Dean Naylor

For all those that are into hack, slash, loot and repeat then its worth a play especially for those with the Xbox Game Pass. It is fun and graphics aren't stellar but they are good enough for the game however there is a lot of room for improvement I feel the class options are enough for now and maybe they will introduce more later on depending on feedback. A bit disappointing that you can't create your own character or edit the features of the one you have picked but again they may introduce this function later on. The skins you can apply for your armour and weapons are not a bad compromise but not all weapons have skins Don't like the fact that if you do end up with party and people drop out that NPC’s don't take their place and same again if you couldn't do multiplayer for whatever reason and want to solo that you don’t have 3 NPCS to go with you. Unless your pretty high level or have a decent armour set you would struggle to finish a level without help especially as your health bar is like glass and dying means going back to the last rest stop or to the start if you have opted to go for the loot bonus. Being an archer would be ideal if solo was your thing as you can just range attack/snipe everything although you still need to be a bit closer than you would like but you would have time to just dodge back out of the way. Luckily the games objectives don’t reset so it’s just a case of having to travel back to where you were last but if you get mobbed again you would just be repeating the cycle. Another negative is when changing character, either because that character is in use in the party you drop in on or you want to have a change that your coins and gems don't carry over as part of your account. I get that levels, attribute points and feats do not carrying over from your other character but I would have thought the coins and gems you earn would be for use across all characters and not just per character. However after a few hours playing with others you can earn a decent amount of coins etc... It’s just then you have to do it for your other characters and having the pain to start at the lower level missions to again to get a new character powered up to the same level as the other(s). But then again some people like to grind over and over again like that Combat…..is…just…meh. it is quite clunky and slow, you can find you are attacking someone then you just veer off slightly and miss completely, lock on is helpful but not that great. One thing I have noticed with enemies that when they go for the hit or execute a move they don’t tend to follow you so if you dodge just when they start the move they will hit the spot you were before you moved so that’s handy at times. Wish the combat could be a bit more fluid as you when trying to block or dodge when attacking most of the time you get hit before your character has chance to block/dodge. Ultimate animations are a pain not just because they are about 3-5 secs long it’s that during those 3-5 secs you can still get hit and take damage which I think is something they need to do away with. Recommend you go to settings early on and sort your controller axis speeds as they are really slow to start with Overall there are a lot of improvements to make and when things do go right in combat it is a fun game to play however in all honestly I am glad that I am able to play this on the Xbox Game Pass for free and not had purchase it separately as there are too much that needs to be improved to it to warrant buying it in my opinion