Rent, buy, or pass?
This game started off great then the 1-2 hits taken brings you to death got old. If I wanted to play a souls or bloodborne type of game I would have bought seikro. I'm probably 20 hours into this game.
There's no difficulty settings, which makes the game feel like it's on hard mode the entire time. This is frustrating because I want my first playthrough to be enjoyable and challenging. Not a headache.
The story is good. There's A LOT of files though so it gets annoying to constantly have to pause and read to get a better understanding of what's going on.
The map in this game needs to be revamped. At a basic level it's useful, but when you're trying to find new places it can be more of a hindrance.
Overall, I wouldn't recommend buying this game mainly because the 1-2 hits brings death. If you're into those types of games then maybe you'll like this one too. If anything rent it.