jescity Hogwarts Legacy Review

I am just BLOWN AWAY. I have been looking for a decent game to play for like EVER now and I bask in open world exploration and tried everything from Kingdom Deliverance, RDR2, SKYRIM, inzio, DayZ (ok dayz was good lol) and a million others to no avail. My itch just wasn't being scratched. I have been playing for well over 3 or 4 days now, full long says lol and I haven't even coverd 1/25th of the map!! NO JOKE! And I still get lost in the castle lol...When i saw the full map just now, it was then I realized I am going to be here a while, the next century maybe. And i don't even care lol. A lot of the puzzles are not that good and there is NO loot, well not really, wish there was more. Only chests with clothes and pages, but I haven't even scratched the surface yet. I can't wait to rescue a beast, create some potions, and kick some more #@! And I haven't even installed the add-on pack yet. The scenery is FANTASTIC. I had to manually remove film grain and some fog in settings, now it is crisp and clear. Wish more items were interactable, and WISH they had more in game duels like in class...they were liek only once and those were far better games I woulda played all day lol rather than some of the puzzles..but this game has kept my attention more than ANY game so far. Most of them I play for a day or two and am gone and never look back. Idk what it is, I'm not even a die hard Hogwarts fan (I mean c'mon eberyone loves Hogwarts but I wouldn't call myself a die hard or even a fan). I played Avatar as I loved those movies too but I just couldn't get into it. I am SO glad I took the risk and purchased. I was just starting to give up and slow down as I have spent hundreds of $$ on games in the last few months and haven't felt at home or at peace in a single one. Oh and yes NPC's could be better too, but maybe, just maybe they will surprise us in Hogwarts 2???