Recent reviews by Karbonade-krigeren

Gameplay=9.5/10 - Amazingly immsersive combat that is only dragged down slightly by a few bs hitboxes(once you learn these you will be able to avoid them easily). The flow of combat feels very satisfying and you can tell by the looks of enemies and the light hits' impacts if you can launch them in the air and juggle them. The option to switch armor and create different builds really makes the game more forgiving and gameplay changing. You can go for a runic build and shred enemies in 1 hit with your runic attacks or you can make the game high risk high reward with armor sets such as Zeus armor. It's like a subway sandwich, you can't complain since you pick you own ingredients, and if you don't like it you just switch it up and try something new. Generally the game feels very fair in its combat despite the minor and rare flaws. It's pure hack and slash fun with a dash of souls frustration. I LOVE IT!

Story=10/10 - BOY! This game has one of the most incredible stories. Every death made me feel like i failed my BOY. Great duality between the innocent son and the primitive God of War, makes up for both humorous and heartbreaking dialogue. All the friends and enemies you make along the way, are perfectly written and never stray away from their characters. I tend to skip a lot of optional dialogue in games but not in this one. Every step along the way feels fresh and the boat stories are probably one of my favorite aspects of free roaming.

Sound= 11/10 - Can't stress this enough. This game probably has the best sound direction i have ever heard in a video game. Every sound is just *Chef's kiss*. Don't even get me started on the music, which i listen to in my free time. I was totally blown away by how captivating the music feels. It makes combat way more epic and really transcends all the different scenes throughout the game. Hats off to Bear McCreary for creating this soundtrack.

Visuals= 9.5/10 - While the pc port has its inevitable bugs and crashes, it more than makes up for it in terms of the quality of the graphics. I'm amazed that it even works this well, given how difficult it is to transfer a Playstation game to a PC Engine. The enhanced graphics on this port are just as good as the soundtrack and they really go hand in hand. Everything about this game is beautiful, and while the performance has some hiccups, it mostly runs flawlessly and above 90fps(rtx3060ti) on maxed out settings. Just remember to turn off ambient occlusion and motion blur to improve the quality and fluidity. This game is an interactive movie, and the transitions to handheld camera during cutscenes are seemless. The mocap is incredibly lifelike compared to other mocapped games. i recommend you to go watch the behind the scenes videos on youtube, to really get a perspective of how thorough they were with the production. The visuals feel like a trip on shrooms, and every location just makes you go "WOW". It would be nice to have a fullscreen option but never felt like it was necessary. Art direction is on point here and if you have a good HDR TV the colours of the world makes every frame feel like a piece of photorealistic art. *another chef's kiss*


Longevity and replayability: 8/10 - While the game takes you through different realms and adventures, i feel like the game is a bit too short. A few of the missions feel like they exist to fulfill the quota(spirit missions). That being said, the general quality of each mission is really good, and will always be dragged up with some enjoyable dialogue along the way. The game will be challenging enough for new players, but people who are familiar with the genre or a similar combat system will race through a lot of the game quickly. Still challenging, but the game feels a lot shorter when you're good at it. This is by all means no reason to skip this game. Actually there really is no good reason to skip this game, unless you try running it on a potato. This game is a perfect example of quality over quantity, and even if you race through the game you will have much more fun playing it on GMGOW+ on your second run. The replayability in this game is too fun to pass up on, and if you love the story, you will love the gameplay even more on this run.

Total score: 9.5/10
Other games i rank it along with:
Bioshock 1
Batman Arkham city
Elden Ring
Sekiro
Half life 2
Portal 2

This is a pros and cons list of the game in 17/07/2018
This list will be updated along with the game, so if some of the cons are fixed when you read this then don't get triggered teehee

Pros:
1) T R I P O L O S K I
2) Cool artstyle and graphics
3) T R I P O L O S K I
4) You can be a pickle ffs
5) People are really friendly
6) T R I P O L O S K I
7) Hilarious physics
8) Funny cosmetics
9) Shooting range YASSSS
10) Awesome vehicles
11) Gun variety
12) Made a new friend after playing this game for one hour :)
13) Huge potential!


Cons:
1) No minimap. seriously, this need to be added!
2) You can't tamper with the graphics to improve fps
3) Not a lot of cosmetics
4) That means cosmetics combos aswell. We want more than T R I P O L O S K I
5) I get these graphical errors where the whole screen turns into a random colour and a box of a different colour appears and leaves traces of it. It goes away when you go to the inventory but still shouldn't be happening.
6) Map is too big, but im sure that's because most games have only around 45 players.
7) No duo mode
8) Lack of attachements both drops and options
9) Server disconnection
10) Map could be better

This game is great and i will probably spend a lot more time with this as it is sooooo much fun. The (atm small) community is very friendly. The fact that you start the game off being shot out of a canon after dancing to hardbass in the lobby, really just makes you realize that this isn't a game as much as it is a hilarious experience. If you want a game of wackyness and action. This can turn into a great game when the bugs are fixed and it becomes more balanced for each player. I am excited to see how far this "joke" can be stretched because im just having too much fun with it at this early state. I will give this game a solid 8/10 and then i will leave you with that so i can play a game of squads. AND if you have doubts about buying this game, then buy it anyways!