Solid game. Not special in anyway but not horribly bad either. Bosses aren't as hard as I thought they would be and the key/control registration is genuinely awful at times, making the game play even clunkier than it already is.
The dialogue is also very forced on and on the nose for the story, especially that last line from Laddak, "I AM THE LAST FAITH," (get it guys, he's referencing the title of the game.) I don't need him to tell me that he's the Last Faith for me to already have figured it out through the nature of the boss fight and what Laddak deems himself to be, the true God, the last God who will end Erik. Instead of explicitly telling me that he's the "Last Faith," just stick to showing me how he's the Last Faith, show don't tell. The same can be said with Erik's descent into the darkness throughout the game as he's gradually corrupted into a monster, a demon like the ones he fights. I don't need Erik and the NPCs around him to explicitly tell him "you are becoming like the ones you fight, you are losing yourself to the darkness," one million times. Instead, show me how he's becoming like the ones he fights through cutscenes or subtle behavioral changes, make the corruption of his self more natural so that the game isn't just telling me that this is happening but rather it's showing me that it's happening. At the very least, make the dialogue more subtle and natural and not nearly as on the nose and corny as it is. A lot of the dialogue in this game is flat out awful and there's only one line in the game that I genuinely think is relatively decent.
But like I said, still a solid game overall. Had some really nice lore, the boss designs are great, the world is built up pretty well and so is the atmosphere, but in everything it excels at, I can think of other games that do it far better without possessing any of the flaws that The Last Faith has, which is why it's only at a three star, and even THAT is being generous.
The dialogue is also very forced on and on the nose for the story, especially that last line from Laddak, "I AM THE LAST FAITH," (get it guys, he's referencing the title of the game.) I don't need him to tell me that he's the Last Faith for me to already have figured it out through the nature of the boss fight and what Laddak deems himself to be, the true God, the last God who will end Erik. Instead of explicitly telling me that he's the "Last Faith," just stick to showing me how he's the Last Faith, show don't tell. The same can be said with Erik's descent into the darkness throughout the game as he's gradually corrupted into a monster, a demon like the ones he fights. I don't need Erik and the NPCs around him to explicitly tell him "you are becoming like the ones you fight, you are losing yourself to the darkness," one million times. Instead, show me how he's becoming like the ones he fights through cutscenes or subtle behavioral changes, make the corruption of his self more natural so that the game isn't just telling me that this is happening but rather it's showing me that it's happening. At the very least, make the dialogue more subtle and natural and not nearly as on the nose and corny as it is. A lot of the dialogue in this game is flat out awful and there's only one line in the game that I genuinely think is relatively decent.
But like I said, still a solid game overall. Had some really nice lore, the boss designs are great, the world is built up pretty well and so is the atmosphere, but in everything it excels at, I can think of other games that do it far better without possessing any of the flaws that The Last Faith has, which is why it's only at a three star, and even THAT is being generous.