Its been well documented what a looker this game is so Im not really going to dwell on that (it is stunning though). But, wow what a game...
Id never thought Id say this about an open world game but I LOVE the combat. Not initially I might add in fact I spent a long time feeling seriously underpowered, hiding and whistling/rock throwing was a chore that seemingly never went away, hand to hand combat felt more or less non-existent (playing Witcher 3 style is a BIG no-no) and the bewildering variety of bows/status effects/tear that overlapped in strengths etc. just baffled me. So for a long time I avoided anything larger than a Watcher.
Then it just clicked. I cant put my finger on what combination of things came together perhaps it was paying attention to scans, perhaps my accuracy improved, perhaps those extra points in concentration, perhaps it was my first taste of the war bow and being able to corrupt machines, perhaps it was the Ropecaster and slinging sticky bombs. Perhaps it was building a wardrobe of status limiting effect limiting outfits and crucially knowing when to apply them. Perhaps all of the above.
All I know is this for a blissful moment yesterday I took down two Level 34 corrupted Rockbreakers by kiting a Behemoth, hiding long enough to corrupt it and watching merry hell unfold popping up to inflict enough flame damage to take all three with a massive grin on my face. Incredible feeling.
Yes the game has problems the human AI isnt great and the storytelling could be better despite that I love the world and post-apocalyptic vision that Guerrilla fashioned. Seeing the snippets of the world through viewpoints via Aloys wonderfully innocent perspective is really very touching.
What say you GAF?
Id never thought Id say this about an open world game but I LOVE the combat. Not initially I might add in fact I spent a long time feeling seriously underpowered, hiding and whistling/rock throwing was a chore that seemingly never went away, hand to hand combat felt more or less non-existent (playing Witcher 3 style is a BIG no-no) and the bewildering variety of bows/status effects/tear that overlapped in strengths etc. just baffled me. So for a long time I avoided anything larger than a Watcher.
Then it just clicked. I cant put my finger on what combination of things came together perhaps it was paying attention to scans, perhaps my accuracy improved, perhaps those extra points in concentration, perhaps it was my first taste of the war bow and being able to corrupt machines, perhaps it was the Ropecaster and slinging sticky bombs. Perhaps it was building a wardrobe of status limiting effect limiting outfits and crucially knowing when to apply them. Perhaps all of the above.
All I know is this for a blissful moment yesterday I took down two Level 34 corrupted Rockbreakers by kiting a Behemoth, hiding long enough to corrupt it and watching merry hell unfold popping up to inflict enough flame damage to take all three with a massive grin on my face. Incredible feeling.
Yes the game has problems the human AI isnt great and the storytelling could be better despite that I love the world and post-apocalyptic vision that Guerrilla fashioned. Seeing the snippets of the world through viewpoints via Aloys wonderfully innocent perspective is really very touching.
What say you GAF?