Outward Definitive Edition

When I was beginning the game was hard, you have some rags and enemies hit hard and make you bleed (and you have a butter knife, but oh well). Then you start getting silver and buy(or loot) yourself some upgrades(Equipment, skills or utilities) and it becomes a little easier. And finally you start using every tool on your bag(not literally unless you use traps) and every skill you have learned and its really fun(for me at least) and maybe a tad too easy (but after investing like 50hours in a char I'm thankful for that, also seeing my shiny armor is cool) Though some monsters still destroy me so I dont become too overconfident :p So its a fun game to play solo if you want a nice adventure, or a fantastic one with someone else :3 Won't talk about the writing, but I like the Holy Mission.

over 2000 hours in this game across all patches and versions, unlimited potential

Bought it because it was on sale mostly, but the gameplay is amazing. Perfectly blends survival gameplay into an action RPG. Also has a unique tone of being epic fantasy, but not necesarily heroic. You're just some guy.

Died almost at every combat - and this is because foes have hundreds of times more health, stamina and mana than the player. To get to a point where the player character did not die at every fight - it takes hundreds of hours of grinding -and the process is not fun... Especially because the game mechanics seem to be centered around annoying the player rather than challenging the player to come up with new strategies etc.. Ex: Character has to eat and drink every 5 minutes, using magic spells consumes items which are hard to come by - and they have to be chained to be effective at all. So magic is pretty useless in the beginning. Melee weapons are hard to use as well - and the only useful option left is the bow - which is just a point and shoot mechanic..

Despite some rough edges and not the best execution, Outward offers an unusual feeling of true adventure, by letting you get overwhelmed by constant obstacles and inconvenient mechanics every step provides tangible progress in a game without leveling up mechanics. Hard to recommend to the average player but if you like the idea of slowly finding your way with everything against you is at least worth to try it, either love it or hate it is a very unique game right now.