The open world in this is one of the worst I've ever seen. The difficulty would have been alright for the most part if the checkpoints weren't so rare, but I admit, there are some really fun and challenging missions unlike 3d mario that has become boring because 90% of the game is too easy.

However traversing the overworld and getting to the actual missions is extremely annoying and some missions are just not good, also sometimes you are fighting the camera more than anything. The cutscenes are pretty fun though.