Jared Renkiewicz

Awesome game! Rise Specific Pros: - Monster variety is more extensive than World - Wire bug speed is a very fun gimmick (probably a one shot deal catering to the ninja theme) - Very colorful - Cultural inclusion was a great move for their portable team (monsters, villages, map, story, etc. - Super fun, climactic final boss battles with unique mechanics Rise Specific Cons - Less intricate map than World - eliminates tracking, biohazards, and reliance on preparation - Less grounded (this could be a pro to some people. I do like fantasy) - lesser graphics and the likes. Do keep in mind that many of the changes are very much Intentional by the PORTABLE team. They are innovating and experimenting on what works and what doesn’t. They also don’t have the same budget as main titles. Finally, they are dealing with the console’s limitations. This is a Nintendo Switch game. I personally enjoyed it overall more than World, but even I can see that World is technologically superior. If there was one thing I would definitely ask Capcom to take with them to future titles, it would be the cultural variety. Western, Eastern, etc. it makes the world building so much bigger when there are different ways of life and hunting according to different land’s customs I would ADORE it if the next portable’s title’s work was MONSTER HUNTER: PRIMAL. With an emphasis on bone weapons like Hammers and great swords like rise emphasized long swords and dual blades. The culture would be sort of Indigenous or antiquated natives.

Great game! From release, the main campaign was Diablo’s best story ever with truly realistic party members that fight, struggle, argue, and cry together. I loved it and thus gave the overall game 5 stars in my heart long ago. That said, upon release the live service aspect of the game was a bit empty. Classes were underperforming greatly while meta was the only viable method. When they released the big patch 1.1 at the beginning of season 1 they broke this even further as now undesirable classes became complete trash. Currently we are in season 2 and all of the problems have been addressed, fixed or at least improved. Give the game a shot. Endgame is very fun now. I wish that the myriad of players (who are still playing) that trashed this game’s star rating would come back and fix their negative stars. It deserves more than 2.2 stars now.

This Game is BRILLIANT. I love Fromsoftware games like Dark Souls 1, 2 and 3 as well as Sekiro: Shadow Die Twice. The intricate and tied together maps, the intense boss fights, the little collectables with flavor text. All of these things I love about Souls games are here in Lies of P This is a Souls game! not souls like. It 100% wears the Souls genre on its sleeve very openly. You can tell that the creators were big fans of their predecessor. This game is particularly like Sekiro in combat as well as story telling. I like Elden Ring well enough, but I sure hope Fromsoftware hasn't moved away from the orginal souls vibe forever, we need more games like Sekiro and I am proud to proclaim that this game has done it. Keep up the good work team and you better believe that I will be trekking down the yellow brick road to see what comes next!!! 10/10 One more thing... I love the Pinocchio adaptation. Bravo ... Bravo!