I made the mistake of reading reviews of this game before playing the game. I saw people were raving about it on one-side, and a minority was saying it did nothing but copy the homework of FromSoftware. I didn't have anything to risk and I love FromSofts modern catalogue of games. I went in with the expectations to at the very least get a sickly sort of enjoyment out of playing with what looked to be a polished knock off.

What I didn't expect was to actually end up having this game elevate the standard of stamina-action games to a degree I don't think will be topped for a long time. What it takes from games like Bloodborne and Sekiro it mashes together to form a experience of being an edgy sword wielding Pinocchio.

I found myself popping off at every boss by about the half-way point when the game really starts to cook with gas and take advantage of a battle system were the use and abuse of your parry and I-Frames are paramount to making it to the credits.

Weapons were always fun and crunchy and since they are all unique and require no stats to wield, I was always giddy and excited to explore around and find a random assortment of backwards designed tools that looked like they were made for killing first.

It's hard to say alot of interesting things or properly word what it's like to be pleasantly surprised in a sub-genre that even it's own pioneers struggle to retain the peak of. It's not going to change anybody's mind if you've got an Ick with any design aspects of Stamina-Action games.

In imitation I think there is perfect groundwork layed to leap off of and make a true mark once they find something to truly make their own. It stands amongst the giants and I think that's all they really wanted to do.

They should let me fuck the robot twink

Sidenote: I think taking fairytales/fables and making them edgy action games is about the most video game ass thing you can do and more of it has to exist