Recent reviews by Asph_y

Gonna make a review after investing a few hours into it.

The Good:

Games fantastic.
Artstyle,music,sound feel wonderful. Guns feel great to shoot,having that oompf that a lot of games miss.
AI feels truly dangerous where you DO have to respect what they can do.
Replayability is massive and its incredibly friendly for casual/busy people.
Free Kits mostly give you great loadouts which can take people down.

The Bad:

Weapon balance feels rowdy right now,its kinda disgusting that 2 grey guns can outDPS a purple tier full upgraded gun in its perfect scenario of fighting. Stitcher and kettle need a damage nerf and venator STILL needs a change to its DPS.

Skill tree feels weird. Some perks are god tier while others are....at best acceptable in very niche situations.

And final but not least,unfortunately comes with the engine,game can be unstable. Even with my PC specs game has hiccups and lags very rarely. On lower end PCs it will have more prominent issues.

Bugs. Theres more of them than ticks in a bunker. From bastions being able to shoot through some solid walls on spaceport,to infinite amount of clipping through glitches,to RPM glitch with shotgun and anvil. It sucks to see it and lose kit to unfair experience like that.

The Ugly:
I cannot stress this enough, THIS IS A PVP FIRST PVE LATER game.YOU WILL be ratted out and you WILL lose your gear to scummy tactics. People will fake friendly you. For a lot of people thats an issue and thats why its here. I am accustomed to such behavior but still sucks to see more fake friendlies than actual PVP-ers nowdays.

Overall,with how game is right now, its a good fun for solid 100 hours. There`s enough content to entertain majority of casuals and alot of sweats,but issues game has will drag it down for me.
8.5/10,will deadline myself on matriarch again.

Gonna chip in regarding review on the game.

Pretty solid foundation for 1.0.3 EA build.

Music: Its really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ solid, Military boss fight song alone is absolute cinema.

Gameplay: For what`s there its really solid baseline.
I love what current units do ,they all feel useful(Except maybe Merc but that`s a player issue not balance issue so far IMO). There needs some sort of clearing up with UI with commander perks IMO(Place them somewhere on UI so I don`t need to multi press stuff to even use it ,but that`s my crybaby take on it).
Some factions are a bit too strong comparable to what they can do. After a few runs(No Level 5 alert yet) i think Vortex is just disgusting in their balance ,brain jar on artillery and 2 warp drones just sweep the game. Hellhound i found weaker the most and require just running 5 scrappers and Rider to even have a chance to win against military/Vortex. Military though is fine,post breacher nerf i think that`s where they SHOULD be.(well maybe lessen heal on Medic a tad but that`s once again ,baby wahhwahh moment)
Replayability : It`s early access ,i expect it to come whenever full game is out.

Art style: For all 13 units in the game and 3 commanders everything looks VERY pretty.
Chibis look cute,small details on actual character tokens looks really solid.Wish to see other commanders and more units sooner...but rushing 3 devs to pump out content isnt smart idea so ill patiently wait.

So at the end of all the yapping,game is good,go get it. 13$ for solid tactical waifu game which feels inspired by codename bakery and alike with pseudo-RPG feel due items for commander and own units is worth it.

This is review as of 18th of October of 2025. Things WILL change so take all complaints with caution.

So far id say this is best battlefield weve gotten since 1.
Amazing gunplay,amazing audio design,back to roots gameplay makes it all feel wonderful.
Campaign i havent even touched.
Cons:
Some people have preformance issues with their PCs but i havent experienced so.
Weapon bloom feels horrid with SOME SMGS,Most of ARS and LMGS.
Game is riddled with bugs. From challenges being not correctly worded to simply not counting. Tanks/Heli`s not spawning on some maps/gamemodes.
MY PERSONAL Complaint is that flares are too fast of a cooldown on planes/helis but thats very subjecitve personal gripe.

So far game is solid 7.5/10. Moment they fix bugs and some weapon balancing itd be best Battlefield weve gotten ever.

After investing a decent amount of time into the game i can finally make a review.
I`ll keep it short.
Pros:
Visually pretty good game,very fancy.
Gameplay loop with skills is pretty good too.
Meta progression is also nice.
Hexagon system with your ability to shape things to the way you want is also really awesome.
Most of game modes are pretty fun.
Cons:
VERY BAD optimization.
With Ryzen 7 9800x3D and RX7900XTX and 64GB of RAM i get drops in FPS OR straight up freezes. ON MEDIUM settings.
Low player count. I did most of the content by myself outside of SINGULAR run where i managed to queue on EU server to find a person.
MTX is also pretty horrid,not a fan of how pricey everything is but also its F2P title with no content being paywalled so its more or less petty talk.
Some Arbiters(Ala Gods in Hades) comparibly to others straigh up just more OP. So far Wealth,Desire and Luck just shred everything. Especially with new Rockstar character.
Overall 7.5/10 experience.
Fix the lag, Give us endless mode where we go till we perish with loops making enemies harder and harder and itd be awesome.

