So...when does Rebirth pick up? (Minimal spoilers pls)

I'm on chapter 8, about halfway thought the game, and have disliked all of the open world content, which has taken up over half the total playtime.

However, I would still say I am liking the game a lot.

Take of that what you will.

The game definitely has an extremely slow start though. If you do the demo skip, I would say the first 2ish hours of the game are just straight up bad.