Final Review
Initial thoughts
-YES DIFFICULTY OPTIONS (I love games with difficulty options so I can replay on harder difficulties)
-Didn't expect such a detailed character customisation, not usually a fan of custom characters but these look cool
-Weak start
-Parry isn't great
-Clunky movement
-Game is having an identity crisis
-Trying to do too many things and not developing them
-Story is hard to care about
-Ton of graphical bugs
5 hours in
-Story is still boring to me
-Combat has improved
-Got some better gear
-Combat and traversal feel more varied
-Horse movement is awful, some of the worst I have ever used
-Still riddled with graphical bugs
-Should have picked the Odachi straight away
10 hours in
-Wow the combat is cool
-So many ways to customise your combat approach
-Outfits are cool
-Horse is still awful
-I'm liking the glider
-Skill trees are cool
-The parry still isn't great, but getting used to it
-My god the graphical bugs
-Some pieces of terrain have broken hitboxes/collisions
-Some textures just dont even load in
-Still dont care about the story
15+ hours in
-THERE'S OTHER REGIONS?
-Oh they're basically all just grass and some rocks
-Maybe could have picked some more varied areas of Japan
-World design isn't bad
-Not much to do in the world other than enemy bases
-Combat is still cool
-The cool combat and stealth is held back by the open world and bad graphics
-Should have been a linear game or just put more stuff in the world
-Can only go in like 10% of the buildings so the villages/towns feel empty and boring even though they are full of buildings
-Gliding is so cool
-A lot of stuff should have been explained better
-Story still struggles, the custom character makes character development and telling a strong story very difficult
-Still infested with graphical bugs
-Some gameplay bugs, nothing gamebreaking, but definitely annoying
Overall, a solid game held very far back by a weak start, weak story and bad graphics/visuals. Would have been better if it didn't try to have a serious, historical story and instead had a ridiculous, over the top story like the devil may cry series or the yakuza series. Should have been pushed as a good way to get into souls games, as its difficulty options do make it more approachable and accessible to more players (ironic as its accessibility is limited because it is a playstation exclusive)
Initial thoughts
-YES DIFFICULTY OPTIONS (I love games with difficulty options so I can replay on harder difficulties)
-Didn't expect such a detailed character customisation, not usually a fan of custom characters but these look cool
-Weak start
-Parry isn't great
-Clunky movement
-Game is having an identity crisis
-Trying to do too many things and not developing them
-Story is hard to care about
-Ton of graphical bugs
5 hours in
-Story is still boring to me
-Combat has improved
-Got some better gear
-Combat and traversal feel more varied
-Horse movement is awful, some of the worst I have ever used
-Still riddled with graphical bugs
-Should have picked the Odachi straight away
10 hours in
-Wow the combat is cool
-So many ways to customise your combat approach
-Outfits are cool
-Horse is still awful
-I'm liking the glider
-Skill trees are cool
-The parry still isn't great, but getting used to it
-My god the graphical bugs
-Some pieces of terrain have broken hitboxes/collisions
-Some textures just dont even load in
-Still dont care about the story
15+ hours in
-THERE'S OTHER REGIONS?
-Oh they're basically all just grass and some rocks
-Maybe could have picked some more varied areas of Japan
-World design isn't bad
-Not much to do in the world other than enemy bases
-Combat is still cool
-The cool combat and stealth is held back by the open world and bad graphics
-Should have been a linear game or just put more stuff in the world
-Can only go in like 10% of the buildings so the villages/towns feel empty and boring even though they are full of buildings
-Gliding is so cool
-A lot of stuff should have been explained better
-Story still struggles, the custom character makes character development and telling a strong story very difficult
-Still infested with graphical bugs
-Some gameplay bugs, nothing gamebreaking, but definitely annoying
Overall, a solid game held very far back by a weak start, weak story and bad graphics/visuals. Would have been better if it didn't try to have a serious, historical story and instead had a ridiculous, over the top story like the devil may cry series or the yakuza series. Should have been pushed as a good way to get into souls games, as its difficulty options do make it more approachable and accessible to more players (ironic as its accessibility is limited because it is a playstation exclusive)