Recent reviews by zeiroe 「ゼーロ」

楽しい

Perfect game in time for the scary season.

Honestly this game really surprised me. It's detailed and very immersive. The game is short but designed for multiple play throughs.

10/10 will play again ... until I get all the endings ;)

https://forums.newworld.com/t/%E2%80%9Cgear-higher-than-your-watermark-will-be-reduced-in-power%E2%80%9D-get-grinding-lads/619629

A bit early but I wanted to at least give the game a good review. I am having too much fun playing and finding it hard to find time out of the game to write a full review.

I give it ... 8/10

Let me preface this review by stating that I played the JP version of Bless for a few months before buying in to the NA/EU release. Seeing how NEOWIZ was taking the reins on their own product to self publish had me very hopeful that they would make a sincere effort to improve their game. Combining the introduction of emissaries and NEOWIZ’s posts on needing us to play their game to get feedback on how to improve, this formulae gave a lot of players hope for this game. However, as I write this review, those hopes were in vain.

Launch week went just like I was expecting, lots of crashes and issues that needed to be addressed, and that was fine. NEOWIZ was actually reactive with the issues being posted in the steam discussions and proactive with changes and patch notes daily. The first week, transparency and communications were there. They were doing what they were supposed to be doing and I commended and defended them for it. After that first week went by, that’s when feelings of animosity started to build within the community that supported this game.

After the first week, issues stopped being addressed. Patch notes were just copy-pasta garbage and announcements to new unwanted content were being posted. Sure, everyone wants to see new content being added but at least address the glaring issues being provided by the community playing your game first. I’m not saying that they have to be fixed but at least address them. It started to become painfully obvious that we were being ignored and that was the signature red flag that we’ve been duped.

It’s been 2 weeks since the last meaningful game balancing patch (1.0.0.8) and still nothing has been posted with regards to game balance or needed changes. Sure there was the producer’s letter but I know a damage control PR fluff post when I see one. I think the producer’s letter was the slap in the face that turned a lot of hopeful players off to Bless. It’s my honest opinion that this was indeed a cash grab scam.

I say this is a scam because they hyped the game up as much as they could with announcements and an event. They increased the hype factor via enthusiastic emissaries and used them hype it up even more on youtube and twitch. On headstart launch they had close to 40k in game and the $150 package was #1 on steam sales. All they had to do to maximizes profits was to be reactive, proactive and transparent for a week … and they did. The week passed and steam wouldn’t allow refunds or chargebacks. Coincidental or not, NEOWIZ was no longer reactive, proactive or transparent. I can only see one obvious conclusion.

I cannot recommend this game to anyone. The speculation and opinions discussed are my views so take it with a grain of salt. Thank you for taking the time to read my review.

-zeiroe

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Actually like this retro game ... the only thing to make it better would be to have a random dungeon genereator