Used the free trial, runs like ass on a rtx 3060 on low 1080p, wont buy until its 3$ or they fix the performance issues.

A buggy mess with a deceptive two hour timed trail period by CAPCOM which counts towards the STEAM refund period once you actually buy the game so i only had twenty minutes to refund the game.

Broken quests where every time i go do something like a fetch quest i never have all the ingredients even though the game tells me i do and to go give them to the person at the new quest marker on the map.

User interface is a non-intuitive nightmare to figure out where i could not even get to my inventory without a ton of hassle and time wasted. Still don't know if there is any way to trade items with pawns even though one of them was mentioning if i have too much to carry they will gladly take an apple off my load if i have one.

Female Pawns end up with male voices once again probably due to the horrible user interface. Enemy variety thus far is horribly limited with only griffins and goblins along the trail which do not appear for long stretches of time so am pretty much just walking around a linear path down a road gathering ingredients and listening to pawn chatter instead of finding interesting locations and enemies to battle. When there is combat my Pawns bum rush the enemy like a horde of ravenous piranhas before i can even get a blow in. My character has leveled up to level 4 yet once again due to the horrible ui i have no idea if i even have a character level up screen to use skill points in.

My character is also weighed down but i have yet to find a way to throw my extra gear on the ground to lighten the load once again because of the annoying non-intuitive user interface so my muscled up warrior character is out of breath after running ten seconds due to all that he is carrying.

Performance wise i have had no issues on my i9 12900 k with 32gb ram, 2TB SSD, RTX 3080 with 12gb vram, Windows 11, latest updates and drivers. All my problems have been with game play bugs and design and the deceptive "FREE" two hour trail period which counts towards one's refund period when buying the game afterwards. I have no beef with STEAM they are always generous with their refund policy and have saved me plenty of money in the past. With all due respect to the game creative process and developers doing their best to make a living Its CAPCOM i feel is pulling a fast one here.

There is a limit to how much inconvenience and unfriendliness can be dressed up as something 'idealized.' It’s unreasonable to call presenting an incomplete product, from which many necessary aspects for enjoying the game have been removed, a 'philosophy.' At this price point, it's difficult to recommend the game with a light heart.

Setting aside discussions about DLCs or game systems, the most disappointing aspect was how many quests and stories felt incomplete or ended abruptly. The most enjoyable moments occurred when I ventured off the beaten path to explore, away from my backlog of quests. However, even these enjoyable experiences were often disrupted by inconveniences and an unfriendliness disguised as 'idealized' or 'philosophical.'

Ultimately, this recommendation is very precarious, leaning strongly towards not recommending the game.