i want to do some sort of occult ritual to manifest the essence of this game as a human being so i can yell at it.
this is the most frustrating thing i have played in recent memory, because superficially it looks so fucking cool. the art direction is masterful, the enemies look scary, the weird dimension-bending shit they do is super interesting to look at, the animation of the hands is super stylish and satisfying, the music is serviceable, but BUT BUT
HOLY SHIT IS THIS THING EVER A FUCKING SLOG. remember how i said the enemies look cool? not cool enough to put up with seeing them what feels like a million fucking times over the course of every single excruciatingly dull hour of this stupid monolith of shit. there is not a single challenging or interesting enemy in terms of gameplay to be found. even fighting the bosses feels like the same mindnumbing bullshit you have to pull off the fight the weaker enemies. aiming feels like ass. the fighting is slow. the CONSTANT resistance on the dualsense trigger makes my finger ache. it just feels BAD. and whose fucking smoothbrain idea was it to give SUCH limited ammunition?? every single fight in this game comes down to "see enemy > move slowly backwards and fire at enemy > oh no i have no ammo > smack some ammo > fire at slow moving enemy while moving slowly backwards again". it sucks!! its boring and it fucking sucks!!!
the story BLOWS ugh the characters are so fucking bland and purposeless. the main character is a dumbass, KK is stereotypical HARDENED COP BUT REALLY HE'S A SOFTY, and every other character lacks so much personality its like they might not even be in the game to begin with. villain LOOKS INCREDIBLE but leaves about the same impression as a piece of lightly toasted white sliced bread. and don't even get me started on the parts where they take KK away from you and FORCE you to go and find him while using the limpest piece of shit bow in the history of video games.
everything about this thing visually screams at me to like it, and i wanted so badly to enjoy it. it has an extremely detailed recreation of one of the coolest neighborhoods in tokyo, has a wealth of japanese folklore and urban legends holding it up, mixes cyberpunk and horror in a supremely visually interesting way, but everything under the surface is a steaming pile of shit!! the only reason i opted to finish this was because i'm stubborn and i spent money on it. now it's free on PS Plus so play it if you're interested i guess FUCK
this is the most frustrating thing i have played in recent memory, because superficially it looks so fucking cool. the art direction is masterful, the enemies look scary, the weird dimension-bending shit they do is super interesting to look at, the animation of the hands is super stylish and satisfying, the music is serviceable, but BUT BUT
HOLY SHIT IS THIS THING EVER A FUCKING SLOG. remember how i said the enemies look cool? not cool enough to put up with seeing them what feels like a million fucking times over the course of every single excruciatingly dull hour of this stupid monolith of shit. there is not a single challenging or interesting enemy in terms of gameplay to be found. even fighting the bosses feels like the same mindnumbing bullshit you have to pull off the fight the weaker enemies. aiming feels like ass. the fighting is slow. the CONSTANT resistance on the dualsense trigger makes my finger ache. it just feels BAD. and whose fucking smoothbrain idea was it to give SUCH limited ammunition?? every single fight in this game comes down to "see enemy > move slowly backwards and fire at enemy > oh no i have no ammo > smack some ammo > fire at slow moving enemy while moving slowly backwards again". it sucks!! its boring and it fucking sucks!!!
the story BLOWS ugh the characters are so fucking bland and purposeless. the main character is a dumbass, KK is stereotypical HARDENED COP BUT REALLY HE'S A SOFTY, and every other character lacks so much personality its like they might not even be in the game to begin with. villain LOOKS INCREDIBLE but leaves about the same impression as a piece of lightly toasted white sliced bread. and don't even get me started on the parts where they take KK away from you and FORCE you to go and find him while using the limpest piece of shit bow in the history of video games.
everything about this thing visually screams at me to like it, and i wanted so badly to enjoy it. it has an extremely detailed recreation of one of the coolest neighborhoods in tokyo, has a wealth of japanese folklore and urban legends holding it up, mixes cyberpunk and horror in a supremely visually interesting way, but everything under the surface is a steaming pile of shit!! the only reason i opted to finish this was because i'm stubborn and i spent money on it. now it's free on PS Plus so play it if you're interested i guess FUCK