j manzew

Very good souls like game that stays true to and respects it's genre predecessors while also bringing new ideas and concepts to the table. There is no one way to tackle enemies, so half of the fun is the journey is discovering your style. Characters are interesting, lots of twists that keep you engaged, and lots of literary nods and respectful handling of the original Carlo Collodi fairy tail which I appreciated. The only major flaw of the game are the bosses. Every boss after about the 3rd one is wildly unbalanced and broken. I am all for a difficult challenge, but when world class souls like players cannot beat the boss without a summon and heavily relying on cheese strategies, it saps all the fun that was built up right out of the game until you proceed. It is super frustrating to have such an interesting story suddenly interrupted and put on hold for days or even weeks before a boss designed to literally be unbeatable is somehow miraculously conquered. Other than the cool designs, the QA team fatally dropped the ball with the bosses, and it is the only thing that prevented this otherwise phenomenal game from winning GOTY.

Would give 0 stars if I could. Hackers and cheaters have made this, like every other COD game since the first Black Ops, unplayable, and like always, the company refuses to do anything about it. There has never been a company that cares so little about their customers. It honestly makes me want to vomit.

A great metroidvania game. They kept just enough of the classics to make the formula work while implementing just enough new stuff to keep you interested and enjoying a novel experience. Love the cell shaded animation; almost feels like a remastered Viewtiful Joe. There is no one way to approach the challenges; you truly have the freedom to mix and match weapons, abilities, and upgrades in a way that works for you. The story was simple but surprisingly interesting and coherent. The game only crashed a couple of times while I played, so be sure to save often!

The people who are giving this game a bad review only play Fortnight. This game does a great job of going back to the roots that made us love the franchise to begin with while adding things that we didn't know we needed till now. The combat is a perfect blend of strategy and brute force, and the puzzles are just hard enough to keep things interesting. There is soooooo much to do with all the side quests and secrets. Play this game and embrace your doom slayer !