Thanks to the low, low price on CDKeys, I approached the game with much lower expectations. Better yet, with the savings, I was able to buy a tiny bit of UBI 'pay to win' Helix credits, which made the game easier and I was able to focus on the story and not grinding for stats/resources.
Overall the game is very good, has great atmosphere, stories, characters, the game mechanics, especially sneaking and melee is very good.
Certainly on of the better games in the series so far.