I didn't need a guide! It just makes sense.
Oh yea, and it's pretty fun to play.

My friend asked me to play this.
I had no interest in it... like zero... nothing... nada. It started as 2.5 stars.
...
I've finished it now.
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It's pretty good.

I've never been more immersed in any other 'immersive sim' game. The presentation is just gorgeous.

What a superbly realised world with a brilliantly janky combat system that all combines to mimick your character's experience from complete and utter novice to proficient and worthy knight. It feels entirely player driven and that is glorious!

Excellent combat system the likes of which we had never seen and probably will never see again, unless they do a sequel.

One of the most unique and addictive fighting games which still holds up 7 years on! It is still getting supported with new content and balance changes. It's just a shame the dwindling playerbase can't support more than 3 or 4 different game modes.

Pound for pound, the best action gameplay you can find.
If I could rank this game as "triple S", I would.

Probably the best video-game of the modern era?
Yes... yes I think so.

Playing this on release made my head turn full circle :')
https://youtu.be/HavYNOXN_Yk?si=QaHSQGa0U0XMIgOG

It also spawned one of Dan Bull's best video-game tunes.
https://youtu.be/XUcBfSwPreY?si=KfUKCoO9UxWB5A13
Aaaarrrrrrrrh!

Possibly the greatest gameplay loop ever devised.

Ignore this. Go play "Hollow Knight".

Arguably the best indie game ever made.

(It beats the tits off "Inside" any day of the week.)

The most iconic video-game of modern times.

Its sequel, Brotherhood, improved on almost every element but all the respect goes to this for laying down what subsequent games picked up.

2016

"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee- hits a tree, respawns- weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

I give it points for being bloody terrifying. Aside from that, take your boring base building and crafting/survival gameplay and f*ck off.