Don't play this unless you want to see the most unintentionally funny story/voice acting ever. It's not nearly as terrible as people say it is. But it still isn't great. Bad writing does not make it unplayable, mediocre at best story, Hilarious voice acting, it is not a broken game as some claim, the world does vary more than they claim too, and quantity over quality style of open world is it's biggest flaw.
Where to start. The story is the most unintentionally funny thing I've seen in awhile. The writing is pretty terrible. It's a bland story. The voice acting ranges from terrible to hilarious to mediocre at best. The only good voice acting is Cuff. Frey is so cringe. It's really funny how cringy and terrible her delivery is.
Frey has bad delivery of her lines. She talks like a pre-teen trying to act cool. Cursing at every moment she can. When the game tries to be funny, it is not. But a lot of the time, it is unintentionally funny. You get second hand embarrassment by her acting. It hurts because it's so cringe. And it's a great experience to laugh at.
The game looks like a PS4 game at best. I played it on quality mode. There are aspects that look like a PS5 game. But character models are not great. Someone environments are pretty while others are bland. Graphics are not that important but this was noticeably lower.
Controls are not great. If you must play this, I highly suggest turn on auto lock on. The aiming is terrible and you willl struggle to hit things. The parkour system is kinda neat though. Although a bit unruly at times.
The biggest issue with this game is the map. OMG it's too big. There is no reason it needed to be as big as it is. It's so big, that half of your main quests are guiding you to an area, just for it to instantly move the waypoint. I guess it was their way of making sure you don't get lost.
The story barely uses the the map. It's a short story and you don't explore a lot of the map. They took a quantity over quality approach. What is there to do on this map? Collect hundreds of chests, get lore journals, get stat boost, get familiars, and equipment. There are a few other things but none of it matters. It tells you exactly what you will get for doing something. A lot of it is lore journals. It's very repetitive. Either you just scan until you find the lore to complete the area or you kill enemies to complete it. THAT'S ALL.
There is no variety. They try to create an illusion of variety by changing the area and what your reward is but believe me, there is no variety at all. Another thing proving the map is too big is when you unlock a tower and only 3 meaningful things pop up followed by 20+ chests. What's the point of having such a big map if you are not even going to fill it. A lot of the icons on the map are literally just walk up to the thing and get your reward. No different than the 20+ chests that also unlocked. It's not worth doing.
I love collecting things. I love brainlessly completing maps. I completed Elden Ring. Did like 95% of the stuff on the map, but this game not only overwhelmed me, I actually just could care less after I realized how big the map was.
The magic is neat. Some of it is really cool looking. Probably the prettiest aspect of the game. You are constantly able to find currency to get new magic. The music is pretty decent too.
The accessibility features are really good except for a lock of a photosensitivity mode. Made the game playable. Made the terrible controls not nearly as bad. I played this on easy, with auto evade, low damage taken, auto lock on, and a few other things. It was an easy experience. THIS GAME IS NOT WORTH STRUGGLING ON.
I had fun with this but I cannot recommend this game. If you must play it, know what you are getting into. Play it on easy. TURN ON AUTO LOCK ON. I cannot stress that enough. Make it a brain off experience. I only suggest you play this by making it as easy as possible. If you want to witness the story, it's like 8hrs tops. Just zoom through it without challenge. Get a few good laughs at how terrible the story, writing, and voice acting is. And never play it again.
Where to start. The story is the most unintentionally funny thing I've seen in awhile. The writing is pretty terrible. It's a bland story. The voice acting ranges from terrible to hilarious to mediocre at best. The only good voice acting is Cuff. Frey is so cringe. It's really funny how cringy and terrible her delivery is.
Frey has bad delivery of her lines. She talks like a pre-teen trying to act cool. Cursing at every moment she can. When the game tries to be funny, it is not. But a lot of the time, it is unintentionally funny. You get second hand embarrassment by her acting. It hurts because it's so cringe. And it's a great experience to laugh at.
