good: the nonlinearity and lots of sidequests; i actually find the main quest really boring and avoid it as much as possible.
bad: at a certain point it feels like there's a dragon in your way every hundred yards
maybe it's just me, but when i see something advertised as "episode 6" with no clear indication of whether the file in question includes episodes 1-5 or not, i just can't be bothered
at a certain point if there's tons of dialogue and nothing going on i'll start skipping. i like story, but a lot of dialogue can be banal filler that contributes next to nothing. like, it's not like i'll skip dialogue and then be all like ohmygod what's happening the intricate plotting of this...