Recent reviews by Toshi

Great, they tuned cippling depression into a game for me to play, even though i usually get it for free!

tl.dr: I don't care that the majority wants to order an exterminatus on Fatshark, I like the game a lot, it slaps (for what it is).

"Like Vermintide with ... more guns"
I enjoy this game a lot, they actually managed to make each round somehow unique, sometimes even absolutely autistic. The biggest problem I see is the lack of content, which has been mentioned several times.

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First of all, yes, if we compare it to Vermintide, we will be disappointing.
It lacks:
- a real story
- the unique levels
- the character classes
- the personalization of the characters

But let's look at this game as if it wasn't developed by Fatshark, now we have a real 40k horde shooter with fun mechanics.

The game makes you feel really powerful (if you know what you're doing).
The soundtrack is great, I even listen to it on my drive to work. Disposal Unit (Imperium Mix) is probably one of the best boss battle songs according to my taste in music.
If your team isn't a bunch of idiots, you can fight your way up to "Heresy" difficulty without breaking a sweat or dying.

The higher the difficulty, the more you feel like you're being deliberately screwed with, but getting through those situations shows just how good you and your team are.

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I would recommend the game if:
1. you want to play a 40k shooter which stays kind of true to the overall lore
2. if you want to play a fun game with friends where you can face bigger challenges
3. if you want to be amused by the occasional glitches, because this game is blessed with the machine spirit of Todd Howard, it seems

+Bonus: This game introduced me to 40k fandom, for which I am very grateful, and I have been hooked ever since.
So this review might be biased, keep that in mind.

tl.dr: its a fun fighting game i will recommend, but expect no greater challenge (by default mode)

Have you ever seen the family guy meme of noah's ark?
Well since i started wo long, this meme kept popping up in my mind.

Wo long ... is not Nioh 3 as much as i would have liked it to be that:

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Its more like a bastadized mix between nioh 1 and sekiro. Or in other words: "team ninjas bloodborne"

Take Niohs Combat system and plaster the sekiro deflect over it. Thats Wo Long pretty much.
Its also a lot easier in comparison. I got my ass handed to me in other souls-like games.

I should mention, I love the Nioh games, more than dark souls or even elden ring. However, I am pretty bad at it. In comparison, I had no issue with wo long, I think without the hard mode or NG+ its realitively easy.
You have to learn how to do the counter-deflect it makes the game a lot easier

listen to the sound cues if you are having trouble, I realised it at the Lu Bu fight at first, but maybe I wasn't paying attention in the tutorial

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i woud advise the game if:
1. you like fast paced fights and not having to wait a decade to get a safe hit on the boss (looking at you elden ring)
2. you are into chinese history/folklore. Like Nioh 1 & 2 they did a nice job to show the story of the three kingdoms by overlaying quasi-historical facts with a supernatural undertone