Drakengard 3 is an experience like no other and in so many ways it's a downright masterpiece.

The way that it tells its story and how it strangely makes you care for the characters through the different routes & endings is something special. How all those branches come together to give you small pieces of information on this world & this story. From the bigger picture stuff with Accord and the connection to the other DrakeNier titles, down to the smaller scale, self contained story of Zero, the intoners and their servants. It was an amazing experience and was also enhanced even further by the incredible soundtrack. Keep in mind, the story isn't perfect, as some characters are a bit underdeveloped (the DLC apparently fixes this but I didnt play that yet...), but it's still an extremely impactful narrative with a thematic throughline that hits all the emotional peaks that it needs to and it does so in a way that can only be done within this medium, while also trying things that I've never seen before in a game...

But talking about the medium, it is still a game, and sadly it's not great to play.
I still found myself having fun and it's a major step-up from the original drakengard but it's still lacking. The level design is extremely repetitive, the combat is clunky, there are awkward difficulty jumps, it feels unbalanced with some weapons being completely useless, the sidecontent is just repetitive missions inside reused areas, your companions feel useless in battle, and I could go on but in conclusion, it kinda just plays like shit. Especially because on top of all this the game has terrible performance with a ton of screentearing and you're lucky if it hits 30fps for more than a few seconds. (it somehow never crashed tho)

But despite the gameplay issues I'm glad that I played it myself, I doubt that this game wouldve impacted me in this way if I just watched it. So even with the flaws, and even if it's hard to recommend, this game is pretty fucking incredible... but it has a few too many flaws for it to get 5 stars

Everything here is just rad as hell. This is only the second RE game I’ve played, with the first being the 2 remake, so this was quite a change of pace and it took me awhile to get used to everything but once it clicks it really clicks. The combat is so satisfying, visuals are fantastic, there’s some great horror, and I genuinely felt protective over the companion character.
Super fun—the type of game that makes you smile like an idiot involuntarily because you just watched the wildest thing happen in the most ridiculous badass way but it somehow still works.

As a kid i was only brave enough to get to the castle before it was too much for me to handle. Finally playing this game and seeing it through I understand why people praise this game so much. One of the biggest issues I had with RE 2 and 3 remake was that the combat didn't feel that great to me. It was good, but not fun. I was in chapter 3 when i realized woah this game plays amazing and I was locked IN for the rest of the game. This is just a real ass game.

I was going to to go for the plat but I can't. The gameplay was so good that I considered going for it but I may keep it installed to hop into mercenaries every now and then.

CAPCOM GOATED.