Because it is not. In fact, the gameplay is pretty average; It got nothing on blasphemous 2. The only thing that keeps me interested is the art and monster design.
It barely talks about the game design in general. Doesn't even talk about the progression system whatsoever. I came out of this video still not really knowing much about the game and what makes it stand out. I mean, I had this game on my Wishlist already, so didn't really need to be sold on it, but still, as a review, this one was fairly shallow and definitely doesn't quite back up the video title.
@@BlackenedRainvowPigs Joy said something like that. That while it was better as an MV and she preferred it, she thought fans of the original might be disappointed due to the changes. It seems you are in that category.
@@mnfrrr2570Not sure the timing of any of this, but games can be in development for quite some time before heading over to Kickstarter or Early Access.
neither blasphemous game has got anything on the last faith. One of my all time favourite games for sure. such beautiful art, incredibly satisfying combat with an extremely unique set of weapons, amazing enemy and monster design, great level design too. The only thing i feel that may be amiss would be the game's story. I feel like it was complicated just for the sake of being complicated to fit in with the dark souls / bloodborne-esque approach. Other than that, almost a perfect game.
Is it really that good? Im hearing mixed reviews...Blasphemous 2 was amazing...I just finished it. The Last Faith demo was severely lacking so Im not sure if I can believe your claims...
Excellent game! I got the Switch version and the performance issues were mostly solved with the patch. I'm at 40% completion. It took me a good 7 hours to really get hooked, but I'm right there! Best Metroidvania since Castlevania : Order of Ecclesia (at my own taste). As good as the Blasphemous series is, I prefer The Last Faith for its visuals and atmosphere. Plus, the whip is most welcome! It could be called Castlevania "something". Any non-linear Castlevania fan will plow through The Last Faith with great enthusiasm. Also, no hand-holding! Where you should go is always unclear, but that's by design. There will be useless bactracking in the first playthrough, but usually, these games are better after beating it and restarting. Totally recommended. I get the reviewers who gave it a "7" or below, but I feel it's a matter of taste. Been playing Castlevania since the end of the 80's. The Last Faith delivers in spades! Soulsvania is an even better moniker for this one. Get it if you're into Metroidvanias! Hopefully a sequel will happen in the future. It's very engaging.
Switch though? I put 300 hours into monster hunter rise on switch and bought it again for PS5 because I got sick of 5 hour loading screens, textures like a 5 year old fell over in water colors and a choppy 30 fps. It's beyond me why people tolerate switch in 2024 or the end of 2023 whenever this was wrote.
Always have to confirm for myself but I’m glad this game is getting rave reviews. Can’t wait to get home to play it. Love the gothic art style and music in these games.
@@Iansanonce-lp4nx Imagine trusting PC Gamer in 2023. That site has been an absolute sh*tfest for the last 7+years. When they started to write stuff just to bait clicks for revenue and nothing else. I still remember the sudden wave of political articles they started to write, how most of the info in them was wrong and how they banned anyone who dared to point all the issues or even just saying "This is a gaming site, what's with all the political articles recently?" or how they sided really hard with Tim and the Epic Game's Store, to the point of attacking Valve while singing the praises of the Epic and its launcher. Seriously, even Kotaku has more credibility than PC Gamer nowadays, and that's saying something.
@@As_Asa_PhD the overall art style is very much like Blasphemous, which is ok. When assets like the checkpoints are near identical it starts to get icky lol. But hey it looks like a great game so I’m still gonna enjoy it
Can you explain again how this is a new standard? From what I'm hearing it's due to it being a very well-polished MV. Well, we already have those. I wish all MV were, but it certainly isn't the first.
@@jonnymars7164 I believe Blasphemous was fully voiced. Anyway being fully voiced has nothing to do with MV design. Neitherh as story, albeit nice, but it wouldn't be the first MV with an amazing story - Death's Gambit: Afterlife (true ending) stands head and shoulders above the rest. New standard means it has to do something from an MV design perspective.
Thanks for the review, I was curious about this one. It looks good and I think I'll get it, but just having watched the review I wasn't seeing it as something setting a new standard, so I'll have to see what's up if/when I play
That has a lot to do with the enjoyment of the genre, but I really liked how this game teaches you how to manage its difficulty to prepare you for the challenge.
@@redcrimson1028 I do love the genre, but the reviewer calls it a new standard in the genre, so I was looking for things that really stood out over other games that I love. Tbf, the weapon system is different than most, but otherwise I wasn't seeing it just based on the review
@V-vision got you. IGN review ripped this game apart. I'm not big on reviews per seh but I'll see how the finished product is. I backed the game years ago, so I have some goodies coming to me when the game releases physically next year. I've played the demo in the summertime and I didn't like it. Played it on the steam deck. Didn't like hiw the graphics look, how everything was small, the jumping was weird an way off and the gameplay and fighting mechanics was below mediocre to me. The dem was bad. I only hope the finish game is better. The demo left a bad taste in my mouth. So much stuff was off. They also screwed up my digital switch code. They say I have to wait on it smh.
@@redcrimson1028 Yeah, I hear you on reviews and I can definitely see why a bad demo would leave you with a bad taste in your mouth and adding a messed up digital code on that is a tough pill to swallow. I'm surprised you have to wait for it, I would have thought once they know about an issue, getting someone a working digital code would be an easy fix
as far as combat goes is it closer to blasphemous or SotN? I always liked Iga's metroidvanias because of how different all the weapons feel and how much you can tailor your build to suit your playstyle. Blasphemous was not something I enjoyed because it just felt like a 2d soulslike outside of its incredible visuals.
Picking your starting class means nothing. Just stats. All classes start with the same thing. You would think the melee would have a big weapon, the wizard would have a spell and the gun class would have a gun but no.
He died a few times: “I never felt my skills as a player were to blame.” So then was it the games fault? No. I think means the deaths were fair, not cheap, and I always knew or figured out how to beat an encounter. Not doing this is the players fault though, yea? Just want to make sure I understand. Games looks dope. Excited for it. Thanks for the review. Always pick interesting titles
I must have just inserted what made most sense to me because in my mind he said "I never felt the game was to blame" and I judy kept on moving 😂. Yeah, it definitely sounds like player skill was the issue in that situation and he just knew better for next time
"Unfair" difficulty has always just been a skill issue. There's two types of players. Bad players who will call the game game "unfair" rather than git gud. And good players that will blame themselves if they're not good enough and go on a training arc in the mountains to come back and dominate the game.
Castlevania SotN is one of the all time greats, my only issue with it is it's wwaayy too easy. I've always wanted a metroidvania with soulsbourne difficulty.
too easy if you use the hack code skipping death. and after you turn the castle up side down, it's too hard. bet you didn't play the sotn w/o the alucard sword. try playing it without it
I love the game wish I had of brought it for the PS5 or on Steam cause the Switch (Where I buy all my metroidVania games) versions has had some performance issues when it's a lot of stuff going on at once. Other than that I love this game so far and plan to play through it more than once.
