Mortal Sin

Mortal Sin is an incredibly good game [b][i]if[/i][/b] you're part of it's specific audience of players who want constant high-adrenaline action where one mistake means death and don't care about literally anything else. If you aren't part of that audience, as I'm not, it's a dull and unengaging slog through rooms that all look the same filled with overtuned enemies, where the only ways to play are to either memorize your class's specific combos and spam them or turn on the auto combo and blindly follow that. Then you'll get walled at the first room of the final area when you get stuck in a cramped arena with enormous enemies that oneshot you, check the difficulty settings, and realize that no, you aren't going crazy, you [i]did[/i] set it to the lowest difficulty. Then you'll go watch a video on the game and find out that not only is the final boss so much more anti-fun than you could have imagined, but the entire game is, canonically and in-universe, a complete waste of time.

[h1]難しさと理不尽を履き違えてしまったゲーム[/h1] 一応3キャラでクリアしました。 このゲーム、開発者の「簡単にクリアされたら悔しい」＝簡悔精神がとんでもないです。 いや、クリアさせるつもりがないのかもしれない。 なにせ、私がクリアしたキャラである魔法使い、グラディエーター、デュエリスト、それぞれのグローバル実績達成率は [h1]1%台です[/h1] いかにクリアできないかお分かりでしょう。 このゲームはバーチャファイターを一人称視点にしてダンジョンを踏破するようなゲームなんですが、外国人のレビューを見ると、このコマンド入力方式のシステムに文句を言っているようです。 でも、それは違うと思う。 プレイフィールは上々でそのシステム自体はとてもいいものです。 このゲームが示した一人称視点ゲームの新機軸と言ってもいい。 真の問題は、プレイヤーがクリアできるかどうか…という難易度の境界を微塵も煮詰めていないことです。 これは、ゲーム開発者であれば絶対に考えなければいけないゲームデザインの根幹です。 一部の敵はプレイヤーのすべてを凌駕する性能で、一部のバトルは敵を理不尽なほど多数配置している。 ネタバレは避けますが、最後のバトルは絶対にクリアできないレベルです。 最初に3キャラでクリアしたと言いましたが、クリアといっても「○○でクリアする」という実績を取ったという意味です。 詳しくはネタバレになるので書けませんが、クリアしなくてもいいとある理不尽なバトルをクリアしないと、このゲームはオールクリアにならないんです。 昔は圧倒的に好評だったんです、このゲーム。 いかにプレイヤーが裏切られたと感じているか、開発者は気付いていないはずはないんですが。

This is an over the top roguelike that does better with the graphics/art than gameplay. I love the art. The gameplay though is way too repetitive and overzealous. The tutorial does a great job explaining core mechanics, but really shows you what the game is about. Button mashing. It's combo based with different attacks and feels great at the start. But then you realize you can use the same OP combo again and again and cheese certain areas. There's no real accomplishment in finishing an area as the gear is risk based driven. I love choosing new gear and seeing monuments to change gameplay, but the negative effects they come with need to be balanced with gear found. It's not bad. 6/10. Heavily influenced by the art alone.

not a huge fan, I think the combat system really distraction from the gameplay. It's hard to tell what's happening around you most of the time.

I know its the roguelike style, but the scenarios just feel... dull, Same with the enemies, the sound effects and the bosses. Same flat things repeated over and over again with no innovation. No surprise element. No changes. There are almost no space for having an unique experience. Gameplay is just imputing the same combos with no difference between them all. You can just use one combo and its alright. Also, happens with the items, find some items that could apply no more than 2 drastic effects and farm objects for poor improvements. The only way to change the play style is by switch the class at the start. But no more than that. Sometimes you get killed and don't even know what was it. Later you MAY discover that some elite enemies throw a fireball to your face. Good luck playing a melee class. Oh yeah, almost all of the heroes are melee ones. The music is so simple, basic and so repetitive. No uniqueness between environments. And the sound effects are so poor. Also (but this could be my perception), the graphics reminds me so much to "Bullets per minute". Maybe is because of the game engine, but same cell shading visual, pretty damn similar scenarios, even same characters I would say, just check Helena, looks almost the same as the protagonist in that game; and similar plays style, but obviously, this is not a rythm based game. TLDR; l have no idea how this game have so many good reviews. After 2 games, I'm bored. Too expensive for this.

It was fun for a couple of hours but fell flat. I don't feel like the roguelike features are integrated enough. Most of the upgrades you get don't feel impactful. I don't think theres enough content here to warrant it's price either.

No depth. The combat is just you overwhelming the enemies, thats just childsplay. Poor balance. No fun.