Going to put this first because fuck it.
TL;DR - Game brimming with potential that just doesn't quite capture me like the games it emulates does.
I probably played about half of this game before I just felt burnt out on it. To be honest, I was kind of excited and interested in this before it came out; and I'm still super into the idea of the game in general. I just couldn't find the motivation to finish the game - I guess I'm glad I got it for "free" from PS+ for that reason. Maybe I'll come back to this at a later date, but the combat felt like it wanted to be Bloodborne but was too lacking and the RPG elements felt like they want to be New Vegas but were too shallow. If it had committed more fully to one side of the game, I think this could have been great. Maybe it deserves a 2 star for that reason to be honest, but I love the atmosphere and would love to see more games of this nature; so I guess I'll settle on calling this game mediocre. Hope the studio continues to do something similar; because even with my qualms with this game, I enjoy what I see so I plan to support any future endeavors - which is funny to say because I said the same thing after Remember Me too so here's to hoping Tell Me Why and Twin Mirror are better since I couldn't give less of a shit about Life is Strange after watching a friend play through the first one.
Side-Note: Setting an arbitrary date of completion for my own records even though I never actually beat the game.
TL;DR - Game brimming with potential that just doesn't quite capture me like the games it emulates does.
I probably played about half of this game before I just felt burnt out on it. To be honest, I was kind of excited and interested in this before it came out; and I'm still super into the idea of the game in general. I just couldn't find the motivation to finish the game - I guess I'm glad I got it for "free" from PS+ for that reason. Maybe I'll come back to this at a later date, but the combat felt like it wanted to be Bloodborne but was too lacking and the RPG elements felt like they want to be New Vegas but were too shallow. If it had committed more fully to one side of the game, I think this could have been great. Maybe it deserves a 2 star for that reason to be honest, but I love the atmosphere and would love to see more games of this nature; so I guess I'll settle on calling this game mediocre. Hope the studio continues to do something similar; because even with my qualms with this game, I enjoy what I see so I plan to support any future endeavors - which is funny to say because I said the same thing after Remember Me too so here's to hoping Tell Me Why and Twin Mirror are better since I couldn't give less of a shit about Life is Strange after watching a friend play through the first one.
Side-Note: Setting an arbitrary date of completion for my own records even though I never actually beat the game.