I’ve had one crash on Xbox One and the odd glitch. Nothing else so far. I am saving a lot though following some warnings about crashing in reviews.
I’ve loved it so far though. Prefer it to Odyssey and one of my favourite in the series. I’m a sucker for Viking stuff so it’s easy to get into for me. I do find it hilarious how Vikings are portrayed as heroes and Saxons as the less morally good people, when the reality was the opposite.
Raids are great. Love the music too. I like how they’ve limited the amount of armour you get and force you to focus on upgrading what you have too. The skill tree is a bit all over the place.
At about 25 hours in I’d give it an 8/10 so far.
I definitely prefer this more than Odyssey gameplay wise, yeah no doubt for me.
Exploration is very rewarding and I like the new "wealth - mystery" mix than normal side quests. It also removes all the level grinding crap from Origins and Odyssey. The power system is much better and more accessible. The entire loot RPG system has been watered down so much in comparison to the previous 2 games so that it's no longer a Witcher clone. All these are bonuses for me. It feels like they were trying to mix old school AC with new school AC, and I think it has been working pretty fine so far. I'm also 22 hours in.
People seem to say it favors combat on stealth but I will honestly disagree. Stealth in this one is so far ten times easier for me than Odyssey. Enemies don't instantly discover you like Odyssey, and with the RPG bullshit being lowered down, it's pretty easy to clear the entire camp with bow and hidden blade. Each time I got discovered, it was because of my own mistake, not because of some bullshit like the guards having the x ray vision.
Unfortunately though I don't like the combat that much. It's not bad, but just way too floaty and chaotic. It's not a major problem, but after playing Ghost of Tsushima this feels like a massive downgrade.
I'm sure most of the technical problems will be solved as the time goes on but I will recommend for others to wait till they at least solve this save issue bug.