basically only played this out of sheer curiosity because everyone was throwing a fit about how "woke" and trash it is (plus found it for a discount) andddd
its alright, but imo tries WAAAAAY too hard to be like nier automata (a way better game) when its clear that storytelling and writing was not the strong suit of this team (especially with THIS voice acting, good god). It's strange because I feel like this game actually has better combat than nier but worse everything else (the music is equal tho holy shit its fire).
But judging it on its own, the story just was not very interesting, and the environmental design also leaves a lot to be desired, you will either be exploring one of two places in this game after the first area: a desert or a sewer/lab until the end of the game, the lab areas in particular feel so alike i was stunned there was two of them (both with the same boss at the end as well). Combat is a lot of fun tho, felt like a great mix between bayonetta and sekiro and I never got particularly tired of it minus how precise the dodges need to be to actually give iframes. Bosses were definitely the highlight, but a little bit too easy, until the endgame where the last 4 bosses are genuinely excellent and pretty challenging tho, loved those but it also sort of disapointed me that the entire game was not like that. Sidequest design is also just kinda there, very typical and I never really felt motivated to do them aside from the true ending (which I did not get because the "lily" bar not being visible is the stupidest fuckin decision in this game, think it glitched out or smth cuz it would NEVER appear)
Overall, a decent enough game, not worth the 70 dollars at all but yeah at a sizeable discount for sure, all I hope is that it wins best soundtrack at the game awards and makes EVERYONE mad, cuz it deserves it lmao
its alright, but imo tries WAAAAAY too hard to be like nier automata (a way better game) when its clear that storytelling and writing was not the strong suit of this team (especially with THIS voice acting, good god). It's strange because I feel like this game actually has better combat than nier but worse everything else (the music is equal tho holy shit its fire).
But judging it on its own, the story just was not very interesting, and the environmental design also leaves a lot to be desired, you will either be exploring one of two places in this game after the first area: a desert or a sewer/lab until the end of the game, the lab areas in particular feel so alike i was stunned there was two of them (both with the same boss at the end as well). Combat is a lot of fun tho, felt like a great mix between bayonetta and sekiro and I never got particularly tired of it minus how precise the dodges need to be to actually give iframes. Bosses were definitely the highlight, but a little bit too easy, until the endgame where the last 4 bosses are genuinely excellent and pretty challenging tho, loved those but it also sort of disapointed me that the entire game was not like that. Sidequest design is also just kinda there, very typical and I never really felt motivated to do them aside from the true ending (which I did not get because the "lily" bar not being visible is the stupidest fuckin decision in this game, think it glitched out or smth cuz it would NEVER appear)
Overall, a decent enough game, not worth the 70 dollars at all but yeah at a sizeable discount for sure, all I hope is that it wins best soundtrack at the game awards and makes EVERYONE mad, cuz it deserves it lmao