Really wanted to like this game but all the enemies were just so spongy and it kinda felt like spamming R1 or throwables was always the best option. Not to mention the inability to quickly roll out of attacks (that part might just be a skill issue) which made some wizard hunts and other boss fights aggrivating.

I really wanna love this game after how much I enjoyed Salt and Sanctuary. But so much of this game is just... scuffed. Enemies can really easily juggle or stunlock you or just straight up launch you off into a fall long enough to outright kill you. Especially if the game drops multiple mages into the same spot.

But really what's worse about that is that this game doesn't really feel all that hard. I often kill mages with health potions to spare, and even then you can run back to an Obelisk to resupply, without it seeming to have any negative impacts on the fight. It's just... tedious. Upgrading equipment forces you into some really time-consuming, samey farming. If the mages that drop the required materials even spawn. Sometimes they don't even drop the material you are farming, either.

Souls-like metroidvania Monster Hunter sounds cool until you realize that means Rathalos Plate farming.
Might be fun for multiplayer or co-op, I guess.

not salt and sanctuary, if anyone is looking for that. has more of a loop of hunting mages. which, in and of itself, isnt bad. it can get a bit tedious or monotonous at times. run out. kill mage. come home. level up. repeat. but that can still be fine.

to me the issue is mostly things like getting stunlocked to death, or killing a boss just for one of his stray shots to hit me and poison me after his death animation, and the game counts it as loosing the fight, or just small things like that which make the game feel either A: intentionally designed to screw you with inconsistency, or B: just...unfinished.

i did enjoy the story/world/lore. enough to continue with the tedious loops. but the inconsistencies killed it for me

wait for it to go on sale for about 5 bucks. thats bout all i spent on it, and thats probably the only reason i dont hate having bought it.