This game, oh boy, this game. It has given me so many sleepless nights and I'm still playing it. Does that mean it's a perfect game? Well, no, not really. So, why do I love this game so much?

- Big ass monsters. You climb on all sorts of mythological monsters so you can hit their weak points and do a lot of damage. It has that one mechanic from Shadow of the Colossus; except that in this game, you can actually regenerate your stamina so you don't fall off a monster and receive falling damage.
- 9 different vocations. You have everything from vocations that use bows and daggers, shields and swords, longbows, greatswords that are just lovely to use, and staffs so you can conjure magick (more on that later).
- Pawn System, there isn't any type of real multiplayer, so if you're looking to play this with a friend, you will not get that experience. However, there are two kinds of "multiplayer": The first one is the pawn system, basically, you create two characters, your main one, and your main pawn. You can choose what will be their vocation and how they will attack and you can even decide how much you want your main pawn to talk. So what's so special about this "pawn"? Well, your main pawn can go to other Arisens (players) worlds to be one of their pawns. And you can also have two other pawns from other Arisens that can be different from your main one, so this is the way you create a party. The second type of multiplayer is reserved for late game and for New Game Plus.
- Most, if not all of the abilites feel so unique and feel so go to use, you actually feel like you're the one doing the action, the animations are fluid and the magick attacks are hands down perfect. Capcom nailed the magick like no other game has ever done.
- The exploration is very inmersive, you can be on your way to a quest, and suddenly you can find a band of bandits fighting against a pack of wolves, and suddenly a Griffin can come down from the air and you can either slay it or run away, there is no punishment for not fighting against powerful beasts, but do know that you will not get any materials, experience nor gold.
- The late game is hard as balls, it's up to you if you like that or not, most of the game feels like a very fair challenge, but at late game, there are some monsters that will crush you. But if you do manage to slay them, you will be rewarded handsomely.
- Enhancing system: Why do you want to slay all these monsters you say? Well, for one, they give xp and some drop gold, while others drop materials which you can use to upgrade your weapons and armor, you can upgrade them up to three times (the first upgrade only needing gold, second and third need money and materials), but there's another way to upgrade your equipement: Dragonforging, which is essentialy having your armour and weapons consumed by the fire of a dragon, which you get by slaying a dragon. The weapons and armour you have equiped at the time will have a chance of being Dragonforged when you kill any dragon, with some dragons having more chance of dragonforging than others. There's a fourth type of enhancing called rarefing, which you can only do once you get to Bitterblack Isle, which is a DLC area with more difficult enemies than before, but you can get loot that you will not get anywhere else in the game.

It's not all good though. The game is rough in some edges.

- The AI can sometimes be very bad, yes, you can give orders to them, but these are very limited, you have exactly three orders for all pawns (You can customize the actions of your main pawn, but you will not have such luck with the other two pawns) Go!, Come! and Help!, you will be using these a lot as sometimes you may just want to go to a inn and rest but your pawns will keep attacking everything they see.
- The fast travel system is very limited, you can have up to ten places you can fast travel, if you're a person that wants to get to a place quickly, you'll have to decide which places have a higher priority. This doens't really bother me as I like to explore and get materials and other stuff.

If you can get past these negatives, it is honestly a fantastic game to get lost in, quite literally. The pawn system is such an interesting idea that get's executed extremely well. A personal favorite, 9/10

Don't forget that wolves hunt in packs Arisen! 'Tis weak to fire!

This game, oh boy, this game. It has given me so many sleepless nights and I'm still playing it. Does that mean it's a perfect game? Well, no, not really. So, why do I love this game so much? - Big ass monsters. You climb on all sorts of mythological monsters so you can hit their weak points and do a lot of damage. It has that one mechanic from Shadow of the Colossus; except that in this game, you can actually regenerate your stamina so you don't fall off a monster and receive falling damage. - 9 different vocations. You have everything from vocations that use bows and daggers, shields and swords, longbows, greatswords that are just lovely to use, and staffs so you can conjure magick (more on that later). - Pawn System, there isn't any type of real multiplayer, so if you're looking to play this with a friend, you will not get that experience. However, there are two kinds of "multiplayer": The first one is the pawn system, basically, you create two characters, your main one, and your main pawn. You can choose what will be their vocation and how they will attack and you can even decide how much you want your main pawn to talk. So what's so special about this "pawn"? Well, your main pawn can go to other Arisens (players) worlds to be one of their pawns. And you can also have two other pawns from other Arisens that can be different from your main one, so this is the way you create a party. The second type of multiplayer is reserved for late game and for New Game Plus. - Most, if not all of the abilites feel so unique and feel so go to use, you actually feel like you're the one doing the action, the animations are fluid and the magick attacks are hands down perfect. Capcom nailed the magick like no other game has ever done. - The exploration is very inmersive, you can be on your way to a quest, and suddenly you can find a band of bandits fighting against a pack of wolves, and suddenly a Griffin can come down from the air and you can either slay it or run away, there is no punishment for not fighting against powerful beasts, but do know that you will not get any materials, experience nor gold. - The late game is hard as balls, it's up to you if you like that or not, most of the game feels like a very fair challenge, but at late game, there are some monsters that will crush you. But if you do manage to slay them, you will be rewarded handsomely. - Enhancing system: Why do you want to slay all these monsters you say? Well, for one, they give xp and some drop gold, while others drop materials which you can use to upgrade your weapons and armor, you can upgrade them up to three times (the first upgrade only needing gold, second and third need money and materials), but there's another way to upgrade your equipement: Dragonforging, which is essentialy having your armour and weapons consumed by the fire of a dragon, which you get by slaying a dragon. The weapons and armour you have equiped at the time will have a chance of being Dragonforged when you kill any dragon, with some dragons having more chance of dragonforging than others. There's a fourth type of enhancing called rarefing, which you can only do once you get to Bitterblack Isle, which is a DLC area with more difficult enemies than before, but you can get loot that you will not get anywhere else in the game. It's not all good though. The game is rough in some edges. - The AI can sometimes be very bad, yes, you can give orders to them, but these are very limited, you have exactly three orders for all pawns (You can customize the actions of your main pawn, but you will not have such luck with the other two pawns) Go!, Come! and Help!, you will be using these a lot as sometimes you may just want to go to a inn and rest but your pawns will keep attacking everything they see. - The fast travel system is very limited, you can have up to ten places you can fast travel, if you're a person that wants to get to a place quickly, you'll have to decide which places have a higher priority. This doens't really bother me as I like to explore and get materials and other stuff. If you can get past these negatives, it is honestly a fantastic game to get lost in, quite literally. The pawn system is such an interesting idea that get's executed extremely well. A personal favorite, 9/10 Don't forget that wolves hunt in packs Arisen! 'Tis weak to fire!