Recent reviews by Jack Alltrades

Amazing game, very clear the dedication and hard work put into it. As a 5e Veteran, I can say this game plays very much like how I want 5e to play like. Most of the aspects changed from 5e are improvements. The difficulty felt well balanced (I played on normal) and while it was very much possible to long rest after most big encounters without worry, if that's a problem you can switch up to Tactician which makes long rests cost twice as much. I am currently doing a Tactician run and loving it.
There are only a couple things I dislike; I hate the Paladin enemy types since they tend to burst you down super quick with Smite, and then also instantly kill downed teammates in one hit, which got annoying after a while. A few of the problems with 5e also come up here, though thats more on 5e's bad design choices than larian. Larian fixed what they could, and honestly considering that Martials and Spellcasters feel around equal here, they did a great job. Theres still plenty of the usual cheese you can find in DOS games, such as barrel killing enemies. And there are also a few to many spots where you can insta kill bosses via shoving them off a cliff, which can be anticlimatic. I had repelling blast on a Warlock I played and actually manage to do this completely by accident, so its a bit of a problem. But other than some minor complaints, 9/10 game, great work Larian Studios.

Pretty fun game. If you are a fan of Xcom and similar games this should tickle your fancy. The bullet system is probably my favourite part, much more consistent then Xcom.

So got this game, after hearing how "amazing" and "deep" it is and all that junk. Port works fine for me tbh, haven't had any issues there. Played till ending A. Still plan to at least try to get the other "main" endings, but honestly, so far I don't get it. The gameplay itself is ass: its boring button mashing with nothing interesting. The weapons don't change much, and at least in the first ending, there isn't much selection on that front. You can equip different drives but they just give ya stat boosts like regen and extra defense, they don't really change your playstyle at all. Every fight feels the same, with the only difference being how tanky enemies are and their attack patterns. Sometimes you get enemies with shields that block ranged attacks, but that's about it and even then 2 hits gets rid of the shield. You can do air attacks but it doesn't change anything really, you just attack in the air. the last couple boss fights weren't bad, I'll give it that, but mechanically/combat wise this is one of the most boring games I have played. The differences in difficulty modes is also the worst kind: its a massive jump from normal to hard, and not because the enemies are smarter or even more numerous, but because standard mooks can two shot you on hard, while the final boss of the first mission needs like 4-5 hits on normal to kill ya. Not worth playing on harder difficulties.


Storywise its.... fine. idk, I never felt super invested. It was pretty predictable and also had some odd decisions, like Pascal. There are two moments where Pascal is with you and does literally nothing, like there was no reason for them to be there at all. The second one kinda had a reason, but could just have easily not included them and changed nothing. 2B was super uninteresting for me. 9S was fine but nothing special. The game is about as subtle as a brick. Like it REALLY wants you to believe its "Deep" and "woke". Form the intro you can tell it is trying WAY to hard, like that intro monologue is super edgy(and this is coming from an Athiest, so its not just "dont say mean things about god") I remember some side characters just going off into a philosophical tangent for like no reason, like "what if the weapons I make are actually killing MY friends". Its not always bad, and I did kinda like Adam and Eve, albiet they weren't around enough for me to really care. There were some bits that I felt were actually "Deep" but they were moments when characters shut the ♥♥♥♥ up. Once they start talking it loses that. Overall its not the worst but with boring gameplay it makes me want to just not get the other endings and stop here. idk maybe it gets better in the other endings.
For good points, I would say the music is good, and the details and enviroments are also good as well. I like that parts fall off some enemies, though Im not sure if that every had an actual effect on them. The music like I said is fine, but idk I dont get what people say when they say its the "best soundtrack ever" the songs themselves are fine but they all sound exactly the same. I think I only distinctly remember the "we are as gods" song. MHW had a much better OST in my opinion, and it came out in the same year. MHW, Doom(2016 and eternal) and Undertale all have better OSTs in my opinion, but maybe there are some better songs further on.


Overall if I had to give it an arbitrary number score it would be like a 5-6/10 for me. Definitely feels like one of those "it blew up cause the main character is hot" kinda games. If 9S was the main protag and 2B didn't exist I feel like this game would be a lot more niche. -points for the obligitory "its an RPG cause it has skills and crafting even though it has no meaningful choices or actual role-playing of any kind" If ya want a better game from around the same year play Monster Hunter World, Undertale or Doom.

you can command a dinosaur riding another dinosaur, or a rat in a giant wheel of death. is good

is good

Game is great. But I play as hunter and literally get no one of my skill rank. Everyone is a day one try hard that can run circles around me. They are not only much more skilled, but their abilities are way better. There needs to be a cap of how much further ahead your opponents can be in rank, cause this is getting annoying. I want to make clear that not only are they much more skilled, but ALL THEIR ABILITIES ARE WAY AHEAD MINE. It is literally the same as putting a level 3 guy vs a level 50 guy in an rpg.