Recent reviews by White Shadow

It's a gacha game, so you should know what you're getting into with regards to monetization. It is expensive should you wish to grab every character so be wary of its pitfalls. Manage your expectations and plan accordingly. For a free 2 play player though you can still enjoy every piece of content without feeling the need to swipe.

Put that aside, and you have yourself an amazing game with good combat, beautiful soundtrack, and a great narrative (once you're past the rocky intro). Combat has great variety and surprising depth to it should you engage with its technicalities (team combos, animation cancels, animation swaps, etc.)
Every aspect of the game is improved with time which can be seen as you progress through the story and visit new zones. Updates are frequent with no shortage of quality of life to boot. Daily loop is short, so once you are caught up on content it's quite low maintenance. Of course, you can always tackle harder content or challenge yourself, such like playing with the UI off or trying solo runs with your favorite character.

A great game overall to sink a few hundred hours into (and your wallet, it sure grabbed mine)

I have not seen such an unstable and poorly optimized trash in years.

Masterpiece of a game, it makes me wish the French were real.

Emet-Selch laughing from beyond the grave after he sent us to the golden city

It's alright.

I enjoyed my time with it and I'm sad to see the contempt devs have for the old playerbase to cater to some people who will never touch it. Not to mention removing stuff from the artbook, which I paid for.

Hands down the best game in the soulsborne series, they went above and beyond to craft a beautiful world that feels alive at every corner, which is something other open world games often fall short. The bosses I've fought have been some of the craziest encounters I've had, and with the music to match.
My only major gripe is the performance issues that plague the game and lack of proper PC support.

Amazing soundtrack by Mili and gorgeous visuals that blend together to create a gloomy, yet beautiful atmosphere. There's a stark contrast between Lily's purity and your undead companions in an unforgiving world that adds to the experience. You are left to piece together the story through notes you find and descriptions of your spirits or relics as you journey to undo the Blight.

The gameplay starts simple, but has a natural progression through key items and increases in depth with the spirits you acquire and the combination of relics you possess. I found the platforming enjoyable, and in the later half of the game you have plenty of freedom to approach certain maps. Vertical movement is limited to your double jump where grapple points aren't available, but there are ways to include spirits for some advanced tech. This is especially important for some of the trickier puzzles. There's good variance in the enemy design, with plenty of bosses to boot that will offer a decent challenge, and provided you've chosen to satisfy your curiosity and explore, you will have a good deal of tools at your disposal.

Overall a well-crafted experience with a lot of passion put towards storytelling, exploration, and art style.