It’s a thin game with very little story, really mostly a movie with the amount of unstoppable cutscene. Some light turn based combat that they threw twitch-mechanics in (quick time event) and not much else
Very pretty graphics though
twistypencil@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Never heard of it, what kind of game?
Feyr@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
It’s a turn based RPG, but with a more mature focus. Kinda like the old Final Fantasy games (X, pre-remake 7, etc).
It also has a full Souls-like inspired dodge or parry mechanic, where a skilled player can avoid 100% of enemies attacks. Dodging is easier with a larger input window, parrying is harder but can trigger more skill effects and fully parrying an enemy’s combo lets you do a counter attack.
Finally the game has equitable items that give you passive skills, and using them enough lets the character learn the skill permanently. The end result is incredible build customization of the different characters. The builds get increasingly wild as things go on, with various end game builds that can 1 shot anything, become immortal, etc. Overall it’s a very fun and rewarding system to play with.
Nighed@feddit.uk 4 days ago
To be clear, you get 1 meaningfully decision. All the other ‘roleplay’ is conversation choices/optional lore conversations.
In that sense it’s more an interactive story with builds and good (IMO) combat.
mcv@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
That is disappointing. I like RPGs for their freedom. Although 1 meaningful decision is still more than many games offer.
stray@pawb.social 4 days ago
It’s an RPG more in the JRPG sense, so it’s not like Baldur’s Gate or Dragon Age. The story is very good though, so if you don’t like the gameplay I very much recommend watching an LP by someone you find engaging. It’s not like Undertale where being the player meaningfully affects the experience of the narrative.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yeah I dont get why this got the RPG award and not KCD2