This review contains spoilers
Overall liked the game. I think my playthrough wasn't as good as it could have been.
I did find the game to get a bit boring because it was so big but it felt like there wasn't much variety. Very few different enemy types and I got tired of the shrine loop. The beasts were all the same gimmick as well.
Would have loved to see a few legacy dungeons. Elden Ring for example incorporates legacy dungeons into the open world seamlessly. Would also have wanted some better rewards for cool moments in the game. For example, the dragons were really cool but the reward from getting their scales and finding where to bring them was a shrine with a cool but very impermanent weapon. I found that underwhelming and disappointing. Also, maybe something like an aesthetic change to the shrines to match the biome they were in would have gone a long way to keep them feeling fresh.
I was a fan of the weapon durability because it forces you to think on your toes and try out different styles. But maybe there should have been way more clothes options then so that there could be something the game could reward you with that wasn't gone after 2 fights.
Obviously the game has many super great moments. It is high on my list of games to give a second try. I did not 100% the game and I wonder if I could have been more creative in how I went about tackling some of the challenges. I'll be sure to update if a second playthrough is better for me. But for now, it was good but not great.
I did find the game to get a bit boring because it was so big but it felt like there wasn't much variety. Very few different enemy types and I got tired of the shrine loop. The beasts were all the same gimmick as well.
Would have loved to see a few legacy dungeons. Elden Ring for example incorporates legacy dungeons into the open world seamlessly. Would also have wanted some better rewards for cool moments in the game. For example, the dragons were really cool but the reward from getting their scales and finding where to bring them was a shrine with a cool but very impermanent weapon. I found that underwhelming and disappointing. Also, maybe something like an aesthetic change to the shrines to match the biome they were in would have gone a long way to keep them feeling fresh.
I was a fan of the weapon durability because it forces you to think on your toes and try out different styles. But maybe there should have been way more clothes options then so that there could be something the game could reward you with that wasn't gone after 2 fights.
Obviously the game has many super great moments. It is high on my list of games to give a second try. I did not 100% the game and I wonder if I could have been more creative in how I went about tackling some of the challenges. I'll be sure to update if a second playthrough is better for me. But for now, it was good but not great.