Now that I've spent some time delving deeper into the game and exploring much further beyond the Great Plateau, getting more aquainted w/combat, cooking, tactics, etc.. I'm enjoying it MUCH more. I'd probably put it at roughly a 9.3 now. It's like Breaking Bad - starts out "good" and just keeps elevating in greatness the farther it goes.. I was frustrated at how much I was instantly dying at first but part of the fun of the game is you learn from your mistakes and slowly improve in various ways, until you overcome. Won a couple epic boss fights today that had my heart racing..
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