Rise FM

Another game, another HORRENDOUS launch. Is the game as good as people are saying? It's pretty darn good. But you'll not be able to play the game you purchased as you MUST login to the game server before you can play. It's been several days since launch and this is STILL an issue. Don't take my word for it - go look at Steam Community and posts on Arrowhead's update posts. People are flat out getting a black screen when they launch the game now and are not even getting to the "Servers at capacity" screen. So riddle me this - how good can a game be that you CANNOT play? And on the off chance you are able to get in? Good luck getting into match making with randoms. You better have friends you can connect with directly. And even then you may or may not get rewards for the missions/operations you go on. And let's just gloss over how armor does not work at all currently. Not to mention some massive oversights such as no queue to tell you what place you are in line to actually play the game. And with no AFK booting - people are now remaining logged in for DAYS at a time in fear that once they drop they'll never get back in. I don't blame the players for this, I blame the developer for being so short sighted. How places like IGN and Gamespot are giving this 9's when the GAME ISN'T PLAYABLE is just so perfectly commonplace these days. But yes, after all this 9/10, 10/10. I'd avoid this one like the plague until they've fixed the server issues. You'd think with Sony backing this project we'd have seen some real fixes but honestly it's just gotten worse as the days have progressed. Real shame as it's a great game to play with friends...but you'll never get the opportunity to play it due to one of the absolute WORST launches in years. Oh and one last thing - here's all you need to know about how the developer feels about its players - Discussion on Steam is completely turned OFF.

It’s not about source material or SJWism or anything else...The Watchmen on HBO is just a boring slog through its first 3 episodes so far. Not sure what I expected...the movie wasn’t very good either and was a total Zack Synder circle jerk. Maybe I’ll finish once the first season is out to completion, but I’m definitely canceling this Sunday recording. Boring. Boring. Boring. Zzzzzzzzzzzz.

First half of the game is promising. Feels like a solid soulslike with roots in bloodborne and sekiro for sure. But in the latter portions of the game, it really starts to show its issues. Uninspired boss fights that feel difficult for the sake of being difficult. Wonky hit boxes (I give up trying to fight on the stairs) which prove troublesome in verticality and in tight spaces. DOOM 3 style enemies out of nowhere when crossing an invisible wall…which most you can see before they drop. Others? No. Animations knocking you off edges or following locked enemies to your death long after they’ve fallen. Biggest issue of all for me were the environments. Once you’ve seen the first 2-3 chapters? There’s nothing new to see here. It’s the same old steampunk gothic levels the ENTIRE GAME. They take no chances and just seen to recycle the same environments. It gets boring. Throwables can practically trivialize any fight, I just don’t get it. A really promising game that wore its welcome out far before its conclusion. Later few chapters are an absolute slog. Rather than pacing the last few chapters to lead you into a crescendo? You trudge through mud and it get tiresome. Better pacing, varied environments, and tuning some areas (gods sakes enough with 4-5 enemies in a cramped hallway), enemies, and bosses and I think this game would have been much better. But it just fellas like they ran out of fresh ideas about the midway point and just said “well, we need to make it longer” and just phoned it in the rest of the way. Disappointing to see a game with this much promise fall flat.