Metagarchomp

You can complete the game the normal way or the fun way. 100% the game has no external rewards but the experience is rewarding nonetheless. This is the first game i wanted to 100%. Absolutely fun and rewards you skill.

If you are looking for deep, narrative filled story with meaningful character, character development with engaging combat - This game is not for you. - Why are di*dos not bats? - Why do you need to open the door to get inside a car? Why not just jump in via the window? - Why should I fill a meter for a takedown? - Why should my fists not be stronger than guns? - Why take a car when you can *run* faster? - Why should games be challenging? If you are plagued by these question, then come in, kick back and relax, pop a soda or a skull , or commit insurance fraud. In summary - This is an excellent game to just kick back, relax, laugh and cause endless havoc after a stressful day

Beautiful and dynamic open world Quest filled open-world but not repetitive. Sidequests are rewarding. Makes you feel like spiderman - the swinging across Manhattan *insert sparkly face*

Beautiful graphics Fun filled open world - Activity filled, but not cluttered with the same ****. Every tower is unique. Excellent and responsive enemy AI - If you take out a lot of enemies quickly without being detected, you can see the enemies looking around wildly, some even outright surrender. This game makes you feel like batman - the fear, responsive combat, the feeling of omnipotence - mwah. Contrary to popular belief - I like the batmobile.

Simply artistic. It awed me with the depth and story telling it manages to tell within the 2-D world. The background, the dead bugs around you, the bones that form the "foundation" of Pharloom, the empty but gilded halls, the despair. The combat, the boss fights - punishing but fair. Go follow the map markers, then you fight the boss with a lower needle level and lower number of mask, but take your time exploring Pharloom, you are actually rewarded. Rush the boss with attacks - you die, study the boss, be patient, you are rewarded. This game is not for everyone, it is challenging but never unfair. Many games puff up the difficulty by making the enemies meat shields but not here, here, you are challenged on being able to platform, learn enemy movement and at the end of the area you are tested in it with a gauntlet. There is something clinical with its design. -1 star for the awful boss runback.

Simply divine. I played it twice within a single ****’s the kind of world you can completely lose yourself in. Every nook and cranny you explore rewards you with something meaningful. If you rush the main quest, you get punished for it due to your lack of masks, souls, and sword upgrades. But if you take the time to explore, you’re constantly rewarded with new charms, masks, sword upgrades, and other useful discoveries. You’re never truly lost — just taking the scenic route.

Pros- 1. The world is beautiful, rich, and vibrant.Good stealth and combat. 2. Good enemy AI (but only on Expert difficulty). Cons - 1. Very bad voice acting, including the VA for the main assassin, Naoe. 2. On normal stealth difficulty, the enemy AI is dumber than a sack of rocks. You can literally crouch in a corner and create a pile of corpses because of how the AI reacts. 3. The voice acting is extremely bad. 4. The leveling system is poorly designed — enemies scale with you. The final area has a minimum level requirement of around 35, while the max level is 100, so you reach the expected level far too early. As a result, exploration feels unrewarding. **** voice acting is so bad that I wanted to skip the dialogue, and I barely ever skip cutscenes. **** loot system is frustrating. You clear a fort and get a legendary weapon, then 30 minutes later you find an epic weapon in a random roadside chest with much better stats. And if the legendary weapon has a perk you actually like, you have to grind upgrade materials just to keep it usable. 7. Did I mention the unbelievably bad voice acting? Eugh!!!