Monster strong, me think me strong, me hit monster with big hammer, monster dead, me take all monster item, me strong.

I really wanted to like this game, and while I enjoyed the combat the story was.... just awful.. They build up a big plot and don't do anything with it.

positive:
- beautiful artdesign
- pretty good voice-acting
- great OST
- story is not insane but pretty alright (ending is a bit underwhelming)

negative:
- combat feels a bit janky
- you dont have invulnerability if you get hit so somtimes you get hit 3 times in a row and just die, which is quite annoying.
- abilities are way too overpowered and make many bossfights too easy

estimated time: 20h
rating: 7/10

I’ve mainly played this game on PS5 and, while the movements aren’t excellent they’re totally sufficient and fine. I’m loving this game. As a Soulsborne fanboy i’m liking this game more than a lot of the other ones that try to reach their feel.

Surprisingly enjoyable experience. I tried all the weapons at the start and settled on daggers because of how quickly you can dodge, but they all have really useful upgrades, skills, and abilities that seem to make them all feel really strong.

exploration is pretty satisfying with not a lot of dead ends, and the way the main quest line continues is pretty straight forward too. There's also an insane amount of readables/lore dumps that at first I just decided to skip through, but started reading through them and found myself really enjoying the reads. The bosses were pretty easy for the most part compared to the rest, but they looked cool at least, and felt decent. Good spread of checkpoints and shortcuts too in the level design.

I've just been prompted for the point of no return, and I've really enjoyed my time. Recommend for anyone wanting a souls-lite experience that's more straight forward than your typical dark souls game but with more focus on the action.