The entire review I was waiting for a comparison with Blasphemous - not that games need to be put against each other to “prove their value”, but the similarities here are very evident. It’s also unclear to me what sets this game apart from other metroidvanias of the last decade.
My take is that it's a recipe we know but the ingredients are a bit different than the other Metroidvanias. Still, it's extremely reminiscent of many other games that came before. Blasphemous is more colorful and has more variety in its visuals, making The Last Faith feel more "specific". For example : Dead Space Remake Vs RE4 Remake. Dead Space is more homogeneous in its visuals than RE4, but both are excellent in terms of visual design. I love Blasphemous, but I prefer The Last Faith. The contrary will also be true for other people. It's a matter of taste. If you like gloomy games, this one is superb in this regard. It feels like its own thing, even though it's like Castlevania and Bloodborne. Nothing really new here, but still feels fresh. If it rings positive for you, you won't regret it. It's a challenging game, no doubt, but it doesn't feel too hard for its own good (like Souldiers, OMG!).
This review baffles me, there's nothing this game does that "redefines metroidvanias". I've played for a few hours and I already have a fair amount of complaints. Like you start with the same dex scaling weapon no matter what class you pick at the start, so unless you pick rogue you're basically nerfing yourself for the beginning. There's a huge lack of i-frames for the dodge as well as an unnecessarily long cooldown for it which just makes the game less fun to play and goes against your instincts of how to play soulslikes. Your healing doesn't replenish when you die other than 4 if you run out so you need to farm heals if you want more than that, farming heals sucked in Bloodborne and it sucks here too. Boss rooms don't have bonfires after you kill them so you either have to backtrack to level up or risk going forward with low health. I really don't trust your reviews at all anymore, you guys gave my favourite metroidvania of the year a 6.5/10 but this gets a 9.5? It's ridiculous
Chill dude. It’s good to have opinions though so maybe you’ll help someone else. I personally had an amazing time playing this game. In my line of work, you play a lot of games. This one immediately had me playing late into the night and oftentimes I thought about it when I wasn’t playing. That’s rare for me. You can cry and complain about the game and my score all you want, but the bottom line is, I had hella fun. And it’s okay that our opinions differ, but like be chill about it. We’re not attacking each other.
Apparently my response was hidden from public view lmao, so here it is again: So you admit that it's personal bias and not an objective review. You neglected to mention any of the issues the game has at all and talk about it like it's god's gift to metroivanias. Giving it a 9.5 is putting on the same level as Elden Ring, but I have yet to see anything this game does that's original at all or brilliant in design. I don't think the game is terrible, but imo it's hard carried by it's visuals and sound design and not the gameplay or level design. Also you say "we're not attacking each other" but also tell me I'm crying when I'm literally just stating facts? Nice one. As a reviewer you have a responsibility to be objective and not just "fan boy" about it because you happened to like it a lot. People spend money based on what you say, but this game definitely isn't for everyone, and personally after about 10 hours of it now I'm still not enjoying it.
Your review intrigues me. I´m a little tired of the genre, but I think I should give the game a chance, when I find the time. However, I very much doubt it will top Afterimage as my favorite Metroidvania this year. I agree with you that the story of that game wasn´t good, but exploration, scale and Artdesign are of an exceptional level, rivaling and sometimes surpassing Hollow Knight. It´s a real shame that game flew under people´s radars, this game is more than a little appetizer for Silksong, it feels like the real deal!
@@x-Bsyde-xYou´re right, of course. But at least to me, Afterimage uses its huge scale to create an extremely varied world with great level design. The wonder of exploration ist extremely strong in that game. It took me over 30 hours to beat that game and even then I was sad that it was over. It has its flaws, yes, but exploring is so strong that I wasn´t bored even one second. I liked the game way more than the shorter and more compact Blasphemous 2. So in this case, I would say, yes, the huge scale is nessesary for the experience.
I really wonder how much the staying power of this game will actually be? We've had amazing Metroidvania games in recent memory that all just faded into obscurity.
I think it’s a great game to just experience and walk away from. After the conclusion I just felt relieved and energized. I don’t know, obscure or not, I’ll continue to speak on this game’s excellence.
@@As_Asa_PhDHollow Knight is probably the prime example you're looking for if you haven't played it. I wouldn't judge The last faith on a first look tho. I haven't played it myself yet, so i can't confirm or deny anything but metroidvanias usually work their magic when you are a few hours in and you start to really explore and uncover secrets, get some abilities, etc.
@@adam_antoise Death Gambit was rushed and unfinished. Death Gambit Afterlife was the polished, finished, full game with extra content missing in Death Gambit and us the game that Death Gambit should have been.
interesting, the reviews on steam are quite mixed (with some very in-depth negative ones), but all the reviews on youtube seem to be gushing over how good the game is. Definitely not buying it at launch, but I might give it a shot eventually.
I dig metroidvanias. Recently I’ve played through Grime, Salt & Sanctuary, Death’s Gambit and Afterimage, all of which I like a lot. This game looks like Blasphemous, which I’m not a fan of (it feels clunky to play). This worries me lol. Like, this game has an uncanny resemblance to Blasphemous. I might pick it up, this review is pretty persuasive, but…I’m not sure. Thank you for the review!
I prefer this one than blasphemous imo, maybe because i dont really like the theme of blasphemous but both games are great, but this one is more into the "soulslike" since it got attributes build, pick a starting classes and weapon scaling, also whats not to love about a dark, gothic and vampiric kind of setting lol Next year we also got a side scrolling soulslike too called mandragora, that looks hella awesome!
So their opinion doesn't matter because they gave a game that you haven't played a lower imaginary number than you wanted it to get? Dumbest shit I'll read today.
This started as a 9/10 for me initially but ovetime ....the extremely clunky controls, very noticeable command input delay, bugs, softlocks if you go somewhere without air dash leading to jumping off a cliff the only way to escape ( lost 40 k souls) ,e nemies wait for you to climb at ledges and hit you outside your field on vision led me to 6.5-7/10 after finishing ir
the majority of the reviewers who have received a code from the developers, all compare TLF directly to SoTN while very carefully tiptoeing around bringing up blasphemous at all despite the similarities to blasphemous being visually uncanny, TLF and blasphemous are hardly distinguishable, yet TLF and SoTN look nothing alike. blasphemous was heavily inspired by SoTN, but when it came out it was 100% obvious it was its own game- thanks to its extremely strong art direction. TLF's art direction is bloodborne assets done in blasphemous' medium. the fact most reviewers of this game who were given a code ignore the similarities to blasphemous and instead really push the castlevania similarities honestly makes the reviews seem... guided. to say the least. so what feels copied from blasphemous so far? -silhouette flash when killing a boss -wall climb animation - flask breaking animation - ui and specifically the frames items are displayed in - animation for enemies spawning in challenge rooms - item pickup sprite (orb on fire) - texture and animation of crumbling platforms thats what ive picked up on so far.
