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If I could go and erase my memory of playing this game, I would. Just so I can play it again.


This is by far, one of the best story rich games ever developed on this planet; the immersion, the action, the plot, the characters... everything plays together like a beautifully painted work of art.

It's an insanely rare occasion that games like these are even developed this day and age. Nowadays you have games that come out half baked or are money grabs by greedy corporations. Sandfall Interactive and Kepler... a team of about like 30 people made this game and you can tell this is on level with developers like Larian Studios with the amount of love and creativity poured into this game.

It's a shame I will never get to experience everything in this game again... the emotion and intensity I felt with each encounter coupled with the amazing soundtrack this game has will remain in my heart forever.

For Those Who Come After...

Loved this DLC, but I will share the pros and cons respectively after beating it. I'll start with the characters.

*SPOILERS AHEAD*



The characters in this DLC are fantastic, hold many personalities and emotions throughout your journey in the realm of shadow. Although they have extremely obscure questlines which you likely won't be able to figure out without a guide. When you do eventually get the quests going, all of it put together makes a lot of sense for their involvement in the realm of shadow.

The new areas in the realm of shadow are amazing in terms of aesthetics and exploration wise. This DLC heavily rewards you for exploring, which is the whole point of an open-world. Although the realm of shadow is very expansive and holds many secrets, I cannot dismiss the fact that Shadow Keep leads to about 6 different areas and it can be very overwhelming to discover all of the secret passages within and that alone can be considered bad map design. Places like the Cerulean Coast definitely could have used more usage besides just having the Stone Coffin Fissure which was AMAZING! From Software definitely could have spent more time with the areas and how they can be reached. Again, aesthetics are great but the realm of shadow areas suffer heavily from bad direction. (I will never forget the Ancient Ruins of Rauh, way too confusing of a layout.)

The fights. The boss fights. I can get by about 80% of the fights which are absolute peak but some of the fights are absolute BS in it's own regard. Perfect examples include Metyr, Gaius. Poorly designed bosses with poorly designed movesets. Everything else? Peak. Rellana is absolutely stunning as a boss, Messmer is great, and let's not even forget Midra. Enemies? Well there are certainly a few annoyances like the snakes in the finger ruins and the fly guys infinitely grabbing you but you can definitely get by.

Now if you're a game journalist or meta only player who abuses bleed/sorceries, you might think the DLC is too unfair or too hard. But get over it, you asked for harder content and here's From Software delivering on an astronomical scale. They give you resources like spirit ashes, NPC summons, items, please utilize them, and have fun!

Yes, yes, YES. After playing Destiny for a long time and finally deciding to actually try Warframe, I can safely say that this game is infinitely better than Destiny. The combat feels rewarding, the customization feels rewarding, the MODDING feels rewarding. Compared to Destiny, Warframe makes you feel powerful. Nothing is paid for, you can grind for everything you need and that is the best thing a free to play game can offer. There is also an in-game MARKET DEVELOPED BY THE COMMUNITY that lets you trade in-game items for the games premium paid currency. However, this game has a terrible sense of guidance for new players so it's recommended you look up guides to see what you must do to progress. Have fun!

Yeah this game is actually good and makes game freak look like a pile of squirrel ♥♥♥♥. My only gripe is the physics in this game and the obscene amount of annoying glitches you encounter as you progress through the game but overall this is a freaking amazing game. Although there's a lot of glitches, the game is still in early access so I can't be too harsh on it, and they'll be regularly rolling out patches and updates. Hats off to you Pocketpair.

An actual masterpiece of a game. Haven't had a game destroy my life in a while. RECOMMEND!

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game kinda sucks ngl