Recent reviews by Daigoji Gai

A pleasant surprise. Now we just need Dollman to make a cameo!

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Addresses 96% of my issues with Tarkov while costing less.
Oh, and look - varying skin tones for inclusion right out of the box.
I regret getting Tarkov.

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Having played Dragon's Dogma originally on Playstation, then again on PC with Dark Arisen, this sequel is everything I hoped for and more.

Go from Zero to Tai Chi Hero!

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Unleash Managed Democracy!
THIS IS DEMOCRACY MANIFEST!

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Loving the setup and story post-Arkham games. Enjoying the fluidity of movement and combat.
Really digging the mix of grim scenarios with humor that makes some moments hilarious.
Superb voice acting.

Will keep playing and hope enough of the mainstream picks this up to offset the hate so WB doesn't kill servers too soon. I want the seasonal content.

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If you have the patience to deal with some localization and translation issues (along with some UI not accommodating the Latin alphabet) this game is already beyond amazing. Comparisons are made with Kenshi but that does a disservice to both games. In a nutshell, this is an open world wuxia sandbox with a colorful cast of randomly generated NPCs, numerous systems from setting up storefronts, building your own village or city to your own martial arts school and featuring emergent gameplay where every "rebirth" will lead to countless stories unique to you.

I am on my second incarnation, a jealous drunken master protecting his wife from tons of flirty shady characters in the wuxia world to eventually have a child to pass on my arts to. I joined two schools thus far only to see them both destroyed by a horde of around 20 people that I managed to piss off (to be fair they were bandits and nefarious characters that flirted with my wife and needed to be punished... punished by not only soundly defeating them with my kung fu, but also stripping them naked and destroying their chakras so they can no longer perform kung fu.)

The rock paper scissor system is really damn intuitive and fun and when coupled with the unique special move animations every battle becomes a visual treat (especially when your pets including eagles, horses, pigs and ferrets join in the battle. Nothing beats seeing your horse and pet ferret join in to get a few blows on your enemy.)

Once my child is born I may start a new school, until then I want to see if every school I join gets destroyed by my roaming tribe of enemies. [For the record, you can kill them and take their heads as trophies, but I want them to stick around a little longer.]

I picked this up because CM Punk is back.

My only gripes with this are 1) The character model in game should take battle damage based on, though it is neat putting this on after some of the boss fights 2) requires you to go to the main menu to swap out skins (not an uncommon practice, but tedious and archaic)