Recent reviews by Fightin_Mongoose

The matchmaking is an absolute joke, there are no punishments for griefing, and that's all if you can even get into a game. Ubisoft acts like they want this game to thrive, and then continually make decisions that hurt the lifespan of the game.

I very rarely do reviews, good or bad. It's my personal belief that games will survive if they're made well, or sink if they aren't. I have to make a special exception for this one. Maybe I've been spoiled by the resurging Soulsborne hype created by ER, maybe I'm just getting crotchety in my old age, truth be told I couldn't tell you. What I can tell you, is that Dolmen sets out to build upon the idea of Dark Souls, but falls flat on its face in every aspect. The "story" is bad. Really bad. The creature design almost reminds me of Independence Day if they had put more than one type of alien in it. The gameplay is clunky, unoriginal, and entirely artificial in terms of difficulty. Within the first 20 minutes I encountered an enemy that did twice the damage of all the others around it, took half the damage per swing, and had no distinction from the others. I wouldv'e settled for bigger even, but no, it was just a super bug. Don't spend money on this game.

The game is a good time waster. Shooting is responsive and feels good. The AI is actually pretty good about creating flanks and traps. Wouldn't call it anything near a Destiny killer, but its fun.