ViperNight

Reduced the score from 10 to 2 because I've had it with everything. You can say many beautiful things about this game, but somehow Pearl Abyss thought it was fun to fight bosses while enemies are pelting you with arrows from the sidelines who you can't get back at, fighting different-looking bosses that all come down to how much food you bring rather than skill. And shall I continue with one of the most terribly-designed quests I've ever played in my life, chapter VII Bared Fang? And you think it can't get worse, well... welcome to the memory helmet part at the end of VIII, where you have to watch the same **** time after time because the character keeps taking off the helmet if you walk in the wrong direction. Conclusion: there are a lot of imbeciles at PA who should be fired on the spot without severance for the despicable quest design, controls and boss fights. Essentially this game is a 24K gold-foil wrap around a steaming pile of ****.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

It is a great game if you want to play with 2 or 3 players, but the game is chockful with people who don't have a life and therefore start grieving others, and the game is built perfectly to accommodate those kinds of grievers. That means playing by yourself is just a horrible experience.

For the life of me I cannot give this game higher than a 4. The music is absolutely beautiful, the art design is some of the best I've seen in years. It's not even difficult - hell, I've beaten Elden Ring, Shadow of the Erdtree, and Hollow Knight. But it seems the creators went out of their way to make this game ANNOYING. The amount of going back again to the same boss or enemy spawn area because they've placed the nearest bench so far away from it is downright bullying. You're being punished with wasting time again, and again, again by having to go through the SAME areas every time as punishment for not beating a boss the first couple of times....where on earth is the retry button?! I have deinstalled the game halfway through Act 3 because I was done with the overload of annoying, mindless getting back to a boss. I really hate the decision they made on this game by placing benches SO far from certain difficult areas. If you don't like repeating areas 20x as punishment for not beating a boss, this is true time waster for you.

What an embarrassment. Nintendo has backstabbed both its own fans as well as Pokémon fans for another quick cash grab. I am so glad I stopped with Nintendo altogether.

For the life of me I cannot give this game higher than a 2. What a disappoinment after such a fantastic first game. The music is absolutely beautiful, the art design is some of the best I've seen in years. It's not even difficult - hell, I've beaten Elden Ring, Shadow of the Erdtree, and Hollow Knight. But it seems the creators went out of their way to make this game ANNOYING. The amount of going back again to the same boss or enemy spawn area because they've placed the nearest bench so far away from it is downright bullying. You're being punished with wasting time again, and again, again by having to go through the SAME areas every time as punishment for not beating a boss the first couple of times....where on earth is the retry button?! I have deinstalled the game halfway through Act 3 because I was done with the overload of annoying, mindless getting back to a boss. I really hate the decision they made on this game by placing benches SO far from certain difficult areas. If you don't like repeating areas 20x as punishment for not beating a boss, this is true time waster for you. Also, bosses have so many random effects that beating them is not a skill issue but a (bad) luck issue.

This game could easily have been a 9+..... were it not for three seriously detracting factors. True, I thoroughly enjoyed the game for 10-12 hours, but I stopped after a series of extremely annoying and frustrating moments:1) it seems the creators went out of their way to place benches as far away as possible from bosses, so that when you're tackling some (they're seriously cool, by the way!) you always have to backtrack 5+ minutes. There is no purpose in doing this, except annoy the players.2) there are some stupidly annoying enemies in the game, like those that blink away and respawn, that just make the game a chore. I have nothing against difficult games (I finished ER and Shadow of the Erdtree without a single cheese), but some enemies in the game seem to exist, again, for pure frustration.3) Almost any quest-related item you find leaves virytually no clue (and yes, I read the lore statues) as to where to use them, so 4 out 5 items simply means, "You get an item. You now have to re-explore the entire map again in search of a keyhole in which to fit the item." Not interesting quests, but wasting time.I deinstalled the game in City of Tears, and I might come back after a few months,but I'm going back to Clair Obscure for a game that does absolutely everything well WITHOUT annoying factors all over it.

This game could easily have been a 9+..... were it not for three seriously detracting factors. True, I thoroughly enjoyed the game for 10-12 hours, but I stopped after a series of extremely annoying and frustrating moments: 1) it seems the creators went out of their way to place benches as far away as possible from bosses, so that when you're tackling some (they're seriously cool, by the way!) you always have to backtrack 5+ minutes. There is no purpose in doing this, except annoy the player. 2) there are some stupidly annoying enemies in the game, like those that blink away and respawn, that just make the game a chore. I have nothing against difficult games (I finished ER and Shadow of the Erdtree without a single cheese), but some enemies in the game seem to exist, again, for pure frustration. 3) Almost any quest-related item you find leaves virtually no clue (and yes, I read the lore statues) as to where to use them, so 4 out of 5 items simply means, "You get an item. You now have to re-explore the entire map again in search of a keyhole in which to fit the item." Not interesting quests, but wasting time. I deinstalled the game during City of Tears, and I might come back after a few months, but I'm going back to Clair Obscur for a game that does absolutely everything well WITHOUT annoying factors all over it. I really hope the creators will do better with Silksong, but until I have seen proof to the contrary, I'm no way in hell going to buy it.

I have it on Switch 1 so I thought to get the improved version on Switch 2. It is a cash grab. It looks nicer and plays more smoothly, but not a new experience especially for this kind of money.

This game offers the best synergy between story, characters, music, level design and above all, a wonderfully addictive combination of turn-based combat with live reacting. I have to continue the game now!