Finally finished the game (Warrior). What an awesome experience - easily a strong GOTY candidate for me.
(Melee) combat is so visceral and satisfying, and a massive step up from NGB for me. For the most part, I found it to be better than NGB. The game crashed on me twice, and occasional stuttering/framerate drops, but from a technical perspective I didn't find much to complain about.
From a design perspective, there were no puzzles and platforming was kept to an absolute minimum, as were any underwater sections. Archery - with jumping and auto-aim charging - was such a step up from the first game. Bosses were fine. Not the highlight of the game (that would go to the epic battles with tons of enemies), but I found them to be at least enjoyable (not any worse than NGB's, in any case). This was helped in part by the massive upgrade archery got.
And then I started a game on Mentor and died at the first fight.
(Melee) combat is so visceral and satisfying, and a massive step up from NGB for me. For the most part, I found it to be better than NGB. The game crashed on me twice, and occasional stuttering/framerate drops, but from a technical perspective I didn't find much to complain about.
From a design perspective, there were no puzzles and platforming was kept to an absolute minimum, as were any underwater sections. Archery - with jumping and auto-aim charging - was such a step up from the first game. Bosses were fine. Not the highlight of the game (that would go to the epic battles with tons of enemies), but I found them to be at least enjoyable (not any worse than NGB's, in any case). This was helped in part by the massive upgrade archery got.
And then I started a game on Mentor and died at the first fight.