rsc1911

Beautiful graphics, uneven game play with a seemingly unbeatable boss at the end. (Spoiler below) This game was pretty amazing but is tarnished by the (my) inability to complete it. Each level has beautiful graphics; the story is convoluted but fun to follow, the combat can be fun but frustrating / challenging. Fortunately the game gives you plenty of opportunities to change level distribution, perks an weapons throughout the game. Unfortunately the very last boss is unbeatable, at least it was for me. After over 100 attempts, using different level distributions, perks, weapons, and play styles, my only recourse was to accept the "bad" ending. I watched and researched several gamer sites and videos and watched others defeat this boss with ease, but those were all done in 2023. Apparently the Dev's didn't like their game being easily beaten so they upped the difficulty on the Nameless Puppet (phase 2) in release 1.3. No matter what combination of features you use this boss just attacks you with devastating combos stops for a second, then just disappears when you try to attack it, just to show up behind you with another devastating combo. Ridiculous ending to a otherwise nice game. No amount of guarding, attacks, throwables, effects, etc. will stagger the boss and it just drains your health, no matter how long your bar is. Disappointing.