The game looks like a PS4 game at best. I played it on quality mode. There are aspects that look like a PS5 game. But character models are not great. Someone environments are pretty while others are bland. Graphics are not that important but this was noticeably lower.
Controls are not great. If you must play this, I highly suggest turn on auto lock on. The aiming is terrible and you willl struggle to hit things. The parkour system is kinda neat though. Although a bit unruly at times.
The biggest issue with this game is the map. OMG it's too big. There is no reason it needed to be as big as it is. It's so big, that half of your main quests are guiding you to an area, just for it to instantly move the waypoint. I guess it was their way of making sure you don't get lost.
The story barely uses the the map. It's a short story and you don't explore a lot of the map. They took a quantity over quality approach. What is there to do on this map? Collect hundreds of chests, get lore journals, get stat boost, get familiars, and equipment. There are a few other things but none of it matters. It tells you exactly what you will get for doing something. A lot of it is lore journals. It's very repetitive. Either you just scan until you find the lore to complete the area or you kill enemies to complete it. THAT'S ALL.
There is no variety. They try to create an illusion of variety by changing the area and what your reward is but believe me, there is no variety at all. Another thing proving the map is too big is when you unlock a tower and only 3 meaningful things pop up followed by 20+ chests. What's the point of having such a big map if you are not even going to fill it. A lot of the icons on the map are literally just walk up to the thing and get your reward. No different than the 20+ chests that also unlocked. It's not worth doing.
I love collecting things. I love brainlessly completing maps. I completed Elden Ring. Did like 95% of the stuff on the map, but this game not only overwhelmed me, I actually just could care less after I realized how big the map was.
The magic is neat. Some of it is really cool looking. Probably the prettiest aspect of the game. You are constantly able to find currency to get new magic. The music is pretty decent too.
The accessibility features are really good except for a lock of a photosensitivity mode. Made the game playable. Made the terrible controls not nearly as bad. I played this on easy, with auto evade, low damage taken, auto lock on, and a few other things. It was an easy experience. THIS GAME IS NOT WORTH STRUGGLING ON.
I had fun with this but I cannot recommend this game. If you must play it, know what you are getting into. Play it on easy. TURN ON AUTO LOCK ON. I cannot stress that enough. Make it a brain off experience. I only suggest you play this by making it as easy as possible. If you want to witness the story, it's like 8hrs tops. Just zoom through it without challenge. Get a few good laughs at how terrible the story, writing, and voice acting is. And never play it again.
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@redbackloggd It's a brain off game. It works. It functions. The parkour and magic is fun for the most part. Although jank. The way people talk about the game is that it simply does not function. And the writing is so bad that it is unplayable. Neither are the case.
Frey has bad delivery of her lines. She talks like a pre-teen trying to act cool. Cursing at every moment she can. When the game tries to be funny, it is not. But a lot of the time, it is unintentionally funny. You get second hand embarrassment by her acting. It hurts because it's so cringe. And it's a great experience to laugh at.
Frey has bad delivery of her lines. She talks like a pre-teen trying to act cool. Cursing at every moment she can. When the game tries to be funny, it is not. But a lot of the time, it is unintentionally funny. You get second hand embarrassment by her acting. It hurts because it's so cringe. And it's a great experience to laugh at.
Ahhh copy, thank you brother, that makes a lot more sense haha. People took two things they didn't like and amplified them to illogical levels.
See, that's a great descriptor and puts an image in my head as to why that would be uncomfortable to listen to haha. I wish you'd included it in the base review.
See, that's a great descriptor and puts an image in my head as to why that would be uncomfortable to listen to haha. I wish you'd included it in the base review.
RedBackLoggd
2 months ago
Also, why is the voice acting cringe lol? You repeat that like 4 times and don't give any reason as to why that is. I get that reviews are subjective, but considering you harped on it a lot, I have to imagine there's some objective parameter you could've described about her VA's elocution.