all the bad reviews on steam and metacritic

[Julius]

It's funny how all the bad reviews complain about the same thing: that the game is turn-based.

That's the core of this game.

[JCKLNTRN]

Anyone complaining that it's turn-based is just being childish, that not every game released is for them and their personal tastes.

[Omence072]

It's like complaining about water because it's water lol.

[FAIR]

It's a silly thing to consider for giving feedback indeed, it's like saying PoE2 is bad because of the isometric camera. Ignore them.

[ZexxCrine]

i mean I just looked and most of them seem to be doing the opposite. they are complaining that the parry and dodge system undermines the turn based system that they wanted. more of a slow paced thoughtful turnbased system than a skill check ective system that they got.

i don't agree but thats mostly what I saw when I checked.

[Monsieur blap]

So after a constantr whine that the game isn't turn based because it has qte, now the complaint is that it IS turn based. Makes sense /s

[joebeard]

Yep it seems the complaints are in many cases due to the strange marriage of turn-based with rhythmic quick time do-or-die events. No doubt it's why they recommend controllers, as the time between key press and actuation on keyboards can be variable. I switched to controller and can handily complete the QTEs now. Unfortunately I still have to switch to kb/m outside of combat as trying to steer a character with dual thumbsticks really is ridiculous.