2 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 33.1 hrs on record (10.2 hrs at review time)
Posted: 26 Feb, 2022 @ 5:18am

10 hours in, I really like this game. Running on normal difficulty and taking my time exploring, reading all the lore bits and just enjoying the scenery. Fights are quick and quite intense sometimes. Died quite a few times as well :) But you quickly find your way back to the fight again.

Some stuff in the game you have to figure out for yourself, but I don't mind that at all. Weapons for example, you just try different types and see what works best for you and kills the various enemies the fastest. And there's usually no need to buy many of the items since both armour and weapons drop from the enemies from time to time. Or you find them while exploring. And some items you get as quest rewards.

Ammo for your regular weapons is (so far) unlimited, which is a big plus for me in games like this. The various powerful augmentations and tactical accessories do have their own power requirements, so you can't just spam those against harder enemies.

The environments are just fantastic. Lots of details, plenty of people walking around everywhere, it feels very much alive. I'm running the game on an ancient i5-4670K with 16GB RAM and a Radeon RX 5700 XT, 1920x1200 display, all settings autodetected as highest except for the ones my gfx card doesn't support of course. It's running very smoothly, no major hickups so far.

And the music is very, very good. Really. It lifts the game to the next level. This is one of the very few games I purchased the OST for, well worth it and you get both mp3 and flac versions. It's available on Spotify as well, but the devs really deserve the extra support.

People mention a lot of bugs in their comments, but so far I've seen none of them. Some of the bugs seem to be multiplayer related, but I haven't tried that yet so can't comment on that for now. So try the game for yourself, you might be one of the lucky bugfree ones like me as well ;)
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