Recent reviews by Noruki

Once again, I loved playing another FromSoftware game! And basically, this game is Dark Souls but with mechs! At first, seeing that the game was having an "arcade style", I was a little disappointed but that was only until I reached the first boss. With this boss, I clearly saw FS's heart in it.
Unfortunately for me, I made bad decisions in the game, changing the story, and ending up with an ending that I really didn't want at all!

Either way, the game is fast, fluid, and difficult! Certain bosses and mini-bosses even require us to change the entire configuration of our mechs and our own combat style. But it was worth it; Armored Core VI rules!

Edit: Beating the game again to get the ending I wanted, was worth it!
And the OST man... Oh boy...

I bought this game for the story, played for it, and I don't regret it at all! It's beautiful!
The gameplay with it's stealth mechanics are simple and easy, apart from the last chapter which was a bit hard for me. Never felt bored playing it and there are beautiful moments between Amicia and Hugo.
I really enjoyed playing this game.

It's a very good tactical game.
I've been playing with friends, but I wish there was a whole team with AI so I could play solo when friends offline. I wish they would add more weapons and equipment, and even animations.
For example, an animation where we reach out to a team member's back and put one hand on their shoulder, while holding the gun with the other hand.
This would be really cool.
But the game is in pre-alpha, so I might get lucky.

I never thought this game would make me feel the way I felt after finishing the last chapter. I always played it loose, walking at night on quiet streets, killing little monsters, going shopping, talking to cats and dogs, flying between skyscrapers... But then, the last chapter arrived and... it hurts right in the kokoro...

The game is not horror, nothing at all, it may have some things but it's peaceful. If you want to get scared and have those jumps of fear and screams, it won't be with this game, at least it wasn't like that with me.

The gameplay is simple, fast and practical. The hand movements are really cool and the game is not difficult. But without wanting to give spoilers, prepare yourself when you go underground. The side-missions in general are banal, but there are some that are worth doing.

I didn't get all the items, but I want to try. There are funny things. The story can seem boring at times, but it's worth playing until the end. I understand people wanting EW3, but I'm grateful they made this game. I really liked it.

♥♥♥♥♥♥' HELL!!

Still perfect to this day!

Elden Ring is the newest game from FROMSOFTWARE, and a mix of Dark Souls series, Bloodborne and Sekiro with open world. With this said, is it a perfect game? Not for me. Being a fanboy of FS and Hidetaka Miyazaki since Demon Souls original, I have to admit that I expected more.

Open World

The open world of this game is huge and beautiful. But because its open world, it removed some of the good aspects of the previous games, one being the proximity to the NPCS and the game's story. However, the open world is very well done, with many things to discover such as illusory walls, secret bosses and rewards. The feeling of searching and discovering is good, but not having that more closed and direct path, fearing of what could come to face me, as in previous games, it left me unsatisfied. Because I could prepare myself for any danger or even fully avoid it. In fact, the hardest boss in the game is optional...

Combat

Combat is brutal. The fact that you can jump whenever you want, and use stealth, has completely changed the system for the better. There is an almost limitless combination to play with, be it melee, range, magical, whatever. There are many ways to win the game, however you want, with many skills that make combat spectacular and enjoyable.

PVP

It's broken. As long as quickstep and bloodhound step continue to be allowed (or atleast not nerfed in some way), I won't be doing pvp anymore. You can call me noob at will, I don't care. As long as there are players spamming these skills and shooting anything from miles away, pvp is ruined for me. I won't even talk about players exploiting madness and blood loss.

Difficulty

It's perfect. For a moment, I thought that due to the spirit summons, the game would be too easy. Fortunately I was wrong. The game is challenging with several deaths along the way. But I think magic (sorceries) should be nerfed as it makes the game a lot easier. With a main melee char, I noticed a big difference when I played with my second char, being it full int.

Soundtrack

Just awesome. No more words are needed to describe it.

Story/Lore/Quests

This is a tricky subject. Did I like the main story? Yes, but sometimes it felt like boring stuff. Ranni questline tho, was perfect! It gave me that dark and sad feeling of doing quests in previous FS games, like Greirat questline in Dark Souls 3. Without spoiling to much, the ending of Iji and Blaidd was really unexpected. I also liked other questlines like Sellen, Alexander, Yura and Jerren. And the fact that George RR Martin basically wrote the main story for the game, made a difference, but I can't say that I liked it... It is acceptable.

So do I recommend the game? Yes I do. I did enjoyed it, but not as much as I wanted too.

Sony, make Days Gone 2 please!

This game was bigger than I thought. Unfortunately, the story is not as good as the first one, and the same goes for the sountrack.
BUT... the gameplay of this game is far superior. It's fast, fluid, smooth... it rocks! Sometimes I had that feeling of "momentum" ingame and it was amazing. And for this to happen, make sure you get some "crucial" skills like the roll.

The game is visually beautiful, at least with the graphics on ultra settings. However (perhaps due to bugs) there were some buildings in the distance, which had no color or definition.

I'm telling you, if you enjoyed the first game, you will also enjoy this one.

Valve... For these reasons, give us EP3 or HL3!

1. Dog is a good boy.
2. Revenge time!
3. Save the world.
4. Romance Alyx.