Recent reviews by GravityNull

If you like stealth games, this one's a no-brainer. Very polished, great worldbuilding.

Amazing. Simply plays great and is an overall enjoyable experience. A lot of love was put into this!

Hammy and fun like the original

Don't be fooled: This is a platformer, hardly a metroidvania. If you go into it that way, then its thoroughly recommended. It's beautifully crafted and very endearing.

It has one big design flaw: Any game that forces you to savescum because of instant death sequences is mediocre, I feel. The game's great regardless, but don't be surprised if it frustrates you more than expected.

It's campy and fun like DMC 1 and 3. However, camera can still be ♥♥♥♥ at times. More importantly, the first half is pretty good. The second half is mediocre to quite ♥♥♥♥. Get on a sale.

It's a well-written story with excellent acting by all of the cast. This alone carries the game.

The game itself is quite the simple action adventure, presented in shooter format. By now we all know it's not the crunchy RPG it was marketed as, so don't expect one. If you go into it as a story-driven shooter with some side mission content for kicks, it's a great experience.

In Summary: This is a great, well-written game that should be played by anyone who enjoys CRPGs. It surprised me much like Divinity 2 Original Sin as a game that can stand beside Baldur's Gate 2 and other Black Isle classics. Also, judging from other reviews and friends who enjoy it, the replayability is off the charts. Get it!!

It is by no means a perfect game. I encountered only a few bugs, but the two things keep it from the 10/10 for me: the Crusade (mini)game and encounter balance.

It's a diluted Heroes3 minigame that quickly loses its challenge after your generals rack up some spell levels. It is therefore not worth the amount of time that you have to put into it. The only thing it achieves is convey the slow and dredging process of mounting a military campaign, which I guess has some narrative merit. Still, it's a very weak aspect of the game. I understand that you can automate it in the options, but I haven't tried that out.

The encounter balance is not too bad, but you might run into hard walls when facing certain monsters. There are enemies that are clearly overtuned, while others might feel like a pushover. Fortunately there were not that any of these during my Core difficulty playthrough, but those that were REALLY left a sour taste in my mouth. I'm sure around 10% of my playtime is reloading.

But yeah, despite these flaws, it is still a great CRPG and definitely worth your time. What's more, it's bursting with build options so the amount of strategies that you can do are just way too many to count. And judging from the achievements that I've missed... yeah, it's a full package.

Recommended :)

Another great Miyazaki game. Very intense and satisfying combat, presented in a beautiful and immersive world.

The core loop is just too good. Definitely worth it, grab it!

I've always liked the Battletech universe and aesthetic, but you don't need it to enjoy this one. If you're even remotely into squad-based turn based strategy, this is a no-brainer. The game isn't flawless: The performance can be a bit shoddy and the interface isn't always helpful. But even so, after a couple of missions, I was hooked. The core mechanics are well thought out and it just works. Would've liked to control more than 4 mechs at a time, like the old Mech Commander series, but for this type of game it works really well. It can be quite addictive and I've read that mods make the replay experience even better. All in all, go for it.