This is a followup (and it’s own post) of what I said in one of my recent blog posts about this game. It’s actually a great game, and the boss fights feel really rewarding once you defeat them (at least some of them do). There are some bosses that are quite easy to dodge their attacks, and go down quickly. In the later states of the game, you got raid-style bosses that keep throwing adds at you while also attacking. And these fights have several stages.
Dying, which is pretty ironic as you’re playing as the Grim Reaper, the only time it’s punishing is during these boss fights (and special encounters), as you have to do them again. But I’m not saying “this is like Dark Souls”.
Even these mini-arena encounters (when doors and passageways get blocked off suddenly) can be quite … insane with the number of mobs on the battlefield. It’s amazing how well this game is optimized for the PS4, but I’m not a fan of losing my sense of orientation when in fierce combat. I can be there slashing in the air infront of me, while most of the mobs are behind me. It can be crazy sometimes.
I do have one major complaint though, and that are these very, highly random game-breaking freezing/crashes I get while playing. I’m wondering if these are heat-related crashes, as for several hours I could have no crashes (or I can have three of them 10-30 minutes apart). I keep reporting the crash in hopes of a fix, but I don’t see that likely anytime soon.
But I’m sure the devs appreciate the crash reports and are (hopefully) trying to work on a fix, but it’ll probably take a long time.
But anyway, like most games I get stuck on my first level, there’s the awesomeness of video walkthroughs (such as this one, from ‘Jerzku’sGames’). I’ve mainly been looking for one that tries to open all the chests (and how to get over to them).
His walkthroughs are unique. Instead of level by level, he records 1-2 hours of footage. I’m currently on Part 6 of 13, a long way to go ’till I complete it.
There is also this unlimited money/items cheat that I noticed. The original video (seen here if you’re curious) was made two years ago. Of course one’s initial thought would be “it’s probably patched by now”. Yet comments made months (if not weeks) ago are hinting otherwise. Even the guy who discovered this glitch, responded to me saying it still works.
The reason I’m even bringing this up, is I’ve been going by this ‘age old rule’ people have told me when playing RPG’s; “don’t worry about your gear until you’re a certain level.” Also to “not buy ‘vendor gear'”. And I’ve been trying to stick to this rule during my playthrough of this game, but it’s been quite hard. And unfortunately I have to go against it, only to be bit in the ass a level later by an Uncommon(Green) being better than the purchased Epic(Purple) item. Though I have managed to get my hands on a few Legendary(Yellow) weapons.
Finally there’s the Possessed(Orange) weapons, which grow in power from sacrificing other weapons and gear pieces. To balance, they can only be upgraded to a certain point and then reach their max potential.
Now as for the mentioned glitch (sorry that I got carried away like that), I won’t tell you how it works (for the video shows how to do it), but I’m tempted to do it (just to get my hands on some Possessed weapons). Yet it runs the risk of bricking my save. Though I can back it up thankfully.
Overall, good game that does recommend to take a few breaks every now and then (to make the pain in your hands go away). Not much else to say about it.