I've replayed it recently, got the dlc (i can't buy online so i bought the Goty edition, now i have two copies of this thing), and beat every single optional boss and area i missed in my original first blind playthrough.
It's ok, i don't dislike it anymore but i don't think it's great either.
My first playthrough was awful, i was having fun and then once i got to the shadow forest i hated everything, i was constantly disappointed by everything and was super bored. Now that i replayed it knowing what to expect i didn't have a bad time. It's just a very ok game.
With the exception of a few bosses i feel most of them are mediocre or bad, too many of them are too samey. None of the optional stuff i missed was that good either except for Logarius, that was one of the few cool fights in the game.
The dlc was a mixed bag, the hunter's nightmare was super fun, but it's bosses were just a bit above the average beast bosses in the game. More of the same, but EXTREME.
The research hall sucked ass, the first boss also sucked but at least the second one was pretty good.
Fishing Hamlet looked cool but the giant sharks were annoying. At least the final boss was fun.
I gave it a second chance because i wanted to love it like everyone else, now i think it's fine. Mission accomplished i guess?
I don't really feel like it's worth replaying, some weapons are kinda cool and i want to try them (i have to make a new playthrough for that because there's no respec for some reason so i'm locked out of like 90% of the fucking weapons and i didn't find any str weapons aside from the Kirk until the goddamn dlc) but i just don't give a damn about most of the bosses, they do nothing for me, and none of the areas are super fun either. I can count with my hands how many bosses i enjoyed.
And no, it' not because of a a skill issue, i beat most of them first try, and even those that were super hyped as hyper hard by the community like Maria or the Orphan went down fast (second and third try respectively). I don't believe difficulty makes a boss more or less fun by default, i really liked those two, i just felt like most bosses in the game are really fucking boring.
It's ok, i don't dislike it anymore but i don't think it's great either.
My first playthrough was awful, i was having fun and then once i got to the shadow forest i hated everything, i was constantly disappointed by everything and was super bored. Now that i replayed it knowing what to expect i didn't have a bad time. It's just a very ok game.
With the exception of a few bosses i feel most of them are mediocre or bad, too many of them are too samey. None of the optional stuff i missed was that good either except for Logarius, that was one of the few cool fights in the game.
The dlc was a mixed bag, the hunter's nightmare was super fun, but it's bosses were just a bit above the average beast bosses in the game. More of the same, but EXTREME.
The research hall sucked ass, the first boss also sucked but at least the second one was pretty good.
Fishing Hamlet looked cool but the giant sharks were annoying. At least the final boss was fun.
I gave it a second chance because i wanted to love it like everyone else, now i think it's fine. Mission accomplished i guess?
I don't really feel like it's worth replaying, some weapons are kinda cool and i want to try them (i have to make a new playthrough for that because there's no respec for some reason so i'm locked out of like 90% of the fucking weapons and i didn't find any str weapons aside from the Kirk until the goddamn dlc) but i just don't give a damn about most of the bosses, they do nothing for me, and none of the areas are super fun either. I can count with my hands how many bosses i enjoyed.
And no, it' not because of a a skill issue, i beat most of them first try, and even those that were super hyped as hyper hard by the community like Maria or the Orphan went down fast (second and third try respectively). I don't believe difficulty makes a boss more or less fun by default, i really liked those two, i just felt like most bosses in the game are really fucking boring.