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This game is immersive asf. It's a similar gameplay loop like the first game, except it feels even more alive. Every interaction with an npc feels so believable and genuine, like red dead 2 except on a more personal scale due to the sandbox. I've had npcs squeeze past me in so door way or outside and they reacted by saying "excuse me" and like rdr 2, npcs now have horses in the open world now unlike the first game. I came across a wagon of soldiers and the soldier asked if I wanted a ride since I was walking. I agreed and got on the wagon to get closer to my destination. The two soldiers had interesting small talk on the ride there which I was not expecting at all, eventually one of them striked up a conversation on how slow the wagon was going and talked about tall tales in the forest. I have yet to find out if these lines are reused on all other wagon related voice lines, but it was very entertaining. along the route we Got ambushed by a couple of Cumans, but me and the lads got them first and the other Cuman ran for the hills. Everything went back to normal and continued the ride on the wagon, with some more interesting small talk coming from the two soldiers on the wagon with me. I eventually found my stop and got off, and what could've been a few dry deliveries of voice lines saying farewell, the devs added personality into Henry's lines, basically saying that he couldn't stand the bumpy trip and would prefer to walk instead. The wagon driver said he'd gotten use to the bumpyness but wished Henry fair well. Small things like this may not seem like much, but it adds a whole lot to the games environment. And the best part of this interaction was that it wasn't even in any quest or fully scripted encounter. I have even finished the first major quest yet and had only done one full side quest at that point. Can't wait to see the rest of the game, 10/10 so far