Recent reviews by Adam Mantra

This is a negative review as I don't want to straight recommend it. For me, a positive review requires comes with so many caveats that its simply up to individual taste. Here's a few of the caveats that would come with a recommendation,

1. Visuals are great, but - Many boss fights are unclear as the game leans in to form over function.

2. Levels are varied, but - Exploration is incredibly limited, many invisible walls and although some secrets are well hidden and enjoyable to find, there's not as much substance as would like.

3. Combat system is fun, but - May be the way I played and built, although it's highly repetitive and unless enemies offer an actual challenge (majority of them didn't for me, only specific bosses), it feels like you can button mash your way through fights and throw in some dodges here & there.

4. Loads of bosses, but - Many of them feel like copy-paste's of each other's moveset's. On the plus side, its not as much of a boss rush as other reviews suggest, more so once you're in chapter 3 & 4. However, the quality of bosses deteriorates over time and after chapters 1 & 2 they didn't feel as unique and engaging mechanically, even though they were visually impressive.

5. Bosses are hard - Some of the bosses are a fun challenge, which is great. Although many of them in the later portions of the game are quite flat with huge HP bars, then they over use the 'hit 20% health and go nuts' and surprise second health bars. It's fine but doesn't feel special when it happens so often. The visuals are generally always greater than the game's ability to engage you with its mechanics.

6. Very nit picky but the stopping and loss of control of the character for item and chest animations is frustratingly worthless. There's so many pick ups if you're exploring and you've got to go through that repeatedly, it's a very minor inconvenience but it feels needlessly jarring to the pacing of the game play, especially when it's just to pick up some currency.

As a FromSoft baby and Soulslike ♥♥♥♥♥, I'd say skip it if that's what you're after. It's an 'okay' Soulslike if you build the stamina and 'See Through' damage route, as I did but only if you're willing to accept its going to be boss heavy and the game play will get repetitive. For me, without the deep exploration and sense of wonder that comes with FromSoft titles, I'd say it isn't a true Soulslike but that's just semantics.

Its a negative review but its more of a sideways thumbs up. I enjoyed it for a bit, the lore and artwork is fun if you enjoy reading those bits and the Chinese voice acting is superb - It captured me with its aesthetics but ultimately the gameplay couldn't hold me all the way through it so I stopped playing during the final chapter, when I was questioning how engaged I was.

Try it, refund it, buy on a sale.

Eye vomit.

Mech kill Vek.

Silly goose!

Hog.

Shoot bang.

"Shítty wizard."

run. fast

sekro

Makes you feel like Spooder.

Combat is really cool once you start getting comfortable with being mobile and trying to never get hit, pretty tough to do on the highest difficulty but a good challenge (sort of similar to the Batman games but more slippery movement).