@@Bloodborneisthebestgame As Blasphemous is certainly in my top 10 metroidvanias, i'm happy to hear someone say Last Faith is better. I definitely plan to play it at some point here...
...what is this review. You're just chaining words that don't make sense. Is this AI written? - "At first glance it's an action game, but later, world building shines". What, so action games can't have world building? - "Last Faith is a unique soulslike despite enemy respawning because the challenge is well-balanced" What????? - "The game ensures I know how to improve by giving a variety of enemies" What??? - "A testament to QA team" Why are you praising the QA team instead the game design / balancing team???? I'm not really here to defend or praise the game, I'm just hoping for an informative review, instead of this :(
I agreed with this review! this game is so good and challenging! but with your own skills and play style. Sometimes you don't have to kills every enemies, just move fast and go lol IGN did bad at review! 😅😊
I still don’t get how it set a new standard. Still gonna play it, I just wish the game would develop more on the gun mechanic cuz from what I’ve seen all it does is deal damage. Would’ve been cool to see them use the gun as a parry mechanic like in bloodborne
Yet another soulslike that discourages experimentation by locking you into your attribute allocation, this would be such an easy fix for most soulslikes, why is it so hard to allow free attribute reallocation, this is my only complaint yet this alone makes me wanna wait for a sale
Or you can think about your build ahead of time and plan accordingly? Or you can have several playthroughs going at once? This isn't the crippling thing you make it out to be. Sounds like you are from the ADHD generation and need your meds.
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i only played 1 hour yet... but the levels all look the same... the game is good but they should have more variations of level designs... trees water etc...
If they would just stop making everything like demon souls and just making original game. Just think symphony of the night was not a soul's clone and it was beautiful and one of the best games of all the time. Now everybody has to follow the demon souls mold which makes games like this so frustrating you want to snap your controller in half.
Soo do you die instantly when you hit a spike or fall? I had to put blasmphemous 1 down for that sole reason. Doesnt work for me in these type of games
Try out the new Prince of Persia. You don't die from spikes unless your health is really low and they have custom difficulty. Very good balance of platforming, puzzles and combat. Story is straight forward, not too many cutscenes and characters grow on you.
I love souls. I love metroidvanias. I play them all the time. This game is mid at best. It’s really slow and clunky. It’s like you’re playing bloodborne enemies but your character is from ds1. Decent game but I really wish I had waited for it to go on sale. 5/10.
Everything is good except the switch version is ass and the fact you have to upgrade strength in order to get better frost resistance is kind of dumb. Other than that I love the game
Man this is uhhhh definitely a review. Is it good? Is it bad? Idk but the reviewer enjoyed, is it explained how it sets a new standard in the genre? God no, dont think this guy really did what he set out to do here😮💨
Getting really tired to these souls-like Metroidvanias. These days they sort of feel like they are a dime a dozen. Aside from that, I don't think this was great review as it didn't get into what made the game stand out, how the combat works, no clips from the music when the review talks about the music, etc. From what I can see, the combat just looks slow and clunky and it doesn't look like you really have any sort of verticality to your attacks. Can you even jump and attack? According to Steam user reviews, no you can't. That sounds awful. I fully believe that the reviewer liked this but it didn't tell me why I might like it.
What a strange review. The mere fact the game doesnt even have controls rebinding or any video options AT ALL automatically should mean its nowhere near a 9/10 score. How can you release a game in 2023 without such basic features? The game itself is nowhere near the top of metroidvania genre either, and its definitely not setting any new "standards" lol, this is as much "we have Blasphemous at home" as you can get What happened to game reviewers thse days? Did you guys get paid to put out this review or? Since you didnt even TRY to justify your clickbait title, or justify why this (of all games lol in such saturated genre these days) supposedly does anything outstanding or bar-raising.
While I think the title is clickbaity I do think setting new standards is impossible for metroidvanias. Hollow Knight was the thing to beat and even then its just a derivative of souls likes and castlevania. This game does what slot of new metroidvanias fail to do which is weapon variety and they seem to be going the symphony of the night route with alot of.customization for your build. I'm not saying this game is perfect its a solid 8 for me. It was less enjoyable than blasphemous 1 but better than blasphemous 2 imo.
Look, if you want to build your channel of game reviews off of click baity titles and get all the clicks you're looking at a short lifespan of your channel because everyone is going to notice that your titles don't match the actual content. Also, You mentioned it being a genre defining game more than once in your review. You seem pretty dedicated to the idea that this game is the new standard when it clearly is not.@@NoisyPixelNews
I think the action systems aren’t comparable. Hollow Knight can be pretty fast at times, this game is a bit slower. Also the verticality of Hollow Knight’s level design is a bit more grand.
@@spacecase88 Hollow Knight is a joke of a game. Feels like it's so many people's first game in the genre, so they freak out about it. It has so many design flaws that only grow all the more obvious as the game enters its final stages. Hell, its difficulty (that it is known for) is either from players not understanding basic mechanics, or is all in the post-game, and is merely a series of respect checks overall.
@@Nersius I feel like you are trying to lump me into this category of HK is the first MV that I've played. I played Super Metroid when that shit was new. Symphony of the Knight was one of my favorite games for most of my life. If you truly believe Hollow Knight is a 'joke of a game' give me some real evidence and I might consider your point of view. Tell me one thing that is a 'joke' about its game design.
@@spacecase88 For platforming, a visual or audio cue will denote you as safe (sword cling or wings sprout), yet you'll still die to the obstacle you just avoided. Everything is a greyscale wash, which works on most parts, but the Palace Platforming has safe and unsafe surfaces blended into one another. This can also be seen in the post-game horde challenge/prince charming fights where the adds all look incredibly similar to you, so it's easy to lose your character.
I find it hilarious that your review scores are really beyond the general consensus. 9.5 calling it a game that is the new standard for Metroidvania when most other reviewers found the game subpar and lacking. But hey, since that Spider-Man 2 review score and your lackluster video about that I know that your scores can’t be taken seriously. You really should stay off metacritic. Leave it to the professionals without confusing gamers.
@@NoisyPixelNews “All of this”? That took me like a minute or two. There aren’t many games I could’ve played in that time. But I guess that’s the amount of time you play games you make a review of. To think that you ignore valid criticism and simply come up with the defense “someone else’s opinion” as a site who claims to do professional reviews is mind boggling. If you think that your reviews are nothing more than opinions, then don’t give them scores and don’t post scores on metacritic. If all of your reviews are simply an opinion, then they are exactly that, an opinion, not a professional review. Might as well post your opinions in the user reviews where they belong. You don’t seem to be able to grasp the difference between someone like me having an opinion on a game I played and someone like you who does it for a living, as in professionally. Gaming journalist is a real job and you’re doing it a disservice by doing opinion pieces that aren’t well researched, hiding behind the age old and untrue “it’s just an opinion” excuse. Read gamestar or gamepro and take a look how professional gaming journalists work. You don’t even have to read a magazine, Digital Foundry only does tech reviews but they did a better job on Spider-Man 2 than you and they didn’t even give it a score. If you continue to stand on your point that all of your so called reviews are just an opinion, then don’t call yourself professional game journalists and don’t give games a score, period.
