u/FiggyWiggle

Wish nvidia replay actually recorded the audio like it's supposed to, that would've been nice.

You can hear the transmission shaking itself apart

Kinda cool

Before i even get into the game, i have to talk about the fanbase... it's not great. Like alot of other niche (i say that word very loosely) game communities, they absolutely hate when people criticize anything. The mental gymnastics I've seen people do to justify some of the mechanics is insane. Tbh, I'm convinced about 25% of the fanbase is made up of posers that have played maybe 3 levels.

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Moving on to the game now.

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Starting with its obvious strong suit: the combat. it's great. It feels weighted, there's plenty of move variety, the button mashing is fun as hell, and while a bit overwhelming at first, the ability to assign your moves however you want is awesome.

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There's certainly some problems tho. Outside of early on, the guard breaker mechanic is basically useless. You have to completely guess when the enemy is going to raise their guard because the window is so small, and most of the time your guess is going to be wrong. Not to mention, alot of later enemies will just counter it anyways. And that brings me to next thing: late game common enemies have way too much health. Having groups of enemies where every single person can tank a whole god hand charge is silly and just gets tedious after a while. I also have to bring up that alot of the bosses and mini-bosses aren't fun to fight whatsoever. The Mad stun-lock 5. the infinite dodgers: Azel and Joe Tiger. Not a boss, but the Mole Men are really aggravating too.

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Going back to stuff I like for a second, so the review doesn't come across *too* negative (i really do like this game, i swear.)

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The esthetic is really cool, to the point that i didn't even notice how basic the level design is. Also, While the last few villains are pretty boring, the story, characters, and cutscenes as a whole are very entertaining. The little minigames you do throughout the story are fun. And ooohhh boy the casino... if the slot machines had more bullshit going on, i could genuinely spin that stupid thing for half my playtime.

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Back to complaining now.

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While i think the tank controls work perfectly fine, the camera absolutely doesn't. It's too close and zoomed in, which means you get hit by enemies you can't even see alot of the time (ive seen people say that enemies off screen don't attack you, but this is absolutely false, especially with ranged ones). dodge being assigned to the right stick and only having 4 movement options was also a questionable decision, but compared the everything else, not a huge deal.

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while i can see why people like the adaptive difficulty, i feel that it's often a bit heavy handed, especially when combined with the RNG item boxes that can end an attempt on their own.

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Despite all the complainting i just did, i still thought the game was a very enjoyable, unique 7/10. Not enjoyable enough for me to complete a hard mode run, but yeah.

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This is by far the longest review I've done, so thank you if you read it all. Im very tired, so i apologize for the repetitive writing style going on.

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Like i get it, it's the best PC to SD-CRT solution, but getting upset when someone says they would rather use a cheaper, more convenient converter instead is just really pathetic.

Completely jerry rigged, but the price was right