Straight forward, simple and not too grindy at all. Getting money is fairly easy once you get to thriller bark and can easily just rob graves. The combat system is also quite easy as you can just speed train for several days in a row without any consequences or missing out on content. If I had one major complaint about the game it's that the ship combat is quite lackluster, though it seems the focus right now is more on narrative development than additional content. Either way, once more content has been published it will be a casual and easy game to cruise through.