@@NoisyPixelNews Ah yes, there it is. See, if this is how you conduct yourself, belittling anyone who is criticizing your reviews, not reading their comments and writing things like “lol” you shouldn’t call yourself a professional and give out scores as you’re behaving like a reddit troll and nothing more. Contrary to what you write on your page when you say that “We aim to cover video games, not to publically shame or belittle any groups of people. Our platform supports free speech, but we draw the line at hateful or hurtful statements.” you apparently have no issue with belittling anyone who criticizes you.
*Blasphemous 2 having come out only a while before* "look at him, look at him and laugh" Sounds like a good game sure, but genre defining is kinda much
I just hate how I paid for a physical copy of this game over 2 years ago and we are the ones who have to wait to play this game while the stupid digital version releases first. I’m done being punished for supporting games. Bullshit
I love when all the experts come out and give their feedback. They did it with Lords of the Fallen, Elden Ring, Cyberpunk etc and they are all excellent games. People should just shut up and play games. Not that serious
It's not about that. The fact is that there are definitely games that now define this genre and this game comes no where close to the genre defining games. It's probably a pretty good game but when someone just starts saying things like genre defining, it brings into question what exactly is genre defining about it?@@gporr7004
In order to raise the bar for the metroidvania genre, you have to make a better game than Hollow Knight. That's just a fact at this point. To say that this game, while good, takes the genre to new heights is just not correct. Out of all the MVs in existence so far, nothing has come even close to Hollow Knight. For there to be a new standard, it must surpass the current holder of the title. Right?
I think Hollow Knight, although technically a Metroidvania, is way too fast to hit that Castlevania itch. Maybe that’s just me, but while I played Hollow Knight, I never felt like I was playing a metroidvania, it just felt like I was playing a 2D action platformer. - Azario
not even close to Castlevania. this looks normal and generic game the stages looks repetitive scenery. look at castlevania sotn, it has unique atmosphere, weapons, lvl etc.
i despise any pixel art game. this is already 2023 and yet developer do not want to use cartoon based / anime based and instead making a shortcut to just buy a license for a pixel art engine rather than developing their own engine just like RE engine for example.
No shill, no. This is just a copy or as you breadtubers say "inspired by" Blasphemous. Everything from the art style, the assets, the engine, the color palette, everything is taken from Blasphemous. Shame on you for promoting a shameless clone.
I understand that it’s good, but to me the review didn’t quite explain why it would be outstanding and genre-defining.
Because it is not.
In fact, the gameplay is pretty average; It got nothing on blasphemous 2.
The only thing that keeps me interested is the art and monster design.
It barely talks about the game design in general. Doesn't even talk about the progression system whatsoever. I came out of this video still not really knowing much about the game and what makes it stand out. I mean, I had this game on my Wishlist already, so didn't really need to be sold on it, but still, as a review, this one was fairly shallow and definitely doesn't quite back up the video title.
FightinCowboy has the most comprehensive review on this one, I think. It's longer at 20+ minutes, though.
@@M.Kabanengl I found blas 2 worse than this and the first game by a long shot
@@BlackenedRainvowPigs Joy said something like that. That while it was better as an MV and she preferred it, she thought fans of the original might be disappointed due to the changes. It seems you are in that category.
Blasphemouslike 👍
I like this new genere
This game was in développement before blasphemous 1
@@leserrors7669 bro that's just not true wtf they opened the kickstarter in 2020 well after blasphemous' release
@@mnfrrr2570Not sure the timing of any of this, but games can be in development for quite some time before heading over to Kickstarter or Early Access.
This looks amazing ! Need that physical
I've been waiting for this game, I'm glad it's that good !
neither blasphemous game has got anything on the last faith. One of my all time favourite games for sure. such beautiful art, incredibly satisfying combat with an extremely unique set of weapons, amazing enemy and monster design, great level design too. The only thing i feel that may be amiss would be the game's story. I feel like it was complicated just for the sake of being complicated to fit in with the dark souls / bloodborne-esque approach. Other than that, almost a perfect game.
Is it really that good? Im hearing mixed reviews...Blasphemous 2 was amazing...I just finished it. The Last Faith demo was severely lacking so Im not sure if I can believe your claims...
Hyped! Just bought and downloaded it.
Hope do you guys like it? It's been on my radar for a while now.
Excellent game! I got the Switch version and the performance issues were mostly solved with the patch. I'm at 40% completion. It took me a good 7 hours to really get hooked, but I'm right there! Best Metroidvania since Castlevania : Order of Ecclesia (at my own taste). As good as the Blasphemous series is, I prefer The Last Faith for its visuals and atmosphere. Plus, the whip is most welcome! It could be called Castlevania "something". Any non-linear Castlevania fan will plow through The Last Faith with great enthusiasm. Also, no hand-holding! Where you should go is always unclear, but that's by design. There will be useless bactracking in the first playthrough, but usually, these games are better after beating it and restarting. Totally recommended. I get the reviewers who gave it a "7" or below, but I feel it's a matter of taste. Been playing Castlevania since the end of the 80's. The Last Faith delivers in spades! Soulsvania is an even better moniker for this one. Get it if you're into Metroidvanias! Hopefully a sequel will happen in the future. It's very engaging.
Switch though? I put 300 hours into monster hunter rise on switch and bought it again for PS5 because I got sick of 5 hour loading screens, textures like a 5 year old fell over in water colors and a choppy 30 fps. It's beyond me why people tolerate switch in 2024 or the end of 2023 whenever this was wrote.
Always have to confirm for myself but I’m glad this game is getting rave reviews. Can’t wait to get home to play it. Love the gothic art style and music in these games.
Rave reviews it got 60/100 by pc gamer
Like... 2 rave reviews? And the rest are pretty mixed about it. Probably should have waited a little bit before immediately posting that comment
@@Iansanonce-lp4nx Imagine trusting PC Gamer in 2023. That site has been an absolute sh*tfest for the last 7+years. When they started to write stuff just to bait clicks for revenue and nothing else. I still remember the sudden wave of political articles they started to write, how most of the info in them was wrong and how they banned anyone who dared to point all the issues or even just saying "This is a gaming site, what's with all the political articles recently?" or how they sided really hard with Tim and the Epic Game's Store, to the point of attacking Valve while singing the praises of the Epic and its launcher. Seriously, even Kotaku has more credibility than PC Gamer nowadays, and that's saying something.
