Looks good, not AAA, looks like a solid AA.
This is supposed to be a trilogy.
Witcher 1 and 2 also felt like this, they only reached the balance and formula and ultra dense world at 3rd entry. Never mind the fully open world.
Hopefully they will polish some things up though. Like camera angles and switching to first person while selecting abilities but it looks like simple mods could balance this out.
I don't mind the junk, even if they don't though.
It's either that or 7 year old development cycles, my dudes.
But it would be awesome if they did that on their own instead. Maybe improve on some animations too while at it.
I generally get what you are saying but still I like what I see, and since there is no Dishonored 3 in sight, I'm always open for blink like abilities in games.