I got back up to an egg hunt in the mountains before I just wandered off to play something else. Never ran into a challenge in that time, never met much of anything that posed a real threat, never had a problem that required a new solution.

There's a major issue that needs to be addressed in exploration. Procedural map generation and sailing are fine things on their own, but they interact destructively in this game. You dink around from island to island to find biomes you need, trading time for map. There's no real risk as you can outrun everything. The net result is the transformation of discovery and adventure into yet another chore you have to perform to get to the fun part. Whatever that is. Once you get over the initial thrill of sailing, you realize the karve and longship amount to a minivan and delivery truck.

When the game was new and novel, I was willing to push through to see the boss fights. Now, the is shine gone. I only ever discover things I've seen many times before. Every shore looks the same. Fights are rote exercises. The wilderness isn't wild. I've encountered more interesting monsters on foraging runs by going to the grocery store on the first of the month.