The game play and concept itself are great, but the execution makes it nearly unplayable (PS4/PS5). Constant crashing, the frequent corrupt save files, horrid UI/UX (in what post-COD world is Triangle the reload button?), the ground disappears often, leaving you to fall into oblivion, as do major characters, simply non existent, even if they are a mission marker on the maps, hit boxes are a nightmare, the list goes on. I’ve fully reinstalled the game 2 or 3 times now. I cannot stress how poorly constructed this game is on console.
That said, if it weren’t so impossible to have an enjoyable play session beyond 20 minutes, this would easily rank in my favorite open world games. If Elex 2 is ever VERY discounted, I’ll consider it, but even then, my expectation will be that I’m wasting money.