What a strange game to play in 2022.
First off, as a game it's aged dreadfully and I feel like it wasn't very good at the time.
The camera is DREADFUL. You can't rotate the camera (but you can temporarily look to the left or right... for some reason) and the only way to force it behind you is to block. But blocking mostly will focus on a random enemy. This makes blocking useless because attacks from the back will still hit you...
They saw it fit to include a dedicated jump button though, which only sees use during a single boss fight.
ASIDE from all the, the story is okay; it's classic Yoko Taro "what if everyone was a fucked up little guy?" story telling. The most interesting thing is the way the story evolves to different endings by allowing you to revisit previous scenarios with new knowledge/items to create new branches. This proto-Nier storytelling saw me through all the way to Ending E - for my sins.
On to Drakengard 3!
First off, as a game it's aged dreadfully and I feel like it wasn't very good at the time.
The camera is DREADFUL. You can't rotate the camera (but you can temporarily look to the left or right... for some reason) and the only way to force it behind you is to block. But blocking mostly will focus on a random enemy. This makes blocking useless because attacks from the back will still hit you...
They saw it fit to include a dedicated jump button though, which only sees use during a single boss fight.
ASIDE from all the, the story is okay; it's classic Yoko Taro "what if everyone was a fucked up little guy?" story telling. The most interesting thing is the way the story evolves to different endings by allowing you to revisit previous scenarios with new knowledge/items to create new branches. This proto-Nier storytelling saw me through all the way to Ending E - for my sins.
On to Drakengard 3!