lot back. It's incredibly rewarding, being forced to travel from point A to point B with no fast-travel whatsoever, only to be distracted by a rock sliding blocking your path, that you can shoot down with a catapult not too far away; two giant monsters fighting on the distance while you just happened to stumble upon a balista that's aiming in their direction; or the griffin you fought a while ago that fleed, terrorizing a nearby settlement, that you can recognize because his health bar didn't recover.
The world of Dragon's Dogma 2, and how it interacts with you is filled with charisma. Its story and characters, not so much.