Is this game too difficult to buy? Currently

[Strontiumdog]

I consider myself a reasonable games player and I played a bit of dark souls 2 back in the day, definitely hard but once you get the rhythm you can proceed. Thing is, I never finished it as I'm more of a sci-fi guy than a fantasy guy so this looks right up my street with the ambience. It's just from the reviews it seems that the difficulty is broken. Is it doable with some effort? Thanks

[Aetrion]

It's currently somewhat hard to say if this game is easy or hard because it's so unbalanced. Some weapons, like sniper rifles make it pretty easy, since every single enemy can be dispatched by either landing a single shot to their head, or for larger ones dodging past them and firing into their weak spot on the back. Other weapons, like assault rifles are extremely difficult to use, because you can't rely on huge bonus damage from hitting weak spots and the enemies love to employ all manner of shields or teleports to prevent taking sustained fire from the front, not to mention ammo management in this game is a pain for autofire weapons. I think they were forced to release before getting in all the polish this game needed because there are so many heavy weights releasing at the end of the year that a project like this would have gotten squashed even if it launched in a better state. Coming out right now gives them a better window to be noticed.

So, my honest reccomendation: If you're looking for the best game for your money this isn't it right now. However Toadman's Immortal: Unchained gives me the same feeling CDProject's first Witcher game or Arakane's Dark Messiah gave me. It's kind of hinky, but you can see the potential for a company that really shines if they stay on the trajectory they are on, and you might be able to say "I liked them before it was cool" some time in the future if you buy this right now.

[Hobbes]

Get the Surge, wait for this to hit sale and after some patches.

[Itchy_Scrotbag]

Get this...This game is awesome. The surge is over rated

[tenser]

no, you can finish all souls games, I did and I am old and clumsy

[Strontiumdog]

Originally posted by Aetrion:

It's currently somewhat hard to say if this game is easy or hard because it's so unbalanced. Some weapons, like sniper rifles make it pretty easy, since every single enemy can be dispatched by either landing a single shot to their head, or for larger ones dodging past them and firing into their weak spot on the back. Other weapons, like assault rifles are extremely difficult to use, because you can't rely on huge bonus damage from hitting weak spots and the enemies love to employ all manner of shields or teleports to prevent taking sustained fire from the front, not to mention ammo management in this game is a pain for autofire weapons. I think they were forced to release before getting in all the polish this game needed because there are so many heavy weights releasing at the end of the year that a project like this would have gotten squashed even if it launched in a better state. Coming out right now gives them a better window to be noticed.

So, my honest reccomendation: If you're looking for the best game for your money this isn't it right now. However Toadman's Immortal: Unchained gives me the same feeling CDProject's first Witcher game or Arakane's Dark Messiah gave me. It's kind of hinky, but you can see the potential for a company that really shines if they stay on the trajectory they are on, and you might be able to say "I liked them before it was cool" some time in the future if you buy this right now.

Yes, that's the message I've been getting, nice example with The Witcher, I remember that well, so I'm assuming that weapon balancing and polish will be addressed in patches. If its there only game they are going to stick with it no matter how well it sells.

[Strontiumdog]

Originally posted by tenser:

no, you can finish all souls games, I did and I am old and clumsy

You are not the only one, however mid 30s is the new mid 20s.

[Strontiumdog]

Originally posted by Hobbes:

Get the Surge, wait for this to hit sale and after some patches.

Thanks

[Strontiumdog]

Originally posted by Itchy_Scrotbag©:

Get this...This game is awesome. The surge is over rated

Yeah I'm going to. I'm a sucker for supporting indie studios, especially when they create crazy worlds.

[赤皇帝]

I at least feel this game is way harder than any souls game I've played. If it's for the right reasons is for you to decide but I'm enjoying the challenge however frustrating it may occasionally get.

[Saya]

Most hard parts in this game is lack of QoL and poor game design choices, that aim to make game artificialy harder (like player weapons range vs teleport sniper weapon range).
Better wait for some patches and buy on discount

[Chaos Jesus]

It took me 40 hours to finish, and I loved it!! The game was very tough (I actually screamed out loud and rage quit a few times) but after having to run through an area like 20 times you soon map out all spawn points and enemy weaknesses and when you finally do reach the next 'bonfire' with no ammo or heals left it is that much more rewarding (peeps complained about too many fires in ds3, certainly not the case here). Unlike souls I found it plays best with mouse and keyboard and I did not use lock on ever. I seriously reccomend this game I found it exillerating, seemingly impossible at first but every enemy has a weakness and a way to setup and expoit it

[Sirius]

Buy this, it's not too hard, you can balance your difficult choosing the weapon, they'll patch pretty often as i see and it's worth.. It's almost like dark souls, i played all 3 of them always with dexterity build and light-medium armors, so the feel is not so different. It's harder for people who used to play DS with heavy armor, that's all an other way.

[Strontiumdog]

Originally posted by Koutei:

I at least feel this game is way harder than any souls game I've played. If it's for the right reasons is for you to decide but I'm enjoying the challenge however frustrating it may occasionally get.

Oh...I don't like the sound of that, maybe wait for some patches from what I'm hearing the difficulty isn't "fair" at the mo

[Strontiumdog]

Definate contrasting opinons. It's hard but is it fair? I remember people teling me that Elex was impossible but I guess they just didn't know how it worked, in the end I found it too easy. Somehow I doubt I'll have this problem with Immortal

[Strontiumdog]

Originally posted by Chaos Jesus:

It took me 40 hours to finish, and I loved it!! The game was very tough (I actually screamed out loud and rage quit a few times) but after having to run through an area like 20 times you soon map out all spawn points and enemy weaknesses and when you finally do reach the next 'bonfire' with no ammo or heals left it is that much more rewarding (peeps complained about too many fires in ds3, certainly not the case here). Unlike souls I found it plays best with mouse and keyboard and I did not use lock on ever. I seriously reccomend this game I found it exillerating, seemingly impossible at first but every enemy has a weakness and a way to setup and expoit it :thumbalift:

Mouse and keyboard with a 3rd person perspective? Controversial, Gunplay, makes sense