Yes, PC. Thanks for the advice!
YW. I always suggest playing a game vanilla, or close as possible to it, but that's the only one I really felt was essential. It's too easy to lose an hour of progress because of some abrupt chaos.
Combat is really clunky at first, and you're weak AF, but once you level up a few important skills/perks and get the hang of it, it's so much fun. It's best one on one, and doable against more, so long as you kite enemies. However, it always falls apart in large battles, but it's hilarious at least.
A couple of combat perks to get as soon as possible (train with Bernard/fight as often as possible too to get XP) are Headcracker and Clinch Master. Headcracker lets you stun enemies, opening more shots, and without clinch master you'll always get dummied when enemies get close.
There's so much more to discover in the game, but the save anywhere mod and those two perks will make things less frustrating.
Enjoy the ride man, there's nothing quite like it.