En Garde!

It's quite hard for me to rate this game. Looking at the gameplay trailer, I knew perfectly well that this wouldn't be a polished experience like Sekiro, for example, but I bought it nonetheless. I value a challenge, so I only played expert mode from start to finish. Most of the fights were fine and some were even enjoyable, but there are a few things that rather enraged me: - The controls are decent most of the time, but when encountering multiple enemies, your character's target is sometimes unpredictable and changes just as you press attack. - Boss fights are alright once you figure them out, but this game really suffers from add-spawn-spammeritis. This was incredibly infuriating, especially during the final battle. I spent well over 70% of the fight running away, trying to create an opening, and isolating enemies. - Instances of small-room fights against multiple enemies are just terrible design. This is partly because of the camera, which moves into an advantageous position like a 90-year-old grandma after sitting on the couch for 7 hours straight. - All the points above are mainly nerve-wrecking because of one fact: unlike in most games, enemies all attack at once and don't play chicken. This might be more realistic (considering they are trained soldiers) than the NPC behavior in an Assassin's Creed game, but it isn't necessarily better gameplay-wise. It forces you to engage with the crowd-control mechanics provided by the environment, which is perfectly fine until you run out of said environment. Other than combat: Soundtrack and visuals are good and match the atmosphere, but nothing majorly impressive. I enjoyed the voice acting though. All characters sounded unique and matched their characters. I also liked how soldiers you defeated kept talking while lying on the ground after you finished the arena. between arenas and boss fights there are platforming sections which are mainly there to provide text snippets for lore and story, but sometimes there are just empty platforming sections and they are.... there. They arent challanging or particulary fun and you do not lose anything when failing. They just put a break between fights and thats that. Would I recommend this game? For the original price, probably not. It is a short experience, and it's flawed. It is an okay game, and I like the lighthearted humor, but it could be better. When I finished the game after about 6 h I was glad it was over, which is not a good sign. On sale, it's a reasonable purchase if you like combat games with parry mechanics. I really only bought it because it was in a bundle with Sifu and on sale. 6.8/10 – Will most likely not play again.

bom jogo

Good action game carried by the gameplay. The best part of the game is by far the combat system but it could've used another attack button and removing all the sliding into range both you and your enemies do, there is no outspacing attacks. Enemies don't care about taking turns that much forcing you to use the environment to distract and split them up so you can take out enemies weakened by you kicking them around which is cool and different. The plot is basic which fits the game, the writing is a bit cringe but nothing too bad. The biggest let down is the bosses which are just slightly buffed normal enemies. Also cheats are not "accessibility" options and games need to stop conflating the two. Overall good but very short.

Great game! If you're into games like Sifu, but want a simpler experience, this is for you. That being said, the game can be very difficult too, especially if you're going for the 100%. The best part about it is that you can tailor the difficulty to your preference in the settings. This is an action game that both action game fans and non-action game fans can play. It's a bit on the short side, but various collectibles and challenges make it very replayable, as well as the Arena Mode, which comes with gameplay modifiers to spice things up. The story is very quippy and funny in an almost saturday morning cartoon kind of way. Adalia and her various quirky nemeses are quite fun to listen to. The character dialogue during battles is especially well done, making me laugh out loud on a few occasions, no doubt due to the great voice acting. The graphics are beautiful and are what initially grabbed me when I first saw this game at a gaming event (can't remember which one), though there are a few rough spots. There are quite a few areas in the game where you can see the void of nothingness out of bounds, but it's more funny than anything. Despite not expecting AAA quality out of this game, I was still pleasantly surprised. My favorite aspect of the visuals is the depth of field that makes objects in the distance look almost hand-painted. Really cool effect and it's the first time I've seen it in a game. The gameplay is really addicting and immensely satisfying to the point where I actually went and got all of the achievements. It took me days to manage to get the no-hit ones, but it was worth it in the end. The best part about the gameplay is how free-form it feels. All in all a great experience and I highly recommend it! I'll probably be thinking about this one a lot in the future.

Very good game, a bit short story mod , lackluster content Recommended at a discounted price for a nice evening of play Work fine on Steam Deck with a bit of frame gen

En Grade！～击剑预备！ 4.8 h 一周目通关。 听上去好像体量很小，其实也就是短小精悍的一部ACT游戏（笑） 有的玩家说它是小只狼，也差不多吧，不过女主没有体力条，凭着攻、防、必杀、闪避和巧妙利用地图物件从头打到尾，另外也没有RPG要素。 而且如果实在不行也有官方外挂，不过最好只开自动防，这样一来门槛又低又有挑战性，很适合我这种手残党练手（ 地图设计的话，有跑酷要素，但判定极其宽松。地图引导也是很明显，基本上不可能迷路。迷路了也没事，说不定还能发现隐藏要素——对，小体量游戏常有的小彩蛋，要做全收集不容错过咯～ （PS：不过隐藏要素有点深，我尽量把能跑的地方都过了一遍还是没能达成全收集，还是看攻略罢） 然后说说游戏里有意思的一些设定，首先本作不存在死亡概念，无论是女主还是敌人，“死亡”惩罚除了要重头打敌人之外也几乎为零。这个设定也与游戏中最有趣的小巧思相呼应——各种各样的对话：有女主被击败后“啊，只是有点失误”之类的懊恼，也有被打倒的小兵“啊，我是不是该退休了”的小牢骚，诸如此类，让战斗变得极富喜剧色彩。 于是整部游戏就像英雄主角的动画片一样，正义与幽默并存的氛围让它非常地合家欢，甚至拿去给你小侄女玩也是毫无问题的～ 最后的话，游戏的美术非常有特色，用色浓郁而大胆，同时每一集所构造出的不同场景也让视觉观感不至于过度饱和。唯一槽点可能就是角色形象了，尤其是女主，明明是伊比利亚人却长得格外“棕”，她的女友更是像个摩尔人，而且不知是因为建模技术力还是什么，反正没有宣传画上的好看，有点塑料感了。 （PS2：女友…游戏里还专门有一集讲她俩感情线，不过这似乎是欧美对英雄少女的一种刻板印象，所以不当成女同了） 高画质下的优化也有小问题，我显卡RTX2070，在战斗和跑图中会随机掉帧，但是影响不大，因为本作战斗节奏并没有那么快，高容错和官方外挂也可以说在这方面扳回一把了。 挺好的一个小游戏，准备接下来试着开二周目收集了（笑）

Honestly some of the most fun I've ever had in a soulslike!

En Garde!

divertido y combate satisfactorio

Can't stop laughing. Can't stop swashbuckling. Can't stop playing. Very good game. It's basically Sekiro + Crash Bandicoot.