Recent reviews by freakyskull516

-its minecraft with skyrim paint [the only good part of skyrim] published by those that brought us the absolute golden idol of indie games deep rock galactic
-it has an active mod community
-its fun even without those mods
-its developed with a gameplay first mentality though a little too balance skewed for multiplayer
-great music
-needs a few quality of life tweaks but this team has a history of coming through on such things so im not worried as well as some of those things being ones you can fix in the in game world generation options

i may update this with a few more downsides in time but for the first 8 hours ive had fun right out the gate

on a side note
deep rock galactic, check it out if you havent already.

i am a long time souls player from prepare to die edition onward as well as a long time PVP player
the online community for this game is so utterly toxic and uniformly terrible that i was finally able to break out of my stubborn self harm addiction and uninstall it out of disgust

now on to the game itself
this is the most obtuse title in what it calls "difficulty" with a movement engine so utterly alien to the movements of the non player entities that i would categorize the feel of controlling your character in this game as "surgeon simulator like" meaning you can get good at it but it is such an esoteric mess that is 30% prayer to the input reactivity gods its not worth it
its everything that poisoned the otherwise good DS2 in SotFS and dark souls 3 kicked up a notch and stuck together with a cheap scotch tape solution in the form of a jump button that is in no way reliable
DO NOT look at my play hours and think i enjoyed this game. that number is an addiction to spite.
-i convince myself ill have fun if i try hard enough
-i start the game
-the game cheats me of any sens of enjoyment at any turn
-i cannot over power my urge to let it go and stop playing
-i finally shut it down when i am completely emotionally drained and just too tired to keep bashing my head against it
-repeat 2-8 days later

much like any other addiction i am going to find myself staring at that "install" button in about a week begging myself to remember all of the suffering it caused me and not press it

it has been a mediocre souls game experience and a horrible gaming experience and i wish i could tax every piece of trash excuse for a person that contributed to it being so a finger so that they must live their lives with just that little bit more pain and annoyance.

the dev decided AI was the way to go contributing to the still unchecked art theft and strangulation of the careers of small time voice actors
id wait to see if this changes but i just want to cut this soon to be shovelware out of my life and move on now so i dont have to watch the lemmings all flock to the new update like nothing's wrong

is it perfect?: hell no

does the magic system need some expanding?: yes

does the game run out of content really fast?:yes

do i want burden beasts and carriages?: yes

do i want basic attacks with offhand weapons not to eat a skill slot?: yes

do i want a frozen northland area?: would be nice

do i want mounts and carriages so that the walking simulator aspect dies out in the mid to late game?:hell yes

do i want an expanded economy system with many things to do with money and ways to make money?: yes

do we have any of these above things?: no

is this a good RPG with a nice big map and a wonderful balance of survival/adventuring mechanics?: yes

is it so buggy and broken and full of predatory business tactics that your money is better off in a trash can than spent on this?: no

is it fun to play alone?:yes but take things slow, impatience kills fast in this game

is it fun to play with friends?: yes

can you play with more than 1 friend?: if you install the 4 player co-op mod you can

is there more content promised for the future?: from what i hear yes but these developers are taking it slow and i hope that means they will be putting quality and stability high on their priority list.

is this made by bandainamco, bethesda, EA, or activision: thank the gods no

i am 4 hours in.
it's stupid sexy chaos...
and i love it...

as far as i can tell the entire point of this game is over the top style points, just focus on making the biggest spectical you possibly can and this game will reward you for it.
there are some sneaky quick time events that just instakill you in cut scenes so be ready for those but the ones you encounter in gameplay are usually spin the stick or button mash and occure in a consistent fashion
that being so means that his game is hard on hands and controller lifespans (i do recommend controller)
treat this game as you would DOOM it is a crazy show that is fun to play with a story you don't need to pay attention to but may enjoy it more if you do
(quick tip i learned: close range shotguns + air dodge + rose lollypop + full circle Y attack helps A LOT with bossfights)

this game is a stress and murphy's law simulator that will somehow make you fall in love with it.
it somehow feels casual yet is actually very hardcore with sessions taking 8+ hours of continuous consentration it will relax you and stress you to the point of insanity and you will like it.

this game is fun with friends and almost impossible alone.
get it if your friends are there to play it with you wait for a sale if not.
the graphics and sound are fantastic and satisfying to a fault as you will get so caught up in the beauty of it that you will not notice the suicide bomber breaking your line running into your sniper position and blowing you and your team to the hell that didnt escape to earth.

TLDR: the new management decided to infect the core of the game with rot and now it's dying.

for the uninformed:
there was more than sexual content censorship, there was also erasing a black man's struggle with racism from his backstory in addition to the already disgusting behavior of marring an artist's work after it's creation and popularization spitting in the face of that artist and the art community as a whole
if you want this game pirate a pre patch version and look into the soon to be growing community servers.

expecting a shallow all graphic no substance 2D fighter? PREPARE TO BE SURPRISED!
the gameplay is deep and demanding of skill from the player, the story is memorable and emotional, the characters are unique to one another and fleshed out just enough to hold interest but not so much you wish you didnt have to hear about them anymore.
the online community is. . . ruthless but fair, dont go online until youve frame perfect mastered this game or youre just going to lose forever and it will be your own fault assuming the connection holds correctly but this game's connection is better than most so it should rarely be an issue.
the dlc is mostly pallet change garbage that i would recommend buying in a sale but some of it is gold in the form of new characters.

the single player is fantastic the story is fun the characters are memorable, a lot of pain blood sweat and tears went into making it and it shows.
the online on the other hand. . . dont play with random people, you will instantly lose all faith in humanity this community is the worst garbage you can find and they are rewarded for it. play with friends or avoid the online also getting money in the online mode is and always will be an uphill battle with your hands tied to rocks because they want to sell you the pay to win cards.

i played the first game and it was one hell of a ride but no replayability. the same applys here, it is a good game it is worth the money you will have a great time but that time will end.