cncz
2017
2020
One of the most inventive settings and stories in sci-fi history is consistently undermined from some knock-off bethesda tier combat and open world design that leaves everything feeling a little hollow. No reason for the story they're telling here to be interactive and there's a whole netflix series out there to prove it. The rating is high here because I really do believe the story it THAT good if you're willing to sit through the gameplay.
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2020
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There is something MAGICAL in this setting and there's so many aspects that scream perfection, but they really dropped the ball on the gameplay I just couldn't get into it. All the unfortunate elements of grind from the rest of the souls series are amplified 10x, brutal boss runs, the STUPID healing item grind, unforgiving secrets, confusing upgrades, long loading screens (you can't rest at bonfires and they STILL expect you to do respawn enemy grinding). It just completely falls apart upon actually playing it. But I LOVE this setting, don't get that wrong, day 1 when this is emulatable or ported to PC I'll be first in line to make a mod that un-fucks this gameplay.