Thanks for the review! Does anyone know if this is going to be released physically?
Yes! Next year 2024. I backed this game several years ago.
Will definitely get a physical copy.
I’m buzzed for this game.
But don’t the checkpoints look eerily similar to the ones in Blasphemous? 😳
A lot of things look similar to Blasphemous in this game. The items you pick up looking like they're on fire for example.
@@As_Asa_PhD the overall art style is very much like Blasphemous, which is ok. When assets like the checkpoints are near identical it starts to get icky lol.
But hey it looks like a great game so I’m still gonna enjoy it
Yeah I'm surprised the reviewer didn't memtion that, even at first glance the graphics style is very similar.
Sorry if I missed it, but how many hours roughly for the first playthrough? Thanks
9-10 hours
This game is phenomenal
Great review as always. I have never heard of the game before and I'm really not a metroidvania fan but it looks so good I might actual pick it up!
Can you explain again how this is a new standard? From what I'm hearing it's due to it being a very well-polished MV. Well, we already have those. I wish all MV were, but it certainly isn't the first.
It's not. For being delayed over and over again it should have been amazing. It's not better than what's come before it.
Its a fully voiced metroidvania that is new to the 2d version of thr e genre. The story also has alot of story...
@@jonnymars7164 I believe Blasphemous was fully voiced. Anyway being fully voiced has nothing to do with MV design. Neitherh as story, albeit nice, but it wouldn't be the first MV with an amazing story - Death's Gambit: Afterlife (true ending) stands head and shoulders above the rest.
New standard means it has to do something from an MV design perspective.
Thanks for the review, I was curious about this one. It looks good and I think I'll get it, but just having watched the review I wasn't seeing it as something setting a new standard, so I'll have to see what's up if/when I play
It's a another meteoidvania game. What new were u expecting to see at the table? Is either u love the genre or not?
That has a lot to do with the enjoyment of the genre, but I really liked how this game teaches you how to manage its difficulty to prepare you for the challenge.
@@redcrimson1028 I do love the genre, but the reviewer calls it a new standard in the genre, so I was looking for things that really stood out over other games that I love. Tbf, the weapon system is different than most, but otherwise I wasn't seeing it just based on the review
@V-vision got you. IGN review ripped this game apart. I'm not big on reviews per seh but I'll see how the finished product is. I backed the game years ago, so I have some goodies coming to me when the game releases physically next year. I've played the demo in the summertime and I didn't like it. Played it on the steam deck. Didn't like hiw the graphics look, how everything was small, the jumping was weird an way off and the gameplay and fighting mechanics was below mediocre to me. The dem was bad. I only hope the finish game is better. The demo left a bad taste in my mouth. So much stuff was off. They also screwed up my digital switch code. They say I have to wait on it smh.
@@redcrimson1028 Yeah, I hear you on reviews and I can definitely see why a bad demo would leave you with a bad taste in your mouth and adding a messed up digital code on that is a tough pill to swallow. I'm surprised you have to wait for it, I would have thought once they know about an issue, getting someone a working digital code would be an easy fix
as far as combat goes is it closer to blasphemous or SotN? I always liked Iga's metroidvanias because of how different all the weapons feel and how much you can tailor your build to suit your playstyle. Blasphemous was not something I enjoyed because it just felt like a 2d soulslike outside of its incredible visuals.
Picking your starting class means nothing. Just stats. All classes start with the same thing. You would think the melee would have a big weapon, the wizard would have a spell and the gun class would have a gun but no.
Neat, we got 2 Blasphemous games this year
Man what happened to people not loving it in early access/beta? I don’t need more games to play!
They obviously sorted out some of the issues that the beta had I would assume!
He died a few times: “I never felt my skills as a player were to blame.”
So then was it the games fault? No. I think means the deaths were fair, not cheap, and I always knew or figured out how to beat an encounter.
Not doing this is the players fault though, yea?
Just want to make sure I understand.
Games looks dope. Excited for it. Thanks for the review. Always pick interesting titles
Yeah, that sounded weird for me too
I must have just inserted what made most sense to me because in my mind he said "I never felt the game was to blame" and I judy kept on moving 😂. Yeah, it definitely sounds like player skill was the issue in that situation and he just knew better for next time
"Unfair" difficulty has always just been a skill issue.
There's two types of players. Bad players who will call the game game "unfair" rather than git gud. And good players that will blame themselves if they're not good enough and go on a training arc in the mountains to come back and dominate the game.
Castlevania SotN is one of the all time greats, my only issue with it is it's wwaayy too easy. I've always wanted a metroidvania with soulsbourne difficulty.
Blasphemous?
It wasn't easy for me when I played it hahaahah
too easy if you use the hack code skipping death. and after you turn the castle up side down, it's too hard. bet you didn't play the sotn w/o the alucard sword. try playing it without it
@@Durinson1well said. he clearly use the code for skipping death so the game is way too easy but without it it is hard
@@ramondejesus65not that hard tbh, ender lillies and especially grime are the hard ones
damm!!! the ui design of the map, dodge animation and many other things is very similiar to blasphemous
item pickup sprite, silhouette flash when killing a boss, flask animation, enemies spawning as light orbs... its bad
Have to admitt this is amazing and my game of the year i take back my comment before.
I believe and update adds cinematic scenes is this true?
I love the game wish I had of brought it for the PS5 or on Steam cause the Switch (Where I buy all my metroidVania games) versions has had some performance issues when it's a lot of stuff going on at once. Other than that I love this game so far and plan to play through it more than once.
The entire review I was waiting for a comparison with Blasphemous - not that games need to be put against each other to “prove their value”, but the similarities here are very evident. It’s also unclear to me what sets this game apart from other metroidvanias of the last decade.
My take is that it's a recipe we know but the ingredients are a bit different than the other Metroidvanias. Still, it's extremely reminiscent of many other games that came before. Blasphemous is more colorful and has more variety in its visuals, making The Last Faith feel more "specific". For example : Dead Space Remake Vs RE4 Remake. Dead Space is more homogeneous in its visuals than RE4, but both are excellent in terms of visual design. I love Blasphemous, but I prefer The Last Faith. The contrary will also be true for other people. It's a matter of taste. If you like gloomy games, this one is superb in this regard. It feels like its own thing, even though it's like Castlevania and Bloodborne. Nothing really new here, but still feels fresh. If it rings positive for you, you won't regret it. It's a challenging game, no doubt, but it doesn't feel too hard for its own good (like Souldiers, OMG!).
Wow... this looks great. Literally Bloodborne meets Castlevania. :) And as a Bloodborne fanboy, that's enough to get me to buy it!
