Haven't fully played it yet due to performance, but it is a convoluted mess. I kinda supposed that I will arrive in a city under siege with a huge sense of urgency to get things done and streamlined quests leading me to the end game. Instead it feels more like the middle part of a 5 act game, with quests that might tie in into the main story line, but I'm in no mood to look after some missing letters, solve the housing problems of a noble and so on.