Recent reviews by derpherd

coming from POE 1, there will be some strangeness and new mechanics to get used to. i play warbringer, cause i like big bonk.

pros:
- significantly improved animations. the heft and weight of each melee strike is good.
- nice balance of art style and graphics. brutality has been improved. there's one mega-gross boss in act 3 that genuinely made me nauseous.
- the ARPG loop that we know and love is there to stay; kill to get stuff to improve build to kill to get more stuff to get more kill-tastic build.

cons:
- the better feel and weight of gameplay makes no impact if the hits themselves do no damage. as it stands of this time, the default attack is my main attack for a good reason. a bit strange.
- may just be me, but poor CPU optimisation, especially with act 2's home town.
- could be an early access issue only, but it can be quite confusing to locate the end-game section.

I have just only reached endgame as of this review. i intend to delve deeper and bring the pain to the atlas.
"There is a fine line between consideration and hesitation. The former is wisdom, the latter is fear." - Emperor Izaro

Weird. Completed first mission, used prismatic, no probs. Then, game tells me I need to purchase the Final Shape????? I already purchased the DLC + Annual Pass, no? Do I have to refund this and re-buy the DLC? Makes no sense.

this game is way smarter than it sounds or looks. deep mechanics, high-skill ceiling. a well-designed game where you are more excited to complete the mission successfully than to grind for cosmetics, which is rare!

You can maim, burn, slice, chop, stab, shoot, bludgeon, disintegrate, and otherwise creatively harm a lot of Nazis in this game. Lest we forget, never forgive. 11/10. For bonus blood-pumping motivation, watch any documentary or show on the Holocaust before playing. RIP and TEAR these Nazi mofos.

Nice balance between mil-sim and COD. So, hardcore enough that you must understand many mechanics not present in more accessible shooters like COD, but not arcadey as COD is.

Give it time. To be precise, give the talented (case in point: gorgeous city-scape and California desert imagery, dreamy neon-infused sights, awesome and unique animations for each gun, satisfying gunplay, immersive sound design) time to finish this game (that was unfortunately overhyped by both the studio and some over-zealous fans, which resulted in bugs galore, and on the console side, poor performance).

Some beginnings are rough. Give this a chance and it'll be pretty darn good.

The in-game radio station is 50% of what keeps me in this game. That, and the kindness of random strangers. Almost heaven, indeed.

There is always one more percent that you can squeeze out of your build. Few other games of the loot-rpg genre, much less free to play games, grant this sensation of infinitely chasing the next precipice of slaughtering efficiency.

Carthasis. Pure carthasis.

Pros -
1. Modding. Add all the crazy awesome ♥♥♥♥ you want.
2. Quality of life stuff. Selling trash with pets comes to mind.
3. Fast paced, so you don't feel like you're plodding around.

Cons -
1. Dated graphics, but art style covers it up a bit.
2. Sadly no "true" endgame, synergiesmod covers it well.