An absolute pleasure to play. For context, I'm someone who has only ever played competitive games like Call of Duty, Fifa and Rocket League. Buying this game was a huge risk for me, and really put me outside of my comfort zone. For years I was convinced that story and open world games were 'boring' or 'too hard', and this stopped me from attempting them. But, this game is honestly perfect, and has totally changed my perception of story based and open world games. It fairly challenged me, and beacuse of this I have learned skills and controls that I could have never imagined.
Not only this but the game also challenges your beliefs, and behaviours. I went into the game thinking I would be the Samurai rushing in on horseback, but I quickly learned the art of patience and stealth. It was amazing to see how the Samurai code of Honour was challenged by the Ghost, and it completely changed my original outlook.
As I'm someone who hasn't got a lot of experience in this genre, my insight isn't great. But I highly recommend everyone to play this game, especially if you have never delved into story/ open world games before.