Great environments, loot system, and combat but annoying overuse of narration and cut scenes are very off-putting. I have no idea why they decided to have every single thing narrated including npc lines. I don't enjoy being talked at in addition to the voice acting and subtitles readily available. Being inundated with short cut scenes is also makign me want to tear my hair out. Those two things alone make me take off a star. I really hope there is a way to skip the entirety of the intro once you beat the game to try different classes or a different mode of some sort because right now I couldn't see myself replaying the lengthy intro again.
I want to start out by saying this is a great game. The title doesn't even say how much this deserves 5 stars.
Here is why I love this grame:
- mechanics
- crafting
- weapons
- story
- side quests
- beautiful world
- great graphics & customization options
- controller support is great
- exploration
So now that I have the good out of the way, let's get to the not so great aspects.
- Fights seem disconnected sometimes
- AI feels a tad slow on attacking (both enemy & grass hopper)
- choices haven't really carried weight in my playthrough (dark & light)
- gear is too recycled, havent gotten anything new that I don't already have in quite some time.
- narrator gets annoying after a bit (maybe add a softer voice) or make it exclusive to major quests.
- character customization and non-evident gender associations with body and wearable gear (like it says skirt but literally the entire pelvis area is showing, why?) (non-female features with femenine clothing, who didnt think this through enough to just say make everything gender neutral if your not gonna finish the thought?)
- Backstory stuff, ooof. I cringe everytime I had to go back to childhood. Either take it out or make it a cutscene in the opening and let us get the jist of it. Having an NPC 4 hours into the game saying do you remember me is not a good intro to gaining clarity on why they need you to pick up the groceries now considering they fill in the after image of an issue that you werent even present for.
- Unlocking grasshopper moves by getting yourself beat up is also not thought through well either, literally no connection at all to this. Either patch that with findable materials to upgrade the helper directly or just make it unlockable by other means but losing a fight and saying your past is the past but here ya go anyways is just poor story telling and giving me a participation trophy for my troubles.
Honestly, this is still the best purchase ive made all year.
I really love this game. Even at lvl 44 you find something new, that's how cool exploring is in this game. Also the crafting system is very motivating. Love the quirky characters. Wish some textures were better and I miss the option to dismantle items right when I loot them.
If I could give 0 stars I would.
Ugly graphics, incredibly poor PC controls plus the fact it crashes CONSTANTLY, I can't even qualify this as a proper game. It looks like an alpha-build sold at full price.
I got this game on sale at 60% off, and that was still far too much paid for the result T-T