This review baffles me, there's nothing this game does that "redefines metroidvanias". I've played for a few hours and I already have a fair amount of complaints. Like you start with the same dex scaling weapon no matter what class you pick at the start, so unless you pick rogue you're basically nerfing yourself for the beginning. There's a huge lack of i-frames for the dodge as well as an unnecessarily long cooldown for it which just makes the game less fun to play and goes against your instincts of how to play soulslikes. Your healing doesn't replenish when you die other than 4 if you run out so you need to farm heals if you want more than that, farming heals sucked in Bloodborne and it sucks here too. Boss rooms don't have bonfires after you kill them so you either have to backtrack to level up or risk going forward with low health. I really don't trust your reviews at all anymore, you guys gave my favourite metroidvania of the year a 6.5/10 but this gets a 9.5? It's ridiculous
What was the 6.5 metroidvania?
Chill dude. It’s good to have opinions though so maybe you’ll help someone else.
I personally had an amazing time playing this game. In my line of work, you play a lot of games. This one immediately had me playing late into the night and oftentimes I thought about it when I wasn’t playing. That’s rare for me.
You can cry and complain about the game and my score all you want, but the bottom line is, I had hella fun. And it’s okay that our opinions differ, but like be chill about it. We’re not attacking each other.
@@NoisyPixelNewsdude wasn’t crying at all in the comment.
@@brandy1999 It was Afterimage. The game had some issues at launch that have since been fixed but overall I really enjoyed that one quite a bit.
Apparently my response was hidden from public view lmao, so here it is again: So you admit that it's personal bias and not an objective review. You neglected to mention any of the issues the game has at all and talk about it like it's god's gift to metroivanias. Giving it a 9.5 is putting on the same level as Elden Ring, but I have yet to see anything this game does that's original at all or brilliant in design. I don't think the game is terrible, but imo it's hard carried by it's visuals and sound design and not the gameplay or level design. Also you say "we're not attacking each other" but also tell me I'm crying when I'm literally just stating facts? Nice one. As a reviewer you have a responsibility to be objective and not just "fan boy" about it because you happened to like it a lot. People spend money based on what you say, but this game definitely isn't for everyone, and personally after about 10 hours of it now I'm still not enjoying it.
a lot of my most anticipated games this year turn out to be bad. It's a relief to know that The Last Faith is good
Your review intrigues me. I´m a little tired of the genre, but I think I should give the game a chance, when I find the time.
However, I very much doubt it will top Afterimage as my favorite Metroidvania this year.
I agree with you that the story of that game wasn´t good, but exploration, scale and Artdesign are of an exceptional level, rivaling and sometimes surpassing Hollow Knight.
It´s a real shame that game flew under people´s radars, this game is more than a little appetizer for Silksong, it feels like the real deal!
@@x-Bsyde-xYou´re right, of course. But at least to me, Afterimage uses its huge scale to create an extremely varied world with great level design. The wonder of exploration ist extremely strong in that game. It took me over 30 hours to beat that game and even then I was sad that it was over. It has its flaws, yes, but exploring is so strong that I wasn´t bored even one second. I liked the game way more than the shorter and more compact Blasphemous 2.
So in this case, I would say, yes, the huge scale is nessesary for the experience.
I really wonder how much the staying power of this game will actually be? We've had amazing Metroidvania games in recent memory that all just faded into obscurity.
I think it’s a great game to just experience and walk away from. After the conclusion I just felt relieved and energized. I don’t know, obscure or not, I’ll continue to speak on this game’s excellence.
You can replay games.
What amazing metroidvania games are you talking about? I'm looking for more to play. This one looks kinda bland.
@@As_Asa_PhDHollow Knight is probably the prime example you're looking for if you haven't played it.
I wouldn't judge The last faith on a first look tho. I haven't played it myself yet, so i can't confirm or deny anything but metroidvanias usually work their magic when you are a few hours in and you start to really explore and uncover secrets, get some abilities, etc.
@@As_Asa_PhDblasphemous 1&2 are great, Haak is great, Ori 1&2, Ghost Song to name some
Is it better than the previous best Metroid/Castle-vania that for me is the excellent Death Gambit Afterlife ?
I dropped Death’s Gambit mid-way through. Convince me to go back to it
@@adam_antoise
Death Gambit was rushed and unfinished.
Death Gambit Afterlife was the polished, finished, full game with extra content missing in Death Gambit and us the game that Death Gambit should have been.
interesting, the reviews on steam are quite mixed (with some very in-depth negative ones), but all the reviews on youtube seem to be gushing over how good the game is. Definitely not buying it at launch, but I might give it a shot eventually.
I dig metroidvanias. Recently I’ve played through Grime, Salt & Sanctuary, Death’s Gambit and Afterimage, all of which I like a lot. This game looks like Blasphemous, which I’m not a fan of (it feels clunky to play). This worries me lol. Like, this game has an uncanny resemblance to Blasphemous. I might pick it up, this review is pretty persuasive, but…I’m not sure.
Thank you for the review!
I prefer this one than blasphemous imo, maybe because i dont really like the theme of blasphemous but both games are great, but this one is more into the "soulslike" since it got attributes build, pick a starting classes and weapon scaling, also whats not to love about a dark, gothic and vampiric kind of setting lol
Next year we also got a side scrolling soulslike too called mandragora, that looks hella awesome!
Hey guys,
What yall think about Mario RPG & small saga?
thanks for the reciew!
small element you forgot..Lovecralftia. Sat City....shades Shadows of Innsmouth
IGN gave it a 7. So I came here and I am glad I did.
Exactly the same for me. I need to stop looking at ign reviews
IGN hasn't been a reputable reviewer in years. Shouldn't even bother listening to what they say.
So their opinion doesn't matter because they gave a game that you haven't played a lower imaginary number than you wanted it to get? Dumbest shit I'll read today.
ign's reviewer complained about the fact he couldn't exploit magic very well.
He build a str build...
@@MrNuclearzunless they give your favorite game a good score😂
the movement and controls felt reallllly terrible in the demo. Did they actually fix it?
Yes, I feel like they took the feedback.
9.5? if only i could get hold of a physical copy on switch, then its perfect!
How hard is this? Does it have difficulty levels?
Almost done with blasphemous 2 def getting this after
Thanks for the review. Seems like the others scoring it 7s just don’t like challenging games
This started as a 9/10 for me initially but ovetime ....the extremely clunky controls, very noticeable command input delay, bugs, softlocks if you go somewhere without air dash leading to jumping off a cliff the only way to escape ( lost 40 k souls) ,e nemies wait for you to climb at ledges and hit you outside your field on vision led me to 6.5-7/10 after finishing ir
Is this actually a MV? Does it have ability gating?
Its a soulsvania to be exact, and its 100% an mv
The story is amazing, the storytelling not so much. Needed a video to explain everything.
