Played in 2016 and got a trophy but hated the controls and gave up on it pretty quickly. It’s been annoying me in my backlog since then that I didn’t give it a fair chance given its status as a classic of the hack and slash genre. Well I finally beat it today and it was just pretty whelming. It was motivating enough just to complete it for trophies to move it out of my E rank list on PSNProfiles. Definitely not fun enough to endure the hard mode or DMD mode for the platinum.
+ combos are pretty rewarding especially when you get a good “juggle” between weapon and gun
+ weapons felt unique and purposeful (though some seemed completely useless)
+ I didn’t mind the story especially viewed through the lens of its release date and platform. Definitely campy.
- camera is seriously a boss fight. The amount of times it switches angles therefore switching directions of your thumb stick press was too high.
- bad platforming in the sense that it’s unfun and not rewarding. Felt tedious and presented as a meaningless obstacle.
- horrific controls underwater and aerial combat. I tried both thumb stick and dpad and just couldn’t get the hang of it for some reason.
+ combos are pretty rewarding especially when you get a good “juggle” between weapon and gun
+ weapons felt unique and purposeful (though some seemed completely useless)
+ I didn’t mind the story especially viewed through the lens of its release date and platform. Definitely campy.
- camera is seriously a boss fight. The amount of times it switches angles therefore switching directions of your thumb stick press was too high.
- bad platforming in the sense that it’s unfun and not rewarding. Felt tedious and presented as a meaningless obstacle.
- horrific controls underwater and aerial combat. I tried both thumb stick and dpad and just couldn’t get the hang of it for some reason.