Recent reviews by Warsar

The opening for episode 4 alone makes this worth it

A very well done sequel. new and interesting mechanics, QOL improvements, and reasonably priced!

Having played a lot of the insider playtests I do wonder why since they ignored all the feedback and made some soulless live service daily lootbox slop. Gameplay is fun for a little bits at a time but there is so little content. Free cosmetics are some ugly copy paste with different colour clothes and the premium is overpriced for something very mid.

Love the goofy dialog and blank stares.

Very fun game, I like the inclusion of a campaign mode since I'm not a hardcore wargame player and this game is simple enough to pick up but deep enough to improve your skillset without feeling overwhelming like WARNO. Tried online as well and it's also very fun in 5v5. The deckbuilding where you pick 2 out of 5 regiments is also a nice way to build your battlegroup.

It is missing some quality of life updates like saving mid game, Line-of-sight tool need rework to show weapon ranges, some buggy campaign missions but nothing that isn't patchable.

If this is the first game from a new studio, I can't wait to see what comes next!

Another banger by Hazelight!
It's "It takes two" turned up to eleven.

Solid release that improves on every aspect of the first game. I could not get into the combat on the first game but here their vision for it really shines. I'm also hooked on the story about 15 hours in and haven't been this immersed in a world in a long time.

The performance is also amazing, good graphics and fps without any stuttering, freezes or crashes.

Highly recommend it!

Dunno why everyone else is having issues. Subscription though Steam works fine for me ever since it launched on this platform.

Wish Steam had a mixed option. But going off the "Do you recommend this game?", I would have to say no to 9/10 people. Unlike most people I didn't have the feeling most normal enemies were 2 shotting me and thought they were pretty balanced. Bosses are another story though.

Very aggressive with long winded combos leaving little to no chance to effectively counterattack. The gameplay loop within a boss fight is just not very fun. Dodge 6 times in a row or be killed, counterattack for 1 or 2 hits, repeat. Making it a frustrating experience instead of challenging. They really tuned every enemy like Nameless king from DS3 with delayed attacks.

The new weapon types are fun. But they punish you for experimenting with new ideas. New weapons drop at the lowest level and you have to spend runes and materials to upgrade them to near max level to even try them out. The upgrade material for getting a weapon to max is also in limited supply.

The scadutree leveling (I was level 11) does make runes pretty useless.

It's also supposed to be 40 hours long but I completed all main bosses/areas and about half of the side content in 13 hours. I think the 40 EUR pricetag is a bit high. It's 2/3rds of the price of the main game.
EDIT: OKay now I have done all unique bosses and my playtime is 19 hours.

The world is artfully crafted but performance is not up to par. Some areas or fights jarringly dip to 30 fps.