Sold
Is this getting a physical release?
the majority of the reviewers who have received a code from the developers, all compare TLF directly to SoTN while very carefully tiptoeing around bringing up blasphemous at all despite the similarities to blasphemous being visually uncanny, TLF and blasphemous are hardly distinguishable, yet TLF and SoTN look nothing alike.
blasphemous was heavily inspired by SoTN, but when it came out it was 100% obvious it was its own game- thanks to its extremely strong art direction. TLF's art direction is bloodborne assets done in blasphemous' medium.
the fact most reviewers of this game who were given a code ignore the similarities to blasphemous and instead really push the castlevania similarities honestly makes the reviews seem... guided. to say the least.
so what feels copied from blasphemous so far?
-silhouette flash when killing a boss
-wall climb animation
- flask breaking animation
- ui and specifically the frames items are displayed in
- animation for enemies spawning in challenge rooms
- item pickup sprite (orb on fire)
- texture and animation of crumbling platforms
thats what ive picked up on so far.
Better than IGN giving it a 7 because they didn't fully understand the inspiration of the game.
Ive read so bad and so good reviews about this game. Like, nothing in between 🤣
Great game. I recommend not buying on the switch. Framerate gets really bad with multiple enemies and crashes sometimes. Have to buy on my ps5
Looks like Blasphemous in a different setting, with a bit more flexibility in combat.
I think better than Blasphemous
More bosses and enemy variety
@@Bloodborneisthebestgame As Blasphemous is certainly in my top 10 metroidvanias, i'm happy to hear someone say Last Faith is better. I definitely plan to play it at some point here...
...what is this review. You're just chaining words that don't make sense. Is this AI written?
- "At first glance it's an action game, but later, world building shines". What, so action games can't have world building?
- "Last Faith is a unique soulslike despite enemy respawning because the challenge is well-balanced" What?????
- "The game ensures I know how to improve by giving a variety of enemies" What???
- "A testament to QA team" Why are you praising the QA team instead the game design / balancing team????
I'm not really here to defend or praise the game, I'm just hoping for an informative review, instead of this :(
I agreed with this review! this game is so good and challenging! but with your own skills and play style. Sometimes you don't have to kills every enemies, just move fast and go lol IGN did bad at review! 😅😊
What if Blasphemous but Bloodborne?
£25 on Xbox. Going to wait till it's on sale. Most reviews are 6 and 7 outta 10
really good game 92% completion
I still don’t get how it set a new standard. Still gonna play it, I just wish the game would develop more on the gun mechanic cuz from what I’ve seen all it does is deal damage. Would’ve been cool to see them use the gun as a parry mechanic like in bloodborne
Is everything in this game so spongey, or is it just what you happened to use footage of for the review?
All the other reviews I've watched looked just as tanky.
Yet another soulslike that discourages experimentation by locking you into your attribute allocation, this would be such an easy fix for most soulslikes, why is it so hard to allow free attribute reallocation, this is my only complaint yet this alone makes me wanna wait for a sale
Or you can think about your build ahead of time and plan accordingly? Or you can have several playthroughs going at once? This isn't the crippling thing you make it out to be. Sounds like you are from the ADHD generation and need your meds.
Did you really finish it before the review?
It just came out today.
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@@NoisyPixelNews Great job in that case :)
i only played 1 hour yet... but the levels all look the same... the game is good but they should have more variations of level designs... trees water etc...
If they would just stop making everything like demon souls and just making original game. Just think symphony of the night was not a soul's clone and it was beautiful and one of the best games of all the time. Now everybody has to follow the demon souls mold which makes games like this so frustrating you want to snap your controller in half.
Soo do you die instantly when you hit a spike or fall? I had to put blasmphemous 1 down for that sole reason. Doesnt work for me in these type of games
Try out the new Prince of Persia. You don't die from spikes unless your health is really low and they have custom difficulty. Very good balance of platforming, puzzles and combat. Story is straight forward, not too many cutscenes and characters grow on you.
@@TheLuckyShepherd yeah I did and really love it
I love souls. I love metroidvanias. I play them all the time. This game is mid at best. It’s really slow and clunky. It’s like you’re playing bloodborne enemies but your character is from ds1. Decent game but I really wish I had waited for it to go on sale. 5/10.
Everything is good except the switch version is ass and the fact you have to upgrade strength in order to get better frost resistance is kind of dumb. Other than that I love the game
Bloodphemous, blasphevania…. That’s it, I am out of genre names.
stoked!
sorry meant Salt City
Give me a break with this review...new standard my ass!
Man this is uhhhh definitely a review. Is it good? Is it bad? Idk but the reviewer enjoyed, is it explained how it sets a new standard in the genre? God no, dont think this guy really did what he set out to do here😮💨
Meh. Looks just like Blasphemous, which I did not enjoy.
Getting really tired to these souls-like Metroidvanias. These days they sort of feel like they are a dime a dozen. Aside from that, I don't think this was great review as it didn't get into what made the game stand out, how the combat works, no clips from the music when the review talks about the music, etc. From what I can see, the combat just looks slow and clunky and it doesn't look like you really have any sort of verticality to your attacks. Can you even jump and attack? According to Steam user reviews, no you can't. That sounds awful. I fully believe that the reviewer liked this but it didn't tell me why I might like it.
What make u give this game 9.5 but blasphemous 2 score 9?
The Last Faith>>>>>>Blasphemous 2. Blasphemous 2 only got that score cause the first game exists
Wow! You are really shilling hard, friend.
bettter then blasphemous 2?
As an mv veteran, I'd say its superior to Blasphemous 2
What a strange review. The mere fact the game doesnt even have controls rebinding or any video options AT ALL automatically should mean its nowhere near a 9/10 score. How can you release a game in 2023 without such basic features? The game itself is nowhere near the top of metroidvania genre either, and its definitely not setting any new "standards" lol, this is as much "we have Blasphemous at home" as you can get
What happened to game reviewers thse days? Did you guys get paid to put out this review or? Since you didnt even TRY to justify your clickbait title, or justify why this (of all games lol in such saturated genre these days) supposedly does anything outstanding or bar-raising.
agreed, it looks pretty but I think it's just a copycat so far. Not a bad thing just not the 'new standard' either.
Got you to click it ;)
While I think the title is clickbaity I do think setting new standards is impossible for metroidvanias. Hollow Knight was the thing to beat and even then its just a derivative of souls likes and castlevania. This game does what slot of new metroidvanias fail to do which is weapon variety and they seem to be going the symphony of the night route with alot of.customization for your build. I'm not saying this game is perfect its a solid 8 for me. It was less enjoyable than blasphemous 1 but better than blasphemous 2 imo.
Look, if you want to build your channel of game reviews off of click baity titles and get all the clicks you're looking at a short lifespan of your channel because everyone is going to notice that your titles don't match the actual content. Also, You mentioned it being a genre defining game more than once in your review. You seem pretty dedicated to the idea that this game is the new standard when it clearly is not.@@NoisyPixelNews
This is a shallow and bland review. More a paid advertisement than a proper analysis. and btw, this game is a Blasphemous clone.
That's a bold statement. Are you saying it's better than Hollow Knight?
