Started this today and played for 5.5 hours, at the start of chapter 3 now.
At this point I can't help but feel like it's just a worse version of Xenoblade? You're really restricted in traversal, in the first 30 seconds I found I can't jump on top of cars, then later found I can't swim, then shortly after found I can't even jump off high ledges.
Then the fast travel is really goofy. You can fast travel to your car, and from there fast travel elsewhere. Why not cut out the middle man?
Not far enough in to comment on the quests. While Xenoblade had a ton of MMO style gather, kill etc quests it also had some really great ones that fleshed out the world and characters (that whole character relationship chart was amazing).
I'm still having fun, but just with how similar the game structures are it's hard not to compare them.
E: Oh and I forgot the biggest thing. Every time I go to pick up a glowing blue orb I jump instead, Xeno didn't have that problem (and this goes for opening doors, talking to NPCs etc). Why is this so finicky? Even when the button prompt is on screen it doesn't work all the time.