Recent reviews by Pete van de Pete

I got mixed feelings about this game,wish there was option depends between yes and no.
The most glaring issue is gameplay itself (I am in Iceborn dlc now)and grind that consitst it. It's tedium to grind out basic stuff and with progress,that tedium becomes chore( i had doubts if i play game or do job,because my job is less tedious than this game).On bright side modders entered the scene and fixed that with their mods(probably that's why Capcom hate them),gameplay consist circle that even ape would learn,choose quest,eat food to boost yours stats and go hunt monster(kill or capture) and that's it. You gain some measly rewards(mods can fix that).

Plot well plot is same way as plot for porn movies(seriously), I don't quite remember whole story whatsever that how dull it is, but i remember Handler and her obnoxius pestering each time i log in.
Monster design starts nicely you got base monsters for each biome(and they design are very well done) and with progress appears variants of those monsters and here devs probably run out of ideas,because basically it's reskin and recolor of base one,big shame in my opinion.

Difficulty is greatly connected to how much you grind out stuff,so basically again if you work hard game may become trivial,if you are lazy then you will have high wall to jump trough

NPC design well they look like gene pool was restricted very much and the preetier bunch died out leaving the average and ugly with lots of interbreeding, handler for example,without mod looks like well someone kicked her once during childbirth and 2nd time when she grow up

Sound and music are strongest points of this game, monster roars differs from intimidating to less intimidating depends wich monster we deal with, each biome got 3 sets of music,fighting with small/medium monster,big ones and chase,each fits so well adding to experience greatly

Graphics itself are nice aside some npcs(let's be honest like 90% of them)

I set to recommend my review but should be it depends on what do u seek

I liked main story and it's endings,but Spirits of Amazonia are not my cup of tea,too repetetive and boring(tried to push it trough 3 times).Graphics are good ,music (when it appears) is good too and voice acting is great

This game is quintesence of great story,mostly enjoyable characters,tedious gameplay,mediocore combat and great soundtrack.
Story is engaging,full delicious shades(pun intended) of gray with caleidoscope of emotions

Characters are well mostly enjoyable(because Automata,i am biased towards some),most mixed feelings i got towards Kaine,while her rude and crude language was funny at start,it get rusty and dusty for long run,and wtf her attire??

Gameplay gives u side quests,aside main story, while it start quite unique,they becomes mostly the same with some lore behind sometimes.Oh did i forgot to mention u have to grind hard to get all endings??

At first combat is dynamic,fun to slowly become tedious and boring at end,because growing enemy hp pool it sometimes becomes endless brainless button mashing

Soundtrack is basically soul of this game without it,i probably would not bear to finish this game.

From certain reasons i recommend it to play before Automata,or you will be kinda biased against someone.

While combat is fun,powers are interesting and have their utititles with charming anime-like graphics and decent music,game lacks with plot(so many plot twist that my mind get twisted around) and character development(cutscenes only)and overly long cutscenes(Imagine it's like 40 or even 50% of my current playtime).
I recommend against buying dlcs because they add even more cutscenes and lackluster powers upgrade that is same for each character.
Expected something at least at level of Code Vein but it is worse than that. I give it strong 5/10

- Plot and characters 8/10, 2 deducted for being typically stereotypical anime-like stuff
- Combat 6/10 ,4 deducted point for overly repetiveness,annoying sucker punch moves that require super reflexes sometimes
- Music 10/10 its soul of ambient and combat of this game
- Grind 7/10 everything is usually easily accessible, 3 points deducted for few backtracks and annoying to get collectibles
- Overral mission make up 6/10 , i daresay to be worse than in it's predecesor for that 4 points deducted
End score 7/10 - game for soulslike fans and masochist and those who enjoyed nioh, casual players make bounce from it like plastic ball from the wall.

Collectibles taking longer than whole story completed
Combat is clunky when u get lightsaber throw u can cheese out any enemy
Story and characters : story is mediocore and not engaging much,characters i liked much was that big birdy thing and nightsisters,rest were annoying
Music is typical to Star Wars series,u can feel its atmosphere
Overall 2/5 : -3 for story,combat and tedious collectibles,2 for characters(two in mind) and music

Very interesting and challenging game.Ost is nice(shines main theme and Maid theme).
Learning curve is easy to learn hard to master.
Bit grindy,but beeing methodical pays off.
Waiting for Othercide 2

Well people complain about having no native kb and mouse prompts,but this game graphics,mechanics are preety solid

,aforementioned problem with prompts is easily to mitigate,remember wich button do what and its k(but developers got

red card from me for that anyways)

Story well i know there some stuff about youkai,amritta etc,but i completely forgot about it immersing myself wich samurai swordplay stuff

For this price it currently have(-75%)is nice deal to buy game that surely will scratch itch for game with japanesse culture

When i started game,epic view of dyson sphere greet with nice music.Gameplay is so good that i forgetting flow of time.
Imagine this,game weight so small but offer more gameplay than 100 gb AAA game.Well done Youthcat,you deserve money i spend on this game

I got this for free during some giveaway but hell,this game is awesome but with some caveats,so let's start with them:

Squad pathfinding - without constant player oversee squadies can bump themselves into serious trouble

UI - could be better,get used to it but by few hours i had problem with properly managing squad,research etc,because UI is kinda hard to read.When u use alot pings it can clutter alot

AI of enemies - it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ too easy and something obviously stupid. Example i blow up doors,security come up and they are oh door blow up,it's nothing. Ai had its moments when they cornered me but that was mostly because my cockiness than AI skills

Some weapon augs are not properly explained

Good:

Graphics and enviroment - everything shouts cyberpunk,and literally show it up,i enjoyed walking trough districts and enjoying views.For game from 2015 it ages decently

Gameplay - aside UI and AI, i enjoyed greatly game because even with that AI,it requires some planning and tactical oversight. U can customize urs squadies giving them weapons,gear and augs(u can turn them into either ultra killers or master of stealth,or something between).Enviroment destruction to some point greatly enchanced this,because allow player to play his own way(my favorite was mix between stealth and loud entrances)

Soundtrack - it's fits like glove to whole,electronic upbeat music(my favorite is one during inflitrations when u make some noise,i loved playing while it was in background),giving u that feel of cyberpunk world.

Story - u have to pay attention that what actually happens,but ending give me some chills(well done here devs)

Giving it recommended and hoping that next game will be even better(insta buy)