Recent reviews by piqey

Actually incredible DLC, at least as good as the main game. I'm already at the final boss and I've been to every area of the DLC, the only valid complaints are about performance in specific areas. git gud.

I'm OTG (on that grind)

One of the worst intros to any game I've ever seen. The choreography and characters were genuinely cringe-worthy. Made the game out to be a cheesy post-apocalyptic survival game. Then, about 30 minutes in, I touched a glowing rock and now I need to slay a demigod. The game is incredible now.

I've been having a blast playing this game. It's deceptively large, which isn't very obvious at the beginning (as is with many rogue-lites), and I'd be surprised if there isn't a large number of people who quit early thinking they'd seen what the game had to offer. If you do manage to beat the Hand of the King for the first time, you'll be coming back for more.

You should see it for yourself.

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My only complaint is the challenge medal achievements. No completionist in their right mind would attempt those.

Certain boss fights are horribly unbalanced (there's a red-haired goddess of rot I'm thinking of), however my net experience with this game has thus far been beyond positive. Visual style is great, lore is great, new gameplay mechanics are fun and don't feel too forced. I keep finding more things to do when I think I've exhausted all my opportunities. Working on all achievements right now, Got all achievements, still not bored.

In the few cases where balancing issues arise, I cannot deny I have experienced the greatest endorphin rush upon a boss's defeat out of any Souls-like games I've played, chiefly due to the nigh-hundreds of deaths that befell me in the process.

EDIT: The game has been rebalanced a number of times following its release in February, and continues to deliver new content and improvements to players through free updates (a rare decision from FromSoftware).

Great game (if you've got the stones for it). Gives me conniptions.

After 440 hours I could finally play this game on public servers.

Easily a great experience for you and your friends.

A must-have for users that have grown antipathetic toward motionless desktop backgrounds.