Started a new playthrough of Far Cry 6 since I never got to finish it when it came out. The story is a little heavy-handed but serviceable, and there is some dimensionality to the characters that helps keep things interesting, like I actually care about what's happening. The game is also really good about not railroading you through the story, you can choose when you start story missions, and there's three branches of storyline for most of it so you can play in whatever order you want, or just ignore it completely - I spent about 10 straight hours of gameplay just doing random side quests and looking for collectibles, it's a huge improvement on the Far Cry 5 story/missions.

The gunplay feels really satisfying, and there's a ton of different equipment options so you can really play whatever style you want. Stealth is really fun but not completely OP, you still have to be really deliberate and careful. You can switch between pretty much any of your weapons/gear, so you always have a ton of options, but it also feels kind of OP, especially later in the game.The difficulty options are pretty good too, it doesn't feel like higher difficulty = everybody is a bullet sponge.

The movement and especially climbing mechanics are kind of clunky but it doesn't take too much away from the gameplay overall. The open world is huge and there's a lot to see and explore if that's your thing, and it feels very lived in, it doesn't feel like a vast expanse of nothing.