Patient Gamers

It is not as bad if you approach it with open mind. I'm the person who quicksaves twice before hitting "save and exit" so it definitely took effort but the saves are not that bad. It is definitely more tedious at start, later you have enough resources to use the Saviour Shnaps (the item that lets you save whenever) more. Game also saves when you sleep so you just need to go to sleep when able and it's alright. I don't remember gear breaking tbh but you probably do have to do some maintenance on i to keep using it.

As OP says, it is very slow burn and can be difficult at start because the combat can be a bit janky, due to it being very different to what you may be used to - uses direcional inputs in a similar way as For Honor does, but has more directions. So you have to get used to thay but also your character is literal peasant who knows shit (you even have to learn to read) so it takes time for both you and your character to get decent at stuff. But I found it worth it.

There is a mod that allows for unlimited saving without the need to use Saviour Schnapps to save. When the game was first release the only way to save was by sleeping in certain beds, after quest progress and by manually saving using Saviour Schapps. They later added a quit and save option which I think should've been in the game since the beginning. Because back then I'd often lose progress when I didn't have Saviour Schnapps or the ingredients to make them, and I didn't have a bed nearby. So that kind of ruined the experience for me. With the Unlimited Saves mod, though, you can save anytime you want just like in other games.

Gear doesn't break that often, and you can buy repair kits that have X uses and you can use those to repair your gear anytime. :)

The gear gets hurt during fights but even at my low level 7 I can go sharpen my sword again and I've enough coins to fix whatever got damaged in the last ambush. It's not ridiculous either. Only my chest and helmet were really damaged. But yes, it's all very slow paced.

I just make sure to go to bed and it saves without costing anything. Plus Henry does get tired, and the roads are more dangerous at night

Yeah I game it too many tries to be played as it meant... It is a waste of fuckig time.

The saving mode makes it playable but i found out about it too late.

New game kept this system like

Jfc