The map is complete trash. I unironically was excited about open world because I thought it would be like Elden Ring where you reach huge castles and big dungeons, bit the whole first area is just shrines and empty dead villages and fields.
There's literally no thought about how the actual map flows so you go around like a murderhobo with no real progression and you never feel like you "cleared" a part of the map or dungeon or achieved a goal besides following quest steps and breaking the huge crystal thingies