tbh this game is mad boring. The story for this entry is mainly a multitude of extremely mundane side quests that eventually evolve into something bigger accept that "something bigger" is also a small fragment to something MUCH bigger that won't get explained until you play the other games. Honestly you're not missing anything by not playing this game, deadass just watch a 20 minute summary and you'll come out with the same level of info as anyone who played the game.

Also don't let people fool you with the World Building shit. Don't get me wrong some of the sidequests genuinely provide a "humbling" experience for lack of a better word, but the other %75 of them you're just fetching the milk from some big ass rat you have to fight

the gameplay is p fun though, highly recommend playing on hard so you don't die of boredom if you do decide to give this game a shot