I had a lot of fun with this game playing with my partner, so I do recommend it as a looter shooter, especially on sale. However, it's far from a perfect game. Completing the campaign felt a bit empty and inconsequential because nothing actually changes; the world is unaffected, the NPC's give the same detached responses as they always have, and the core plot questions the player has remain unanswered. It feels unfinished. The only reason you know the campaign has ended is because the credits roll... before being dumped back into the hub.

Apparently the end game is re-rolling the same procedural content with some minor differences and hunting for more loot. But hunting for more loot to get more powerful, for no other reason than hunting more loot and getting more powerful, is something we had no real motivation to do. So for us the game ended after a leisurely 25 hours and felt a bit meh, to be honest. A bit more wrapping up of the story would have made the game more satisfying.

Pros:
- great character models with a fair amount of customisation
- good weapon variety with interesting upgrades
- good enemy variety with some interesting boss battles
- pretty environments

♥♥♥♥:
- headache playing with steam friends through Epic Store account
- poor level design with a lot of reused tile sets
- poor story telling with very little player agency
- no proper ending for campaign

Game constantly misses inputs out of rolls. Unable to ADS for several seconds... which is the only way you can shoot (otherwise it triggers a melee attack). Absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Reviewing it purely on terms as a souls-like (how it's described), I don't recommend it. The regular gameplay is good, if not a bit linear. The bosses are, for me, where it really declines. Almost every single boss summons waves and waves of enemies. The result being that there are no 'fair' fights (1 on 1), only fights where it's you, the boss, and the 80 minions that they spawn. Bosses felt like a chore, rather than fun. Dropped it roughly halfway through, since it wasn't fun for me anymore.