So just platinumed this.
Thought it was a good game but dont really understand the massive praise its got - for me its not as good as GOW or HZD or even Days Gone.
Didnt want any of the above to end but with this I was pretty bored after around halfway and it became a bit of a slog. The story is basically a repeat of clear the territory and then storm this castle x3. Its not bad but nothing particularly great. The legendry quests were good but not enough of them and the side character quests just went on too long chasing the archer pupil all over the map or exactly the same thing just told in a slightly different way for the other character arcs.
Yes the map looks great but once you have done some shrines, had a few hot baths, chased a few foxes and written a few poems - thats it on repeat for the rest of the game.
Combat was great but i think they should have had the skill tress be much deeper so you could only max say 1 and a half - meaning you could really specialise in say assassination or bows - or be a jack of all trades but master of none. Allowing deeper build mechanics etc. By the third act I had maxed out everything possible so there was no point in doing any further collecting/ mongol camps etc - other than for the trophies.
So for me the game sort of fizzled out rather than having a strong end.
rant over