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This game made me rediscover my love for exploration. Not in a long time have I felt the freedom to go do whatever I feel like doing at any point during my playthrough. The use of all of the different runes became very useful in the end and while I didn't originally use them a ton, I learned to use them and they were super useful in many different spots in the game. The music might be my favorite part of the game, it all just encapsulated what I was feeling so well in every single situation. I think the combat left a little to be desired, but very impressive for a game on the switch, and I feel it was balanced very well considering the open nature of the guardians. Speaking of the switch, definitely amazing in visual quality considering that platform's limitations. Finally, the story. While I was expecting a bit more at the end, I loved the incorporation of flashbacks into the story and how all of the different characters view the speechless Link, whose different personalities and treatments of him form him into the warrior that he ends up becoming. My main gripe is that Link seems like a perfect person, so there is no examining his character. Overall tho, extremely impressive and I thoroughly enjoyed my time here.
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While I'm not a fan of roguelite style games, I think this is done in some of the best I've played. Everything is polished like the main game, and this story is effective in bringing even more weight to Kratos' story. The humor is just like the main game as well with not only Mimir but also Helios coming in from the original game series. My only thing I guess is that compared to the absolute masterpiece that the main game is, I wasn't able to build up as much emotional investment in the dlc as I was into the main game.