Recent reviews by CodyDMartin

The game was not for me. The RNG elements absolutely ruin any type of enjoyment i felt. It makes mario party look like a skill based game. If that is your cup of tea then go ahead, but otherwise you might want to pass on this one.

TLDR: I give the game 10/10. Its has amazing in depth combat with an easy to pick up hard to master design, with very well balanced weapons and characters. For the price point I don't think there is a game i would suggest trying more. (slightly biast because i love melee combat games)

here are a few pros and cons to the game

Pros:

1. It's main game-mode is a battle royale, but if you are not into battle royales this one has a few things to offer you. It has other game-modes so you are not stuck playing a BR 24/7
2. This game doesn't suffer from many of the same issues most BRs do. There is no danger of randomly dying to a sniper after 15 minutes of running around, And combat is typically a bit longer w/ more interactions throughout the match.
3. every interaction is meaningful and fun.
4. looting, while it gives you an advantage, is not the determiner of the winner of a fight.
5. The combat system is "easy to pick up hard to master" making the sense of progression feel great as you start clapping other players cheeks with a good timed parry or dodge, or a perfectly performed combo.
6. There are no 0-death combos, which is a problem a lot of melee combat games suffer from, naraka does not which in my opinion is awesome.
7. There are a lot of playstyles, none too much better than the other, you can choose the style that fits you best, and take it to the top.
8. There is always room for improvement, so you could play for 1000s of hours easily.
9. There is a very large player base, and the company that owns the game is very capable of supporting the player base and growing it when they need to. 95,000 online and active players at the time of posting this. The player base at the current moment is almost exactly as it was when it was released. So the chance of the game dying any time soon is very minimal.
10. The ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ character customization is awesome. You can literally upload a picture of yourself, and it makes your face in-game. Like WTF! Thats badass. Also if thats not your thing you can customize almost every aspect of the face down to the width of the base of the tip of your nose. It's a bit ridiculous, but awesome.
11. where a lot of games monetize through cosmetics, so does naraka, but they allow you to earn a large portion of cosmetics through gameplay as well. So no need to drop 50 bucks just to look cool.


Now for some Cons:

1. It is a BR at heart, so playing in the BR game-modes is pushed if you want to level faster or get unlocks. Which for many might not be a problem, but as someone who deosn't typically like the BR format I thought it was worth mentioning.
2. while they have an AMAZING PVE game-mode, It is timelocked so it can feel a bit frustrating when you feel like playing it.
3. The netcode in a majority of cases is beyond good enough, but against certain players you might get hit due to messed up parry timings, or attacks seemingly hitting before they should. For melee fighters netcode has always been more difficult especially if you put it in a BR format.
4. If you go to play online your first handful of matches will typically be majority if not all bots. I'm not sure what the point of this is, but it might start you off with unrealistic ideas of how the game plays out.
5. While a lot of the time you'll find yourself in quite a few interactions throughout a match, It is a BR so you might find yourself searching for players time to time.
6. Probably the biggest negative in my opinion is the queue times. Sometimes queues can last up to 5 min. While not incredibly common can definitely be a bit annoying.

I have a lot of hours in this game... but sadly i have even more put toward fixing dumb issues that should be easily fixed by a competent development team. The amount of issues I have had with compatibility with other programs or windows features are too many to count. I just spent 3 hours making my game launch without showing me a black screen... The fix? unplug my microphone every time I want to launch this title... how could that slip by. oh well at least now i know. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE. After I get it to launch without a black screen or crash, I suddenly notice my keyboard and mouse inputs are not working. Oh only 2 more hours of problem solving, and the solution... I have a japanese keyboard installed in my windows profile... It isn't enabled... but it exists therefore I cannot use my keyboard or mouse in game. Yes so now I have to uninstall my japanese keyboard that I use for studying so I can play a game that I paid 60 bucks for.... not to mention I'm not allowed to have my mic plugged in... Am i missing something or are all developers overlooking all compatability issues nowadays. because I'd really like my time back that I've spent trying to fix this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of a piece of software.

Have fun guys. Game itself isn't bad tho i give the gameplay a 7/10.

power tower hates me 0/10

Game doesn't run. Every time I try to join a server It crahes and so does steam. I've never had this problem and I have a very powerful PC. When I went online to find a solution they didn't have anything. Good luck if you decide to get it, and I hope it works for your PC.

If anyone has a fix pls message me. I have already reinstalled it, changed settings moved the game to a different drive, and all the obvious fixes.

the soda thing is nice

This game is honestly the most annoying game I have ever played, but I keep going back because of how amazingly well made and addicting it is. One of the reasons I love this game is for its never ending content, whenever I think I have reached the end, nooooope, there is sooooo much more, I love this game and 300 hours in still haven't reached an end point, and for its money, I'm in love. The most entertainment I've had for 15 bucks,

Only thing you need is to lose 15 bucks and gain the most amazing game you've ever played