If you like Soulsbourne games it’s great. It has a lot of features that make the game much easier to get in to and understand, and also systems to alleviate some of the difficulty and make it more approachable to less hardcore players. The open world is huge and densely packed with things to do and places to explore. There’s a lot of neat weapons, armor, and spells to discover. There are many, many, many different viable playstyles and builds, so you can do try all kinds of different ways to play. I’m running a spellsword who uses a sword and board to conserve mana then unleashes massive burst damage on bosses and tanky enemies, backed up with utility spells and debuffs. One of my friends is has a PvP build where he disguises himself as an out-of-place statue and when people walk up to investigate he blows himself up dealing massive AOE damage. Another friend is doing a faith and miracles based assassin character fighting with dual magic claws made out of holy words. And yet another friend went straight for massive weapons and heavy armor and is just smashing his way through the world with a sword bigger than he is.

If you really like exploring and finding new secrets and places and enjoy the challenge and unique boss fights then it’s a great game. It captures the same sense of wonder and adventure as a dame like Skyrim, but with a focus on an extremely well designed and polished combat system instead of Skyrim’s focus on quests and characters. Not to say there aren’t quests, but the focus is much more on the fighting and the free form exploration.