Loving the game so far, have explored about half the map, mostly exploring on horseback with not alot of fighting yet. (I just followed left side of map until I hit the opposite diagonal corner)
The game has blown away my expectations, it's way above and way better than I thought it was going to be, that being said there are 2 problems I can think of.
-First is the stutters, they are hooorrible when they actually happen and they happen maybe once every few minutes or so, depends on the area and where you are looking with your camera.
-Second is the horse, horse riding is a great addition to a game like this (with such vast map size) however, it's not always everybody's cup of tea, if you don't like horse riding then you might dislike traveling in this game. Though they did make the riding very smooth and fluid in my opinion, especially with hopping on and off and looting.
You can always explore by foot I guess.

I bought the game full price about a week after release because I was waiting for a fix for the stutters (hasn't come yet), but how the game is now I can say that it is definitely worth $60 for me for what I've done so far (and im only 20 hours in)

Game doesn't have alot of bugs like other souls-games but it is maybe 95% "finished" I'd say.

(Haven't tried any PVP yet)

UPDATE: 141 hours in and I'm still baffled at how massive the world is compared to previous souls games.
IM STILL FINDING NEW ZONES AND BOSSES and I am extremely thorough, 100% completionist kind of player that wants to pick up ALL items in the world.

Loving the game so far, have explored about half the map, mostly exploring on horseback with not alot of fighting yet. (I just followed left side of map until I hit the opposite diagonal corner) The game has blown away my expectations, it's way above and way better than I thought it was going to be, that being said there are 2 problems I can think of. -First is the stutters, they are hooorrible when they actually happen and they happen maybe once every few minutes or so, depends on the area and where you are looking with your camera. -Second is the horse, horse riding is a great addition to a game like this (with such vast map size) however, it's not always everybody's cup of tea, if you don't like horse riding then you might dislike traveling in this game. Though they did make the riding very smooth and fluid in my opinion, especially with hopping on and off and looting. You can always explore by foot I guess. I bought the game full price about a week after release because I was waiting for a fix for the stutters (hasn't come yet), but how the game is now I can say that it is definitely worth $60 for me for what I've done so far (and im only 20 hours in) Game doesn't have alot of bugs like other souls-games but it is maybe 95% "finished" I'd say. (Haven't tried any PVP yet) UPDATE: 141 hours in and I'm still baffled at how massive the world is compared to previous souls games. IM STILL FINDING NEW ZONES AND BOSSES and I am extremely thorough, 100% completionist kind of player that wants to pick up ALL items in the world.