Recent reviews by nimbul

im having fun

As in, I don't see any issues here that would switch my recommendation from Yes to No. I love the first game, it's not perfect but I don't need a perfect vision or execution to thoroughly enjoy something, and I don't believe sequels necessarily need to have everything the first game got right and fix everything the first game lacked-- that's just not a realistic expectation. After 12 years between games, you need to temper expectations.

What's here is worth experiencing:
--Fun, emergent gameplay.
--Solid sense of progression, serviceable itemization.
--Large, beautiful open world that will keep you occupied
--A few compelling characters

Non-exhaustive list of issues:
--Enemy variety
--The MSQ and ending are kinda ass.
--Mediocre, unrealized endgame.
--Performance

I'm excited to see what the expansion brings to the game.

Accessible to non-techy folk. Very simple gameplay loop. Educationally, only good for familiarizing yourself with INCREDIBLY basic shell usage.

Narratively, the game is interesting and DLC are very good. Despite the simple and "boring" gameplay, there are a few moments that are genuinely exciting and engaging. It doesn't overstay its welcome, and ends right on time.

Use HunterPie mod to see healthbars and dps.

Very fun, insane learning curve. You build a relationship with your weapon and playstyle, and once you get past being knocked down every 5 seconds you start to feel cool and aesthetic. Some of the best, long term progression of any game ever. Endgame has a lot of grinding and farming, but since the skill curve is so large you're still engaged with repeatedly throwing yourself at certain monsters, getting better at reading them each time and things not feeling like a slog.

Third party resources like the wiki are pretty much required. You're gonna be googling how to target farm specific things you need, or farm decorations.

Get Iceborne. The extended movesets and clutch claw are VITAL.

Poor online services and waiting for cutscenes sucks, but oh well.

9/10.

Most cinematic game ever. Makes dying fun. Some balance and fixes to sort out, but it's very playable and enjoyable where it's at right now where it's at. Fantastic progression system, extremely consumer friendly premium shop where all premium rewards can be earned. Hilarious world and cutscenes.

Perfect game.

waste of money

For $14 on sale, what's there right now is worth the money. If you're a speculative buyer, the game has high potential and plenty of room for improvement. You can tell the developers narrow in on specific mechanics and build them one by one instead of biting off more than they can chew. I hope it gets community map and mod support to really bring things together and allow a whole ecosystem of tactical SCP scenarios. There could also be a procedural generated raid for replayability, but all in due time. Overall, the vision is very exciting and what's there is already enjoyable, especially with friends.

What's there is cool, but I wouldn't yet call this feature complete. It's far more accessible than the ASCII version, but is missing some core UI panels such as entity Health and logs. The log screen is practically required to keep track of a narrative of events. It's also missing some features such as single stepping frames and watching a combat log live. I think it'll be ironed out, but it's worth waiting for now.

Also, you don't need to pay $30. Give it time, all this content will be available for free.

time ran out so they called it done. Play warband first

something about it just makes you play until you 100% it. Good time waster.

unacceptable performance issues