Recent reviews by UnholyCow

Do you like action RPGs? Are you a fan of the Souls series but also want to tinker with your gear like it's Path of Exile? Have you ever wanted to play through a Souls game in "real" co-op?

Buy this game right now. The combat, character building and equipment systems are just superb. The difficulty can scale so high it's going to take me another 100 hours to see the end of the last difficulty after painstakingly tinkering with my equipment to make me buff enough to even try. Then on top of it all you can make a co-op lobby with a buddy (or random folks) and take on the entire game with extremely few exceptions.

I played the demo on PS4 a long time ago and kind of dismissed this game, just thinking it was a Souls clone. I totally regret that decision now. I will end up dumping a ton of time into this until Nioh 2 comes to PC as well because that is now an insta-buy.

This isn't just a fantastic Star Wars game, it's a fantastic game, period. It borrows exploration and combat mechanics from quite a few great games and adds some really good map design to make mastering traversal feel good. The combat has way more depth after an adjustment period and after getting a few good skills there are moments of feeling really incredible as you mow down squads of Stormtroopers and everything else they come with. You never feel flat out overpowered but if you play smart you certainly feel like a Jedi.

If you're using a Dual Shock 4 I really, really advise going into controller settings in Steam and turning off "PS4 compatibility" and "guide button focuses Steam." The game supports the DS4 natively and will give you correct button prompts (intsead of Xbox) and got rid of some annoying control hiccups that I would get from time to time. I played for about 20 hours before making these changes and I could immediately feel a difference.

I finished the game 100% on Jedi Master difficulty at about 42 hours and I am really happy with that length. There is no New Game +, which is unfortunate, and I hope that it gets added in the future. If you love Star Wars it's the best thing we've gotten in quite a while even after all the good changes to Battlefront 2. If you like adventure games it's at least a solid 20+ hours if you don't go for a 100% clear like I did. Play this game already!