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Performance is really a big oof
but honestly, im still having fun

i had to play around for like 10 minutes to even get into the game because of error messages with connecting my nexus account or something

gameplay feels like warframe, if warframe didnt have the slide/corkscrew jump, and the aiming (of at least the the default weapon) felt very meh.

did the tutorial, the tips only having a "next page" button ♥♥♥♥♥♥ me, since sometimes i pressed a button when it came up, so i immediately missed the 1st page...

got my "accept your first mission" Q, had to accept like 10 times until it worked, killed 5 enemies, ran up the stairs and got kicked from the server.... no real interest to reconnect

TL;DR, im not a story but a gameplay person, and from what i saw, i'd rather play some warframe

it's more Elden Ring

Chainsawsword go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

lets gooo boiiiis
lets ♥♥♥♥ on all "chinese only" games on steam, because how DARE they :)

TL;DR
Game is fun, if a bit simpler then previous titles
please fix the camera for the love of god

first impression of the new tales of game, ~3h in got to the intro

is fun, they babied it even further down with how many different skills you can equip, this somehow becomes less with every game....
instead you only have 3 ground + 3 aerial, but you can unlock "hold button" for a different version after the skill...wich feels like it slows combat a bit
you no longer charge a gauge for flashy secret arts, instead you charge a per enemy gauge for an execution attack, so no more burst AOE

equipment - this also gets less with every game it feels like, this time you only have weapon, armor and a trinket slot

combat overall took a few fights to get used to, dodge feels more important compared to previous games, wich i like.
what i do not like is the quick time event like counter/boost attacks. i dont like those

camera is also wacky, zooms in and out seemingly random at times, at the first boss 2nd phase the camera was so wacky i couldnt even attack the enemy properly, since when i moved towards him, the camera would instantly turn around to move me back....
a zoom out function in the overworld would also be very nice, it feels very close

im a bit dissapointed tbh, i was hopeing for a bit more of code vein style gameplay, but this feels a lot more like classical jrpg
overworld controle are eugh
turning is ♥♥♥♥
auto switch from "battle jump" to normal jump is ♥♥♥♥
dodge sometimes doenst work
aiming at flying enemies is ♥♥♥♥
cutscenes are a bit weird as well, but i can see past that
1 1/2h in, so i took a break to see if i wanna continue or just refund
on the fence honestly
also the "skill tree" is a bit tiny and doesnt do much

getting knocked down takes for ever to stand up again, so i immediately took the skill to get up faster as well, cuz damn.... thats a long knock down


there's like barely 30 "brain"-talents in total, i think even wow classic or diablo had more talens/skills in every tree
but yeah, what bothered me most, are the flying enemies that stun you
like
wtf
cant hit them properly cuz the "attack" jump only sometimes does something
and when you air-combo 1, the other stuns you out of the air
its not a "im dying" its a "man this is annoying and inceases battle length by 2x for no reason"
even took double jump "brain"-skill as well to help with that.... doesn't really help tho..
they cant stunlock

still, lying 10 sec on the floor every 30sec is not that fun

its pretty good
Hollowknight > Vigil > Bloodstained

controles feel iffy and gameplay feels bland