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Just finished the original game and going into Iceborne right now, this is my review so far.

Let's start with the cons for this game:

- The game seems simple to get started but there's an enormous amount of depth, some information is left out and not sure if that's on purpose. Problem is if you don't like finding things out by yourself or doing some research on YouTube, then this game feels very limiting. The tutorials for classes in this game only tell you about 20% of what you need to know to be really efficient, it gets you started but it's up to you to find out more efficient ways to kill mobs and lots of mechanics are often left out.

A simple example with Great Sword: You can interrupt your charges by tackling and therefore changing directions and also skipping a charge step to go directly to your hardest hitting combo. Hitting a tackle at the right time works as a counter and can stun/flinch mobs if timed right, therefore making you able to hit your strongest charged attack at said monsters head often leading to a knockout or stun. Very important mechanic but not mentioned at all in the tutorial and really essential if you want to kill mobs fast.

This is just one mechanic, but there's many many more.

- There's some quests which I don't really like, specifically the Zorah Magdaros fight and some of the HR quests where they leave you free and basically just say "go find some tracks".

- For some of the bosses you will need to farm some mobs for gear, luckily the multiplayer is there to help you out I guess.

- The story is meh.

- Sometimes it seems that monsters are looking for eachother, are you doing well in this fight against this monster? Oh sh*t, there's another big flying one that carpet bombs you while you were just about to hit your hardest hitting move causing you to tumble and get hit by the mob you were originally fighting. First few times it's fun, but after a while it gets old.

Pros:

- This game takes a while to get used to but once you understand the mechanics, it's really a matter of finding the right counter and flow for that specific mob and thereby cutting short the time it takes to farm a monster.

- Game starts slowly, but eventually ramps up to really big monsters and explosions everywhere.

Would recommend a friend to help you pick up this game, as it's very complicated with lots of mechanics. 35+ hours in the game and i'm still discovering new stuff. Essentially this game is about learning how to become an efficient hunter by learning the mechanics of your class.First few hunts you fail, then you succeed but slowly, eventually you won't get hit by that mob and just kill him in less than 10 mins. It's very challenging and frustrating at times, but definitely worth a play-through.

Have to edit my review after playing for a while now. These are the things that I don't like about this game:

* There's a system in place that puts you against bots online after a losing streak. The bots will have names that make them look like real players. The names have been datamined and are always the same. This is the most disgusting business practice, it makes the player think he/she is good after a bad losing streak. They're trying to trick their players into thinking they're playing other players, but they're really bots to make you feel good after a losing streak. The community found out and so far no confirmation or comment by the developers. All this to keep you engaged and ultimately to make you spend money in the game.

* Servers have become absolute garbage and getting worse every patch. No fix in sight yet. What's even worse, the community found out that the game places you in servers that might not be near your location at all. Game is literally unplayable as a result.

* Balancing is not done well, developers seem very inexperienced and seem to touch (read nerf) every move of a character. Worst thing is that they don't nerf the actual thing they should. Some characters are therefore completely ruined to the point of nearly unplayable.

* Battlepass is underwhelming and skin pricing is very expensive for what you get. $20 USD for a skin is way too steep.

* Game doesn't have normal fighting game mechanics that people are used to, dodge is too strong and since there's no whiff recovery frames you will play the hit or miss guess mini-game every game. This makes the game more of a party game instead of actually requiring skill.

* Smash is simply better

As a result of the above things, player base has been steadily dropping by a lot.

This has led me to change my review to negative, don't play this game before they've fixed their game. Even though the game has a beta tag, they're trying to charge full price for things.

Very good game, Tarkov but more relaxed. Haven't encountered cheaters yet, but to be fair I haven't been to the hard map yet.

This is my first Redout game. Would recommend people to try this, the difficulty is pretty tough. So don't expect to be good at the game from start, most of the time you actually need to know the track to perform well.

Got stuck at a point in career (second speed challenge), I flew off the map a lot of times. This had led me to keep trying and iron out the kinks in my play style. This is a game that takes patience and a lot of practice, exactly the type of game I like.

Would definitely recommend, just don't expect to be an expert the first 2-3 hours.