This game was a huge disappointment. The open world aspect isn’t well served due to the large lengths of time involved in driving from point a to b with sparse NPCs and areas for exploration in between. So much time is spent just run or driving through empty terrain with forced monster fights. Side quests are repetitive and tiresome after the Nth time you had to collect this item or kill this monster. The story was confusing and uninspired while also being too short and simplistic. Skip this one and go straight to 7 remake