The combat and stealth is fun, the story and lore is engaging , open world is done right (everywhere you go there's a quest/interaction), and it's really immersive in general. That is, if you play in the Japanese dub. The Japanese voice actors did a great job for almost every single character, including Hatsu, so you even forget about the ugly woke woman. And moreover her ingame model actually looks much prettier than the real person. This game improved all aspects and corrected many flows of Ghost of Tsushima.