It's great to finally have a high quality co op shooter that is just about simple objectives and killing enemies. It feels absolutely fantastic to play, mostly every weapon feels viable and fun to use, and the community is very friendly - at least in my experience. I don't feel bogged down by tiny stats to track or limited time events to keep up with. I can just hop on and shoot things.

That said, as much as I am absolutely in love with the game, I can't in good faith give it more than 4 stars with the amount of bugs (not those ones) it has. Crashes, disconnects, infinite loading, friend requests not working, loadouts resetting. I feel for the Arrowhead devs since I know they didn't expect such a massive amount of players, but it's getting to the point where it's no longer a fun game to just throw on and play a few rounds since I won't know what bugs I'll have to deal with.

Happily got the platinum on this because I really just wanted to see everything the game had to offer.

Incredible platforming with fluid movement, and fantastic combat with far more options than I ever would have guessed (honestly, my expectation of metroidvania combat is a 3 hit sword slash and a couple of tricks). The game looks absolutely beautiful too, it's got such a strong visual identity I don't think I would ever forget it or even think to leave it out of discussions about game art.

My only real problems are more technical nitpicks than anything else. Despite the main gameplay being polished to hell and back, there are random bugs here and there that just take you out of the experience at random times. I had a good few crashes, and some side quests got bugged resulting in not being able to get a 100% save file. I'm sure those will be fixed in time though. Other than that, the story isn't the strongest. The characters are well designed and fun enough, but everything just feels a bit under-explored. Would love to see a DLC focusing on the other Immortals.