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It's a decent enough game. The combat mechanics work fine and all.

But damn is it a dull game. I put in 75 hours to complete it, and I seriously think at least 20 of those were spent hiding in the grass.
It's a hunting game. Maybe that seems obvious to you, but it's marketed as an action/RPG, when it's really more about stealthing between cover (which is pretty much always tall grass, or smoke when indoors) and either luring foes over for a stealth melee kill or sniping with your bow. Whether it's machines, animals, people...you're hunting. If you like that sort of gameplay, you'll like HZD. If like me, you don't...it will be a trudge.
Also, the camera is super zoomed in and is especially terrible during indoor segments, which take up a ton of the main story towards the end. Navigating the indoor areas was annoying and tedious. Plus in said areas, you usually have a ton of data points to look for with your focus, and when using your focus you move like a snail.

I didn't have much fun playing the game, the only part I really enjoyed was the final story mission where the stealth largely went out the window and you're just going full ham on everything in straight up combat.

Also, if you've played Breath of the Wild before this, you're going to constantly be let down by the lack of climbing and exploring options in this game. Climbing has set "paths" you need to follow from point A to B to C, etc...

I do recommend getting to the gate town between the starting region and the desert region as soon as you can, and grabbing...i think it was a fox skin?... along the way, so you can buy the golden fast travel pack, for infinite fast travel. Most merchants in the desert region offer said pack, that's just the first location you'll be able to buy it.