This game looks amazing, but sadly, plays like one from early 90's. Controls are extremely inefficient, the character slides before stopping, hitting an enemy with a sword takes an awful lot of practice and good luck avoiding being stunlocked by a boss in a corner. It's one of those cases where upgrading graphics and music is not near enough, and one should upgrade gameplay as well.
It is an amazing game in many aspects. The animation, art style and voice acting are gorgeous. The story is beautiful and well-told and the metroidvania aspect of the game is undobtedly well-executed. But there is a slight problem to keep in mind. While there is not many games I could recommend more than “Dust...”, the game is extremely easy to play even on the hardest difficulty setting, the enemies just don't scale and after you hit a certain level, you breeze through all the enemies in any area in no time or effort. And while I enjoyed the game a lot, it is still a thing to keep in mind. Oh, and while the game was initially released on consoles, it is one of the best pc ports ever made, keyboard and mouse support is flawless and I have encountered no crashes whatsoever.
It's a fun toy to mess with, has some awkward controls and black humour, but my main problem with it is the price tag. It's too expensive for what it is. Wait for the discount on this one and you will enjoy it. If you want to run it on linux, native version is available on Steam.
It doesn't matter if 3/4 of the game are something in between a strategy game and Overlord. The writing, the style and the music save the day. On easy difficulty level the strategy part is not a problem any more, and seriously, with music by Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Dark Tranquillity, Manowar, Megadeth and many other famous metal bands this game is totally worth playing. Add some funny jokes, amazing style and awesome voice acting by Jack Black, there is no solid reason to skip this game. PS. The game was released natively on Linux and is available on Steam if you wish to run it on that particular platform.
