To be fair, the levelling mechanics in some ubisoft games (looking at you, AC origins) are complete garbage that do nothing but arbitrarily restrict your movement.

Still unsure why people would pay to skip them though.

a big open world planet with a dense series of dystopian cities, alongside underground resource-rich zones.

That is stupidly overambitious and will necessarily lead to a lack of detail and charm.

Just like those 36 people he knifed.