I took a long break from this due to Elden Ring DLC and Wukong, finally had time to finish it properly - took 39 hours, trying to do most of the sidequests, but skipping retarded stuff like fishing or finding all cans.
Good things:
+ very good difficulty, with some of the end game boss fights comparable with Souls standards
+ exciting, visceral and memorable boss fights
+ good enemy variety
+ pretty interesting story
+ the game looks great
+ protagonist is hot, and the costumes can easily make you 'distracted'
+ the most anti-woke game from the last 10+ years: all the females you meet are hot, cleavage shown etc.
+ zero bugs, glitches, good performance
+ fun combat, demanding a lot from the player: dodges, perfect dodges, parry, perfect parry, counters, 8 special skills, transformation
+ cool music, but quite repeatable at times
+ some unexpected C&C at the end of the game, giving you a completely different final boss fight and ending
+ the game rewards exploration, but it's a little bit inconsistent with it
Worse things:
- last 20% of the game feels rushed, goes to the end to soon
- some really retarded / not fun segments (e.g. turret segment, worst part of the game)
- two areas feel like wasting players time a little bit (Wasteland, Great Desert)
- level design is not great
- only one weapon
- limited build customization
- some of the bosses are just testing your reflexes
I would rate this at 8/10, same as Wukong. Wukong was more ambitious, longer, had more bosses / skills / equipment, but it had worse difficulty, less fun combat and it was boring much more often.
