Punishing: Gray Raven

CACHYOS REVIEW Works out of the box on CachyOS, still has the same jank as Windows if you're running a monitor with a "non-standard" aspect ratio (so anything that's not 4:3 or 16:9) where it doesn't save your resolution whenever you close the game. Just have to manually fullscreen (whichever your DE's equivalent of alt + enter on Windows is) the application once you log in. For the game itself, the story is great once you get past the first 8 chapters. Gameplay can take a bit of getting used to (especially with older characters which still have to worry about orb management) and I would massively recommend actually messing around with UI settings and your keybinds to make it more comfortable to use. Can't really give a detailed comment on the new player experience for "endgame" (LMFAO) since I'm a long time player, but if you're caring about meta as a new player you're gonna be big sad as not only is the invest-gap quite large (not even talking about P2W accounts, but even just older maintained low-invest accounts); but the skill/knowledge-gap is also humongous now. All that said, if you enjoy just reading through VNs and like a bit of action gameplay, it's worth giving a shot. And if you're just wanting to migrate away from W10/11 because of micro$lop, this works just fine on Linux!

Pgr baddies

Não jogue gacha, n faça isso consigo.

I played this game a long time ago since the hanying zitherwoe frame release, and it has always been a mixed bag, it is generous in rewards but has too many small flaws that I shall list below. THE POSITIVE +Beautiful Character design +Solid gameplay +Beautiful graphics and chat stamps THE NEGATIVE -Game has always excluded my country from playstore release but pc version worked for some reason? had to install the game from shady sources just to be able to play... -The game never has had the decency of telling you enemy stats or weakness in almost every situation, you just have to see what deals more damage than what by vibes or something... -There is very little reason to pull for the next character since you know subsequent releases will powercreep that one to death, only reason is because you may like the gameplay rotation or design (Jetavie my wife) -There is 0 guides on the roguelike modes, so you just end up facing ending 1 over and over again. -The difference in damage an attacker does compared to all other classes is so big there is little reason to bring other 2 characters other than a healer or amplifier/tank, and they just end up being QTE engines for you to press every 15 seconds. -Every new character just has one optimal way to be played that once you learn it you are condemned to repeat over and over until the heat death of the universe because it's so much more powerful than any other thing you could do (example Dante 3ping 3ping Hold attack Devil Trigger Hold any orb Devil Trigger finisher, you have super armor for the entirety of that except when casting the 3pings and it is his optimal damage too) -The wording for skill descriptions is so HUEG, the core passive of Alisa Echo is near 700 words! and that is just one skill!!! -Removed Kayano Ai as voice for Liv, it was so good and now she feels too lifeless... -The event deadline for everything is super messy, you have to basically make a calendar to keep track of what opens when and up to what stage, and some events require daily grind for a bonus too so you really need to do research each patch (example, a new patch could arrive January 1st but the only things open are the boss, the story and whatever else, the boss lasts for 7 days then its gone even though the patch is still running, the minigame unlocks at Jan 10th and up to Jan 28 but stages unlock every 3 days...) Overall the game is decent but small flaws end up collapsing the bridge for me... I give it a 4/10 It's alright for a gacha but some things can't be forgiven.

luv the the combat fighting scene!

Avoid.