Reikon came back with a banger once more.
P solid game with heavy inspiration of doom remakes on gameplay department.
Techno sci-fi ruins vibe game shows is very pretty.
Though i do have a few gripes that well uh...are more nitpicky than anything so its up to you to take it seriously.
Game is short,like i finished it on hard within 4 hours,i bet on brutal it`d be another 2 hours due some enemies being horrific to fight.
In some locations enemies glitch out and get stuck in place,prime example cruel intentions with protectors and judges.
Some VFX and maps stuff clip through but that happened only twice or thrice throughout entire run of the game.

Overall for a single playthrough id say its worth the cost and experience.
8.5/10.

P.S. Reikon please give us RUINER 2 after this,i beseech you.

Decided to update Review for the game as current patch.

CURRENT UPDATE: QOL2- NUKE BYTES

Overall quality of game is kept further up BUT Prior update "Rats in the walls" have ruined joy for me.

The Good:
Visuals are still stunning.
Game size went from 120 GB to 45GB
Audio track is wonderful.
Grime added with new mechanics which slow down pace of gameplay just enough where you enjoy.

The Bad:
Weapon balance still isnt fixed.
Drastic lack of weapons,especially sniper rifles(Make new category called marksman rifles and add bolt actions everyone can use. while keep big hitter sniper rifles to HRF)
Tunnels system made the game for likes of me unplayable. Not because its difficult but because it requires leagues more time to play. Usually i did mission raids within 15 minutes per map and just swapped between to own joy. NOW you have to go through tunnels,get to X tunnel next to map,go do map and evac there,adding at minimum 40+ minutes to play time.
Otherwise you have to craft(with real life timer) fast travel drone and travel to X location,ngl i think thats kinda lame.

Recommendation of a change:
Not to spit on devs vision i recommend this.
Keep tunnel systems but make it consume less water while you travel(Makes sense as you travel through faster locations,ala 50% cost of water entry)
Make ability to directly travel to X location WITHOUT Fast travel drone for full price of water(Since youll be directly traveling to location)
And make fast travel cost even less water(none or 25% of previous cost).

Overall i cannot recommend the game if you dont have luxury of making it your main game for a long long while.
BUT its good otherwise

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Finished first campaign run within 20 hours. Gotta say Bravo FromSoft.
I didnt expect this much depth to the game and especially after fiasco with AC5 and such flagmanship games in series as For Answers and Verdict Day existing(Personal favorite of mine) to outdo those two... but you did. And by a mile.
Lemme explain spoiler free and why this game is good.
Gameplay: Gameplay is very indepth and fun. You can do pretty much anything as long as you put your heart to it. I run shotgun+Melee with Rockets combo throughout entire game on occasions changing melee for different one(Stun Baton and Lance rules,yo)
There were some "Skill Check" bosses. Chapter 1 level 11 for example(Once again wont say what happens there) is a huge skill check if you cant pay attention and quite threatening at first glance.
Then theres some bosses later in campaign and especially AC fights are ♥♥♥♥♥♥ huge dopamine and adrenaline rush.

Music:
Once again,AC music being top notch,final mission song was a blast and Arena OST is amazing too.

Overall game is very good. And REALLY well optimised,Also visuals are insane even on medium settings.

Even with my dog water PC (Ryzen 3 1200) i had 60 FPS on medium settings even in the most "flashy" fights. There was one time where i had a hiccup but that was understandable due level literally being destroyed.

So TL;DR?
Buy game?Yes
Good game?Yes
Game tough?Yes but not unfairly. If you suffer keep trying,youll succeed in time.

Imma be real with you,Naraka is the only BR i enjoyed and dont felt like dropping after 40 hours in.
It has very good systems,nice designs and everything alike.Events are generous and Battle Passes are actually kinda pog. Aswell each character is fitting towards niches you wanna play at,and their Cultivation(Character level) allows to change stuff to be more supportive or yadda yadda. Also the Glyph(LoL OG Runes system) feel really good and the fact you can have main page and each character unique page for is amazing.
OH yeah Cosmetics are very nice too,All legendary and Epic skins are very nice and fitting into peoples personal style.
So yeah go play Naraka,it only has issues with smurfing and little bit of cheaters but latter i only seen once.

Anacrusis or Better Back 4 Blood in 80s space.

Would i recommend this game after 15 hours in it? Ehh but i can put my two cents about it.
It is really refreshing to see a horde shooter game which actually has promise to it. I love entire "Upgrade" system and whole style. I love design of some guns,even though i wish they would feel with more "Umpf". Map design is pretty sweet,Music sounds really Portal-y from "Old Aperture" arc if anyone gets it. Elite enemies are familiar yet different designs and it feels nice to see that. But...its still E.A. Game. And for update 5 game feels really good even though some combat feels hollow. BUT, and only singular BUT ill say which gives this game a massive thumbs up from me other than all previous things i stated,devs actively pushing idea of community Mods which WILL keep the game alive for a WHILE. (Seemingly B4B situation made some people realize that mods are what keeps games alive.)

So,Whats TL;DR?
Game in alpha and for update 5 kinda solid. Needs bit more polishing and some more weaponry added with changes to some things. If you dont feel like putting your trust this early wait till another sale or next bigger updates.