5 people found this review helpful
Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 16.5 hrs on record (8.4 hrs at review time)
Posted: 22 Jun, 2021 @ 9:51am
Updated: 27 Jun, 2021 @ 8:25am
Product received for free

After playing and finishing the 2nd act, the goblin one, I can't suggest the game to anyone at this price tag right now. The game is fun with friends if your group is just looking to find a janky game to mess around and laugh at all the bugs this game has.
Balance is iffy, at one instance, we're just cruising along the level having an easy time, then when we jumped at our recommended level with a 100 level difference below us these mobs are 3 shotting the dwarf tank. Also the dwarf tank is a better healer than the archer that is supposed to be a support due to having an unlockable move that fully heals anyone that has no cooldown, only a stamina penalty. Go figure.
Bugs. Lots of it. Some of it game breaking. You can get stuck on a dodge when there's no enemy besides you. The archer can bug out on a lock on making you unable to turn your camera until she finds a new enemy to lock on to. The dwarf can be stuck on a recovering attack animation and CAN'T PICK UP ITEMS until he fully dies. At one point my friend got his character reset to level 1 with a combat ability of 5 and the only working solution was to reset the game and join back again. You'll get frustrated at some of them or laugh at the absurdity of some of them.
Servers. We're playing in SEA and our ping is always in the 200's. What's with that? Our internet is good enough as it is that we can play any multiplayer game no problem on the 50 or 70 range.
Anyways if you have 4 friends to play with try it out first on the Xbox game pass if I recall it's only a dollar now. This is an early access game at best and I'm disappointed by it but we're having fun messing around with the bugs and we're planning to continue.

Edit: We finished the game. Above review still stands. The bug where the dwarf can't pick items is so prominent in our continuation that it was just annoying and not fun anymore. Bosses are just "stunlock this man to oblivion" levels. If they can't be stun locked and has a big hitbox i.e. Kelvin, just bring the archer and she'll do the work. Icewind as a boss is bad, the mechanic involved firing 4 ballistas at Icewind to kill her, which is just padding to make the boss longer. Remove all the ballistas and she still falls like any other boss. Overall a really meh experience. The only good things I could say about this is that the overall design of the maps are gorgeous, some of the puzzles are interesting, and the combos are nice. It's still not worth the price.
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