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Post by Frog on Jan 13, 2024 8:13:21 GMT
Demo out now and it's...
Pretty pretty pretty pretty good.
Metroidvania type of affair with good platforming and really quite good combat.
You should try it.
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Post by addyb on Jan 13, 2024 8:20:23 GMT
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Post by Dougs on Jan 13, 2024 8:39:17 GMT
Had a blast through the demo last night. It's good fun. Will wait for a sale though.
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Post by sport✅ on Jan 13, 2024 8:42:16 GMT
Looks too frantic for me. I'd prefer more gentlemen swordplay.
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Post by Phattso on Jan 13, 2024 9:34:40 GMT
Was going to start this thread yesterday also after trying the demo. Shot from almost zero interest to the top of my list based purely on the action - hadn’t clocked at first the metroidvania element.
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Post by Dougs on Jan 13, 2024 9:57:38 GMT
Looks too frantic for me. I'd prefer more gentlemen swordplay. En Garde! |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jan 13, 2024 13:27:01 GMT
It being a side scroller removes pretty much all my interest, despite PoP being one of my favorite franchises.*
A proper Sands of Time style game would have been a day one purchase, or even a remaster of Sands of Time would be a day one purchase on Switch.
Glad to hear it's decent though. Maybe I'll grab it in a sale sometime.
*yes, I'm aware OG PoP was a side scroller. I loved it back in the day, but it doesn't really appeal these days as I loved the traversal in the SoT games.
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Post by baihu1983 on Jan 13, 2024 13:29:54 GMT
Surprised by the great scores but I watched some videos and some of the jumping puzzles put me off. Maybe when it's half price.
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Post by dangerousdave on Jan 13, 2024 13:32:50 GMT
It’s on my wish list, but I have to finish South Park first, which happens to be another decent Ubisoft title. Not too many of those around these days.
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Post by baihu1983 on Jan 13, 2024 13:37:09 GMT
Still need to play The Fractured But Whole.
Think it's £10 at the moment.
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Post by Phattso on Jan 13, 2024 16:41:43 GMT
Still need to play The Fractured But Whole. Think it's £10 at the moment. I made a mistake and bought that on the Switch. The loading times absolutely killed the game for me.  |
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Post by Youthist on Jan 13, 2024 16:48:01 GMT
Got this on preorder for a while. The game looks right up my alley.
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Post by dangerousdave on Jan 13, 2024 18:49:31 GMT
Still need to play The Fractured But Whole. Think it's £10 at the moment. I made a mistake and bought that on the Switch. The loading times absolutely killed the game for me. I heard about that. Fortunately I was gifted it on Xbox, which on Series X has zero load times. |
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Post by dangerousdave on Jan 14, 2024 19:32:22 GMT
Does progress carry on over from the demo at all, does anyone know? If not I’ll just avoid it.
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Post by Frog on Jan 14, 2024 19:33:43 GMT
Demo is fairly short so if it doesn't it's not the biggest problem but hopefully it does. Demo ends just as you find the first boss so it could be awkward for it to resume there haha.
Unlocks tomorrow on ubi connect so I will let you know if there is no answer by then.
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Post by Tuffty on Jan 14, 2024 20:04:24 GMT
This always looked so cool to me when it was revealed so I'm glad to see it's reviewing well. The demo was great, really fantastic combat for a Metroidvania like this with some nice touches like unique parry kill animations for specific enemy types. The ability to take a screenshot of the environment and pin it to the world map is some genuine innovation I hope to see in Metroidvanias going forward, what a nice addition. To me Dread is one of the best of it's type in recent memory, I hope this can match it but so far so good.
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Post by Derblington on Jan 14, 2024 20:05:42 GMT
Typically it’s trials that carry, not demos. They need to be built specifically in order to do so. I’d very much doubt if it does, especially without them already announcing it.
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Post by Phattso on Jan 14, 2024 20:15:37 GMT
It also says the demo is a custom constructed play space or some such, and unique? Maybe my memory is playing tricks.
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Post by nazo on Jan 14, 2024 20:22:39 GMT
The demo gave you stuff that you wouldn’t normally have at that point in the game from the sound of it too so I can’t see it carrying over.
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Post by Mark1412 on Jan 14, 2024 20:23:36 GMT
I thought the demo was pretty good but not screaming £50 to me. One for down the line.
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Post by Frog on Jan 14, 2024 20:29:02 GMT
Unisoft connect £15 if you finish it in a month. Unlikely to be a game you will play multiple times anyway.
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Post by Phattso on Jan 14, 2024 20:39:25 GMT
CDKeys have the box version for £35 which I’m eyeing up.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jan 15, 2024 2:24:25 GMT
All the gameplay videos I've seen make it look really combat focused. I dunno if the demo is long enough to tell, but what's the balance between parkour and combat? The ability to take a screenshot of the environment and pin it to the world map is some genuine innovation I hope to see in Metroidvanias going forward, what a nice addition. Genius. Trying to get through Zelda Windwaker at the moment and that would be really handy! |
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Post by Lizard on Jan 15, 2024 2:37:15 GMT
Trying to decide whether to go PC or Switch
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 15, 2024 7:24:30 GMT
Switch to what
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Post by Derblington on Jan 15, 2024 7:28:44 GMT
I haven’t played the demo but positive previews sold me a while back, reviews cemented it. I’m on PS5, will try to get on a bit later this morning.
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Post by neems on Jan 15, 2024 8:09:24 GMT
Demo plays really well on Steam Deck. Definitely tempted.
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Post by Frog on Jan 15, 2024 8:14:17 GMT
Demo wasn't overly combat based really.
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Post by Tuffty on Jan 15, 2024 8:39:05 GMT
Time will tell as people play the full game. I guess combat is the easy thing to sell in the game as exploration and platforming will not. But to be clear, the combat IS a selling point, it feels fantastic to play. Don't be surprised if people put out DMC style combo videos from this, it's definitely possible.
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Post by darrenb on Jan 15, 2024 9:30:23 GMT
I played through the demo a couple of times yesterday, bought the deluxe on PS5 and had half hour before work today. I wish I hadn't started as i just want to go home and play it now.
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