I think the action systems aren’t comparable. Hollow Knight can be pretty fast at times, this game is a bit slower. Also the verticality of Hollow Knight’s level design is a bit more grand.
dawg, Hollow Knight wipes the floor with this game. And almost every other game in the genre.@@NoisyPixelNews
@@spacecase88 Hollow Knight is a joke of a game.
Feels like it's so many people's first game in the genre, so they freak out about it.
It has so many design flaws that only grow all the more obvious as the game enters its final stages.
Hell, its difficulty (that it is known for) is either from players not understanding basic mechanics, or is all in the post-game, and is merely a series of respect checks overall.
@@Nersius I feel like you are trying to lump me into this category of HK is the first MV that I've played. I played Super Metroid when that shit was new. Symphony of the Knight was one of my favorite games for most of my life. If you truly believe Hollow Knight is a 'joke of a game' give me some real evidence and I might consider your point of view. Tell me one thing that is a 'joke' about its game design.
@@spacecase88
For platforming, a visual or audio cue will denote you as safe (sword cling or wings sprout), yet you'll still die to the obstacle you just avoided.
Everything is a greyscale wash, which works on most parts, but the Palace Platforming has safe and unsafe surfaces blended into one another.
This can also be seen in the post-game horde challenge/prince charming fights where the adds all look incredibly similar to you, so it's easy to lose your character.
I find it hilarious that your review scores are really beyond the general consensus.
9.5 calling it a game that is the new standard for Metroidvania when most other reviewers found the game subpar and lacking.
But hey, since that Spider-Man 2 review score and your lackluster video about that I know that your scores can’t be taken seriously. You really should stay off metacritic. Leave it to the professionals without confusing gamers.
To think while you writing all of this judging someone else’s opinion, you could have been playing cool games.
@@NoisyPixelNews
“All of this”?
That took me like a minute or two.
There aren’t many games I could’ve played in that time.
But I guess that’s the amount of time you play games you make a review of.
To think that you ignore valid criticism and simply come up with the defense “someone else’s opinion” as a site who claims to do professional reviews is mind boggling.
If you think that your reviews are nothing more than opinions, then don’t give them scores and don’t post scores on metacritic.
If all of your reviews are simply an opinion, then they are exactly that, an opinion, not a professional review.
Might as well post your opinions in the user reviews where they belong.
You don’t seem to be able to grasp the difference between someone like me having an opinion on a game I played and someone like you who does it for a living, as in professionally.
Gaming journalist is a real job and you’re doing it a disservice by doing opinion pieces that aren’t well researched, hiding behind the age old and untrue “it’s just an opinion” excuse.
Read gamestar or gamepro and take a look how professional gaming journalists work. You don’t even have to read a magazine, Digital Foundry only does tech reviews but they did a better job on Spider-Man 2 than you and they didn’t even give it a score.
If you continue to stand on your point that all of your so called reviews are just an opinion, then don’t call yourself professional game journalists and don’t give games a score, period.
lol. I didn’t read any of that. -Azario
@@NoisyPixelNews
Ah yes, there it is.
See, if this is how you conduct yourself, belittling anyone who is criticizing your reviews, not reading their comments and writing things like “lol” you shouldn’t call yourself a professional and give out scores as you’re behaving like a reddit troll and nothing more.
Contrary to what you write on your page when you say that “We aim to cover video games, not to publically shame or belittle any groups of people. Our platform supports free speech, but we draw the line at hateful or hurtful statements.” you apparently have no issue with belittling anyone who criticizes you.
@@NoisyPixelNewsI don’t think you can read 😂
A copy of a game that copied two other games is crazy but ima still play it.
This feels... sponsored.
*Blasphemous 2 having come out only a while before* "look at him, look at him and laugh"
Sounds like a good game sure, but genre defining is kinda much
Um it's pretty mediocre honestly. Way to much delay on attacking. Blasphemous 2 this is not
Blasphemous 2 is a rushed, shitty sequel
I just hate how I paid for a physical copy of this game over 2 years ago and we are the ones who have to wait to play this game while the stupid digital version releases first. I’m done being punished for supporting games. Bullshit
New standard in your dreams. This clunky mess is not any new standard for metroidvanias. This is just another soulsvania.
I wouldn't say a new standard.... lol
It has its flaws
Ooookay 🙄
I love when all the experts come out and give their feedback. They did it with Lords of the Fallen, Elden Ring, Cyberpunk etc and they are all excellent games. People should just shut up and play games. Not that serious
It's not about that. The fact is that there are definitely games that now define this genre and this game comes no where close to the genre defining games. It's probably a pretty good game but when someone just starts saying things like genre defining, it brings into question what exactly is genre defining about it?@@gporr7004
Seems a bit overinflated a verdict, without actually saying why it's so good. Other review scores are quite average. PC Gamer: 6, IGN: 7
9.5 is insane. I feel like he must not have played the last half of the game. This is a solid 7 maybe an 8 if you're being generous.
This just isn’t a great review. It doesn’t really tell me a lot about the game and why it’s good and is very by the numbers
In order to raise the bar for the metroidvania genre, you have to make a better game than Hollow Knight. That's just a fact at this point. To say that this game, while good, takes the genre to new heights is just not correct. Out of all the MVs in existence so far, nothing has come even close to Hollow Knight. For there to be a new standard, it must surpass the current holder of the title. Right?
I think Hollow Knight, although technically a Metroidvania, is way too fast to hit that Castlevania itch. Maybe that’s just me, but while I played Hollow Knight, I never felt like I was playing a metroidvania, it just felt like I was playing a 2D action platformer. - Azario
Hollow Knight is the most overrated game in the genre. Saying nothing come comes close to Hollow Knight is absurd.
Have you ever played Hollow Knight? What about it would you say is overrated?@@darnarxz
But Hollow knight is a metroidvania. You can't just say it's not because it absolutely is. It has every aspect of a metroidvania.@@NoisyPixelNews
Name one game that comes close to Hollow Knight. Tell me why it is overrated.@@darnarxz
not even close to Castlevania. this looks normal and generic game the stages looks repetitive scenery. look at castlevania sotn, it has unique atmosphere, weapons, lvl etc.
i despise any pixel art game.
this is already 2023 and yet developer do not want to use cartoon based / anime based and instead making a shortcut to just buy a license for a pixel art engine rather than developing their own engine just like RE engine for example.
Ignorance at its finest
Typical "pretty" mid metroidvania with very unpolished gameplay mechanics
Nah. This game is a 6 maybe a 7 at the most.
The only new standard this game sets is in it's art design.
No shill, no. This is just a copy or as you breadtubers say "inspired by" Blasphemous. Everything from the art style, the assets, the engine, the color palette, everything is taken from Blasphemous. Shame on you for promoting a shameless clone.
Looks like blasphemous but felt this review lacking in details
agreed
Looks pretty cool, probably get this when it’s $5.00
This just looks like a bloodborne clone.