I've got the PS5 Deluxe Digital edition preordered and preloaded, so I'll be playing in 24 hours (not that I'm counting or anything...). I've already invested and will be playing it regardless, but curious about your experience.
What you wrote is good advice for any RPG, but I wasn't planning on save scumming. At least not much. How about the fail states? One of the things I really loved about Disco Elysium (not directly comparable for sure, but that game does a ton of stat checks + rolls as well) was that you can fail spectacularly and still have a very enjoyable, or at least bizarre and unpredictable, time.
It's very much in the same vein. As long as you're okay with the consequences of random failures, you'll have no trouble in that regard. However, there have been at least 5 times, that I remember, in the first 10 to 15 hours where I walked into an area, completely oblivious, that was dangerous. Got into a fight and had my ass absolutely waxed. Had not saved for a while and the autosave hadn't kicked in recently.
You also are limited in how many times you can use most abilities and spells. Not on a per fight basis. It's persistent. You actually have to go back to camp, sleep, and come back to recharge many spells. So you will frequently have to fight, rest, go back. Fight, rest, go back. If you don't, you'll find yourself at a huge disadvantage the next time you fight. You do get two partial rests that you can just press a button, heal a fair mount, and get a certain amount of certain actions back. But some require you to actually take the big camp break. Which also requires items you find out in the world. So go klepto and grab anything not bolted down that looks edible or literally calls itself a camp supply. Ignore nothing. So much in this game looks like a background or doodad but it's actually used for something.
The game is amazing. I was a little overwhelmed at first because while I love RPGs, this one was quite a bit more involving. I do recommend you use the environment to your advantage whenever you can. Like a bridge I destroyed to instantly kill a boss by making her fall to her death. Knocking goblins into bottomless pits. Causing overhead objects to fall on my enemies. The more you think and use anything you can, the easier of a time you'll have. Oh. And Karlach is the fucking best. An A+ personality. Fun to talk to. Grab her as a companion.
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