~Playdough

I figured that quote fits perfectly to match this game. This game is full of amazing graphics and fun and interesting mechanics that are great to learn and master with friends or even alone. The bosses are tough and challenging, The objectives are always fun to complete but remain simple and promote exploration.

Then comes to the bad parts

Lets just start from the Beginning of the game. You begin by selecting a class, or race, or whatever the game calls it. Since you are starting the game for the first time, you are given a very brief description of what each class does and its stats. Now since this was my first play through and I like difficult games, I selected the class that the game told me was the most difficult. Little did I know this would come back and screw me over later.

You get put into the game and immediatly start fighting enemies which is nice since this game doesnt bother with lengthy tutorials but this meant that I would have to figure out how to create difficult combos on my own using the menu. Personally, creating personal combos are cool but the menu that was used to create these combos were difficult to use and changed the games difficultly majorly in certain circumstances.

The map was simply beautiful, The graphics were amazing and everything was just so much fun to look at. The level design is where it screws you over. The game has around 3 to 4 major places for you to explore that are all connected through a series of hallways. The hallways are boring to traverse and if you are playing with a friend then don't even expect to leave the area if your partner is away from keyboard or just a ♥♥♥♥. The game blocks you from leaving if you want to leave the area by yourself. The maps are also very large, which would be ok if it was open or had a map feature. No, the giant spaces are full of tight small paths and rooms that make it super difficult for finding the correct place to go to. Multiple times throughout this game I was forced to lookup the wear abouts of specific bosses that I needed to kill in order to complete the game. One of the last bosses was only possible to reach by walking under a staircase that was EXTREMELY out of the way. I spent a good majority of my hours in this game just wandering around and looking up guides in order to complete this game.

The game's customization is pretty cool, The bosses and enemies all drop weapons and pieces of clothing that you can equip to your character to change the stats and look. This was a cool feature that was implemented but after a while, you either don't get enough loot for the customization to matter or the loot you get just really sucks compared to loot you may already have. I beat this game in maybe a solid 3 hours. I never changed my cloths more then 3 times maximum and that was only because I found a cool helmet or gloves or something. Other then that, there is NO reason to customize your character because you have to be extremely lucky to find something better then what you begin with after the mini customization tutorial.

The final boss was what really got me. I spent FOREVER attempting to beat this boss. It took me multiple tries and many cans of GFuel to kill that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. It required perfect combos and use of weapons and VERY few mistakes. I spent a lot of time and energy and for my efforts, I got a steam achievement, JUST A STEAM ACHIEVEMENT. No gear, no super amazing new ability, not even a high five. Then the game was over just like that. I beat the game. I was super sad about the finale of this game. It built it up to be extremely intense and finished super weak. There is an endgame though, It involves collecting all of the moves and perfecting certain combos. I am sorry, But even year 1 Destiny 1 had a better end game...

I truely enjoyed this game, don't get me wrong. I loved it and I think I spent my money wisely. I just believe the game could use a bit more optimization. Sorry to talk about pure negatives of a game but honestly, thats all games are in this day in age. No one looks at the positives of games, Its all about how bad it is. I truely enjoyed this game. I loved it while I played it a few weeks ago. Im just put off by end games a few other feature. I will definitly purchase any DLC and play it through to the end.