I honestly wanted to like this game. I made an active effort to get over the simplistic introductory story, and get into the open world vibe. It turns out that polishing the game experience really does make a difference: despite my best efforts, I just can't enjoy playing this game. Everything is abrupt, there's just no redundancy–all failures are hard, savegames get you back to unexpected places, death is not predictable, enemies are easy to confuse with allies, everything is confusing and every player mistake is harshly penalized. It's just not an enjoyable experience.
