Recent reviews by xCelticSamura1x

First and foremost, i do 100% recommend this game if you want to try it out.
personally i do wish i bought it when it was on sale, as it was an impulse buy for me after watching ESO play haha.

anyway to the actual review;
pros- 1.the Lore is amazing, whoever was writing it really put thought and passion in, very unique and interesting,
2. Feels super nostalgic, it feels like games we have all played before like elderscrolls, and as such is fun to get into
3. Ambience and Atmosphere, it has a really dark and eerie feeling to it, and the music and sounds offer a great deal in that feeling
4. Graphics, while not AAA the graphics look great and absolutely suit the Aesthetic of the game, there are some issues in some places, but overall the graphics are more than adequate.
5. Skills and Levelling, this is something that can make or break the fun for me, and Tainted Grail nails it, there are quite a few ways to level up, you gain experience when killing enemies doing quests and discovering locations, and you also gain XP every-time you level up u skill, which is great
6. Overall feel and difficulty, this game feels nice to play, the frames stay steady and loads fairly quick, and it is difficult enough to offer a challenge in the early segment of the game, you really have to attack sparingly or you run out of stamina, so strategy plays a massive roll in every fight, cant just run in and swing like a madman, the enemies hit hard. so make sure to utilise block and dodge, crouching is also a viable option.
7. Crafting, Cooking and Alchemy, all 3 of these are great, very well done, you will always find ingredients and all the food items are useful for health and mana, potions are good, haven't gone to much into crafting myself, but what i have is good.

Cons;
1. Repetitive, while the pros are great, in its current state the game feels very repetitive when you are exploring due to running around, finding location, killing enemies looting boxes. you will find some great lore though.
2. Empty Feeling, when moving from location to location the world feels dead, might see a couple wolves or some deer but thats it, while the locations themselves are brimming with detail, the paths leading to them are devoid of anything substantial, some of the dungeons are also clearly unfinished and can feel empty, and the loot pools are limited, again, this will change in the future of course.
3. Controller Support, Okay, this is just a personal observation after using my PS5 controller, the controller support is great, every button has a use, but it has some bad delay, and sometimes the game doesn't respond at all to the buttons, mainly in menu navigation, and especially when trying to exit the menu, sometimes it can be up to 3 seconds of delay.
4. Clipping and Structure Abnormalities, some areas have some crazy Clipping issues, like floating beds, or pillars, or in one case today, a structure floor that i walked through, while all these things can be fixed later, it kind of takes you off guard when you are walking through a dungeon and see a pillar just floating above the ground.
5. Combat, this isn't the biggest issue at all, just needs a polish and some cleaner animations, some variation would be nice as well some of the attack animations are copy pasted on weapons that should feel and act different . again, not a big issue.

For the most part this is all i have to say, i haven't personally encountered and Bugs or game breaking issues, i would like to see more enemy variations, loot and some more unique weapons and for the world to fill out a bit more. but that will all come in time i am sure.

if you read this far, thank you, if this game interests you, and you have the money, buy it, personally i suggest waiting till it is on sale, especially if you dont have the $ but it is a good, fun game.

i am highly disappointed, i had followed this game for a very long time, bought it on release and had some fun at first. i fully understood the lack of content back then, but i uninstalled because it got boring very fast.
redownloaded today to see how far it has come, and it is still exactly the same, same empty map, same super long growth time, and still 0 things to do until you get big enough to fly around, and even then all you do is fly around, maybe getting some pvp. until they start filling the game with content i do NOT recommend purchasing this game. it has all the potential of becoming a great survival game, but it is not progressing at all.

I recommend this game.
HOWEVER, it has alot of issues in its current state, i had issues getting into a server at first, then i experienced crashes, rebooted my computer then finally got into the game and this is where the fun began.
My first impression of the game is as follows:
1.Art and world are beautiful, i guarantee you will have fun exploring the world, the textures are seamless and smooth.
2.Some people have a different opinions on this, but the crafting and building are pretty well done, there are bugs attached, but for the most part are good.
3. Personally i have yet to get a vehicle, but they are available and i have been told are really fun to use, again, they are very buggy and sometimes feel very janky.
4.Nostos is in no way a complete game, and i agree with every review that suggest the developers put it in early access, at this time, the game, although fun, is not as playable as it should be and requires a large amount of bug fixes and optimisation updates. I waited for this game for a long while, as did most of you, and i was left a little disappointed on launch, not enough to give a bad review or hate the game, but enough that i will wait for more fixes to come out before i get back into it.

Though i DO recommend this game, i will say, only buy it if you have the patience to wait for it to be improved upon, do not buy it expecting a finish, polished game, you will be dissatisfied.
don't focus soley on the negative reviews for this game. Nostos has a LOT of potential to be at the top tier of VR gaming, it just needs work.