Recent reviews by Alba197

gun go pew

trippy

love the aesthetic, highly reviewed and for good reason

Unforgiving, and too many menus to circlejerk about with

PROS:
- Very fun to play, especially with the new engine which bring along a whole array of game mechanics

- Functional crafting systems that is completely fleshed out and provides a feeling of satisfaction when upgrading your weapon so it kills beasties quicker!

- Larger array of mobs than just humanoids, I felt that in dark souls II that most of the jobs were inevitably humanoid, if not with a slight twist, for example look at the mobs of the Shrine of Amana and Heides Tower of Flame for reference here
- More NPCS! I love the stories of the NPCS and i feel it contributes to a more fleshed out game that is believable and I can immerse myself in.

- Amazing Firelink Shrine, again i feel this is significantly better than Dark Souls 2 dispite not being attatched to the main world, very very similar to Demon Souls.

- Plenty of weapons and armour sets to choose from, which makes reading all of the information linked with each item all the more fun

CONS:

- Admintantly I have played around 17 hours as of writing this review, but Thus far I have only found 1 Illusory wall, dispite I feel like I have slapped every wall since the firelink shrine with a tree branch at least once.

- Unfortunately I feel that a few attacks were unfair, such as having full tracking for attacks that should most definitely not have tracking (like jump attacks! gotta enjoy 90 degree pivots for a pancake attack, for a follow up, leaving a bad taste in my mouth and just a general feeling of dissapointment).

- Elevator shortcuts, pls FromSoft why?! The first time is a shortcut, but I may need to oil the chain or something the amount of times I have died 15 seconds upon leaving that elevator, which I just spent 20 seconds waiting for.

- I dislike the change made so that armour is no longer upgradable, it just doesnt sit well with me, but im not entirely sure why, maybe I just liked the option?

- again as of this review I have only 17 hours in teh game and future patches may fix this, but I encounter some micro-stuttering in certain areas in the game, but this may be down to my personal rig, but I wouldnt say it isnt on the low end.
- I also felt that the PVP was lacking response and hit detection, spears still on phantom range? I thought that was Dark Souls II material? as well as lacking response, almost comparable to attempting to punch smoke.

OVERALL:
I feel this is a very solid game that both veterans and Newcomers will enjoy, if not just for the outright adrenaline fueled fun from killing that annoying boss, and you most likely cant get that kick from many games on the market, however I feel that some of the bugs currently in the game (1.03) need to be slowly and methodically ironed out, leaving behind an amazing game that I would recommend to anyone to buy full price, you needent wait for that steam sale, this game is worth every penny, Enjoy and keep Soulsin' everyone!

TLDR: Amazing game, as well as me personally having slight issue with some of the game, but overall worth every penny (or Cent?).

If you love competitive shooters, this is for you :)