Recent reviews by Alley_Rat

Right off the bat, I'll admit that I have not finished the game, so if that means you don't care what I say then I totally understand. However, I've played enough of this game to tell you several things that are readily apparent by the second hour of this game.

1. This game was not play tested at all. There are bosses that weren't thought out and enemy placement (mostly in terms of quantity) that looks like they just copy and pasted the same enemy in a similar radius and called it a day. It makes the difficulty have less of a "get good" approach, and more of a "♥♥♥♥ you" approach.

2. It's not nearly as good as ANY other souls game. If you want an older, "classic" kind of Souls-Like, play the first one; it is leagues better than this and it's not even close.

3. Some mechanics and design choices are flaccid and confusingly thrown in. The more you die, the less overall health you have so you get punished for adapting to the difficulty thrown at you. Health is usually regenerated by Life Gems (think blood vials), but they are so dirt-cheap at the shop that you will always have health and it makes the levels way too easy sometimes. Also - maybe this is just a me thing - illusionary walls have to be found by pressing the activate button??? Why? I have to hug every wall and press E in the most random of places. It seems intuitive until you realize that the fake walls are never hinted at or look conspicuous, you just have to guess.

I honestly have much more to say, but since I haven't finished the game, I think I've said quite enough. I'm just going to end by saying the level design of this game is a bit dookie poo poo. There are some cool vistas here and there (Majula), but the overall design is so linear, so basic looking and maze-like at times, that I need to backtrack to remember where I am. It's just not that good, and there are better Souls-Like games that you could be playing instead of this one. I wish I was enjoying it as much as the avid fans do, but it just isn't worth the time to play.

I always wait until a game actually comes out before I even consider purchasing it, but this was a one time exception. The first game was phenomenal, and this one (I personally feel) is already shaping up to be a perfect sequel. I would say wait until it's out before buying it, unless you enjoyed the first, or you have an intense interest in rogue-like games.

Remasters should actually remaster a game; this is a glorified port. If I could put this as a mixed review, I would. However, if you've never played the game, this is a pretty decent way to experience it. As long as you plug in a controller.

Besides some very slight improvements in gunplay and visuals, this game is straight-up garbage. It runs terribly, the loading screen times are insufferably long, the writing is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, the dialogue options are minimal and were written by toddlers, sometimes quests or characters just don't function, the factions are uninteresting (and most are either "good guy" or "bad guy" groups), most quests revolve around going to a new location that looks incredibly similar to the last where you either fight raiders, ghouls, or super mutants, the voice acting makes me want to go to sleep, and the settlement construction feature might be the worst idea to ever be introduced into a game. Buy any other fallout game.

Everything was pretty easy until Gabriel Act II. Then I died 126 times and it took me 50 minutes. Fun game though, can't wait for act III.

This is definitely a video game

♥♥♥♥ this game.

You fight a big rat in the first level

It's like the game mafia, but instead you pay 5 dollars.

Just don't