But now I am a lord, my dear, with a pitcher full of beer! ~Henry

Works great, optimization is the best I have seen in years, first "bug" I've encountered only after +30h of playtime.

The writing of the game is superb, every decision, character, main or side quest and/or activity feels grounded, meaningful and above all is enjoyable.

The only minor problem might be balance issues. Start of the game is extremely punishing, while after some time, especially when perks scalling off of each other come on-line everything (fighting, stealth, earning gold etc.) becomes trivial.

All in all it is one of the most complete, customer-respecting and enjoyable game relseases in years. You should be playing it right now!

Pros:
- Most realistic recreation of medieval Europe in virtual media
- God Tier writing with open ended main and side quests
- Deeply rewarding core and supplementary mechanics
- Almost perfect optimization, should run great even on lower spec rigs
- You own a dog
- You can feed the dog
- You can pet the dog
- You can feed Your enemies to the dog
- And later go on a penitential pilgrimage to cleanse Your soul and preserve a spot in heavens.

♥♥♥♥:
- If You expect lots of fighting: just don't
- Archery and crossbow shooting is daunting
- Balance feels off: extremely hard early game, with difficulty falling off steeply after leveling Henry up
- In game economy makes no sense, and merchant stock/gold respawn times are way to low - gold farming is so easy that it can almost happen accidentally