Visually beautiful, I think they spent a lot of time on this aspect of the game.
The story is good, few plot twists. But also a few plot holes and things I wouldn’t have a child around. The dark arts story goes through a dark story where they mentally justify, well dark magics. Then you have the trans and lesbians in the storyline that are not avoidable.
The rest was just lazy. Example, the way you make money is selling gear and creatures. In fact these are the only thing you can sell. They went through all the trouble to make potions and ingredients and you can’t sell any of it. Half the game you struggle to buy stuff, the rest you have too much to buy. Can you make more on special creatures or upgraded gear? Nope all the same price. Spend tons of stuff to fully upgrade your level 35 legendary gear, sells for the same price as a level 1 legendary gear not upgraded. Just as an example for the rest of the games dynamic.
You would think the 1000 broom would be slower or less maneuverable as the 5000 broom, nope, same thing.
They did a great job in some areas and bare minimum in others. Not half a job, couldn’t get that far, bare minimum to get it out the door.