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Don't see a thread for this and feel like it's gonna be kind of a big deal, so here's one.
Played the demo and this game is pretty awesome. Not sure it does anything particularly new, but it has a cool futuristic vibe and some insanely hot women (thanks, Korean devs) alongside very Nier-like gameplay (Souls-like but quicker and more forgiving).
Of course, a lot of the value depends on how the finished game is. Will it have an big world with lots to do, or will it be a quick linear game? Who knows, but I did find the demo compulsively playable. As someone who is pretty much over AAA games entirely at this point, this one grabbed my attention.
Demo progress carries over to the launch game. Couple notes from the demo:
-There's Graphics, Performance, and Balanced modes for this one. Which is great, 3 things to give me choice paralysis instead of 2. On a current 65'' LG OLED I found that Balanced actually worked really well. Framerate difference between Performance and Balanced is negligible and barely noticeable, compared to how far both are above Graphics, while Balanced keeps some of the improvements of Graphics like better shading and less blur/fuzz.
-Tap-tapping block won't work for doing a perfect parry, like it does in Sekiro. Game demands good parry timing, and if your timing is off you're better off just holding block. Whenever I'm off on timing (usually because the enemy is swinging too slowly), and try to do a second block to catch the attack, I always get hit. So there seems to be a brief vulnerability window after dropping block or attempting a parry. This could be annoying, or it might be easy enough to get used to.
-The most gorgeous character (besides debatably the lead) dies pretty much right away. Considering she's framed as being more powerful than the lead, hopefully she comes back as a playable character, the villain, or both.
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