Coming from my perspective, I don't mind it slow. I have absolutely *zero* gaming experience. So, it's taking me a while to figure out everything like the maps, appropriate times to use the potions and when to eat.
Normally, I'd expect something more straightforward, where you just bash your way through everything. This is entirely different. It requires a lot of fuckin' around.
The developer of this game - who was completely familiar with all things in the game - took about 65 hours to "run through it" with no side-missions.
For me, it should take thousands of hours - or at least many hundreds.
I blundered my way up to "level two" last night, somehow.. taking it for a test ride. And ended up in jail, with all my shit seized.
So today, I completely re-started it from scratch, redesigned my dude, using different techniques, knowing a little better how I can operate in this world.
I think it's awesome. There is just so much shit, and ways to behave, I still can't wrap my head around it entirely. But I'm getting better.
This is gonna be so sick when I'm more proficient and leveled-up to being a bad-ass motherfucker...
Playing on PS3. I'm way up in the mountains, a few hours in from the opening sequence. Didn't even reach the first town yet. I'm absolutely blown away.