The new TPS perspective is a vast improvement over the restrictive top-down view of the 2015 original, but this sequel feels more like a beta version of a remake than anything new. The hilarity of watching your squad being dismembered, squished, vaporized, and/or blown halfway across the map by an explosive shockwave isn't quite enough to hide the repetitive game loop, forced grind for upgrades, awkward controls, broken systems, or the fact that Helldivers 2.0 is yet another example of an incomplete game being pushed out too early.
Still...it's a blast to spread Managed Democracy (AKA Fascism and Genocide) in short sessions with friends. Intoxication is optional, but highly recommended.
Wow. I went in blind, expecting more 2000s-era brawling, coin-op stylings, and sweet melodrama. The turn-based JRPG (!?) combat, goofy minigames, hilariously bizarre cast and plot, and yes--magnificent melodrama pulled me in and hasn't let go. Surprisingly great. Not perfect, but definitely my kind of weird.
Welcome to the nonsensical fantasy world of Aimless Souls. Calling it the best game of the series is no exaggeration, but if the idea of From's signature clunky hack-n-slash in a semi-open world doesn't turn you on, then there is precious little here that is new or different enough to recommend a purchase. Fans should dig it, though.
Outriders was fun for the week or so that we played it, but I don't know anyone who stuck with it after that. Hmm. Probably won't revisit that little pew-pew unless I can recruit some buddies to spice it up a bit.
Thanks for the 411, but the beta told me all that I needed to know. Some relics should stay buried--just like the battered old D2 jewel case that I have sitting in a box somewhere.
On a positive note: Resurrected makes Diablo III seem like a quality game, and not simply something to play when you're too drunk or faded to handle anything that requires coherent thought.
It's cool that you liked it, but such high praise seems dubious after all of the lukewarm reviews from voices that I have come to trust for their honesty--even when we don't always agree.
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