Recent reviews by IdealistTCO

The combat mechanics don't feel good for me. The assault rifles felt good to shoot but the movement is turning me off. It doesn't scratch that shooter itch for me.

OMG, why did I wait so long to play this?!?
Oh yea... everytime I play, it somehow is 2am when I check the clock and I have to go to work...
I can't stop and I lose track of time every single time I start playing!

This patch has redeemed the gameplay for me. The Counter Sniper feels sooo right! The buffs is the step in the right direction we needed!

I still want to see our fellow divers in the blocked countries returned.

Fantastic game in it's current state but the Nexus mods still takes it to the next level. Hopefully, everything gels with the new DLC and Nexus mods. It would be great if some of the QoL mods were able to make it into the game but overall the base gameplay loop is awesome for me.

SO SO challenging and fun! The replay value is insane. This game takes patience to master, perseverance to reassemble your AC and retry until complete, and grit to S-rank every mission. If it can put it help with your understanding. This game is the only steam game that I actively pursued and completed all achievements. I feel satisfaction and a sense of money well spent. Thank you for the experience FromSoft!

Scratches the itch but still has the usual Korean cash shop tropes but so far nothing I felt I needed. Cool cosmetics though.

It's fun but there are times when you have to deal with lag issues like players warping and attacks not registering hits. The lobbies get filled with bots due to low player count. Watch out for ambushes :-)

It is fun but I am not paying for a DLC that costs the same as a full price game.

Tried the game but the controls are not intuitive. The rock, paper, scissors with the dodge, punch, grapple is a good idea that in execution is just frustrating. The only way to communicate with your team is by little chat prompts and that's it. The antagonist system is annoying as hell when your trying to learn how to do the mission as a level 6 but you have a level 154 sniper slaughtering your team during a BOSS battle. Even if it looks pretty the gameplay and matchmaking were not a good experience for me. I can't recommend this game to anyone I know in it's current state. I don't have time to deal with the frustrating experience I just dealt with. To sum this review up, the game just is not for me.

Beware folks. My only suggestion is that if you do decide to play I recommend you don't invest real cash to heavily because of the chances you could end up with your investments wiped in the future if you ever take a break or have to step away from the game for whatever reason.

The game itself was a decent time passer but it will take a casual player a while to collect eidolons.