The Blood of Dawnwalker

Game is good overall (nothing amazing), had a few bugs (not game breaking) but I will leave negative review till they fix camera and lock in issues vs 3+ enemies.

Is it good? Yes. Is it frustrating? Also yes. Blood of Dawnwalker is fun to play, the combat however can be extremely frustrating, mainly the directional combat takes some getting used to. In one on one, or even two on one it feels smooth and provides a decent challenge. In combat situations where you are surrounded by three or more enemies it can get rather annoying, with flashing attack indicators distracting from the so much more crucial to follow parry indicators when getting attacked from any direction not directly in front. Target switching in multi enemy fights are also a rather annoying aspect of combat, but you can play around it. I am playing on a higher difficulty, which may add to the frustration at times, but despite the frustrations I do enjoy the combat and am confident the old saying "practice makes perfect" applies even here to my own parrying abilities. Story and setting I shall neither spoil nor delve too deeply into as I've not yet experienced that much of it. Thus far however, having completed the Prologue and then some, The story, and the voice acting is superb. The world building seems solid. The time mechanic. The one thing those of us that has followed this game since its announcement could never agree on. For me, it was one of the things that made the game interesting in the first place. I love RPGs in general, but I rarely ever finish them. Over the years I've started a new Skyrim save perhaps 20 times, not once have I ever actually finished the main story, only once or twice do I think I even made it to the Greybeards. I run around as you'd often do, doing side quests, gearing up, building that perfect character and then eventually get bored and quit. Having to chose what to focus on as to not lose track of that main objective of saving the family makes it all the more exciting I think. Yes I could go explore, following a trail of my own choosing, but sooner rather than later my mind is going to lead that trail back to the main objective, there's that thought in the back of your head, "I've spent 4 days exploring now, let's advance the main story a bit" and I think that's great. Performance I would claim is fine. Running on 1080p medium and high textures with DLSS Quality and Frame gen, these old eyes on this Potato+ machine is happy enough at 80-90 FPS. Does it look particularly breath-taking? No. Do certain older games I shall not name look objectively better without necessarily running any worse? Yes. Would that also be true for every single other graphically demanding release I've played the last couple years? Yes, very much so. It's not perfect. It's not great. It's not even good. It's fine. All in all I enjoy the game after my first 12 hour session. A session length I haven't had in ages. Will Blood of Dawnwalker sit beside KCD2 on the podium of RPGs I've actually played to their completion? I don't know, but all signs do indicate that is a strong possibility.

최적화는 안좋고 전투는 아쉽지만 나름 재미가있는듯, 스토리는 몰입 잘되고 간만에 제대로된 스토리형 알피지 게임하는 느낌 위쳐3를 재밌게 했다면 좋은 선택이고 30일 제한이 호불호 갈릴수 있는 요소이지만 생각보다 널널한거같고 본인이 느끼기엔 전부 다 1회차에 파먹어야된다는 압박감에서 오히려 해소 시켜주고 선택과 집중을 도와주는 윤활유로써 더 몰입감을 올려준다는 느낌을 받음

Dawno w żadną grę się tak nie wciągnąłem. Na najwyższym poziomie trudności czuć wyzwanie, przynajmniej w momencie, którym jestem czyli 8h gry. Klasa

A rough diamond, Very comparable to witcher 3 in its quest format and open world storytelling. The story is engaging and it has interesting characters and lore, tge combat is great 1v1 but if you get swarmed by dudes it becomes a clusterf$@%.. Movement is and climbing feels heavy and clunk most of the time. UE5 has improved a lot but its still got stutters and ontop of that - they expect us to do to clean up the image and performance with engine file tweaks. Overall runs pretty well but needs alot of work, Had a few issues with quests being overtuned or straight up broken. As well as being forced to fight unkillable enemies with no way to disengage them without reloading a earlier quicksave.

im about 8 hours in and i can honestly say for the mixed reviews it was getting pre release it isnt bad, its alot of fun read all the lore and notes the world is awesome and i enjoy having another dark fantasy type of game similiar to the witcher

tried starting up with xbox controller. major input lag. will try with m&k. will update review after more gameplay

Love this game so far. As a hardcore Witcher fan I love the similarities. The world is beautiful. My only complaint so far is how quickly Coen runs out of stamina while fighting. It makes it really difficult to take down multiple opponents, even after upgrading it.