Recent reviews by Dorf

I haven't hated 100% completing a game this much since Hotline Miami 2

don't hurt Peppino too much or you'll go to hell

While I don't quite understand everything this game's story has to offer, I do believe the vibes it offers are truly immaculate. Everything from the art to of course the music. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, the music itself is more than enough of a reason to play the game (you can find the whole album on spotify btw, go support them.)

The game is really REALLY short, but it's worth every penny just from the way it makes you feel; there's nothing quite like it.

I absolutely fell in love with this game as I haven't in many, many years. I find it incredible the times that I audibly gasped while experiencing this game. I really REALLY LOVE this game so so sooooo much and I have nothing but praise for it.

✨I am in love✨

I've played this game for quite some time off and on steam, be it playing alone with Bosco and Steve or with other great Dwarf friends, and no matter what happens, be it death or a great victory, this game never gets tiring.

While it's a simple premise of just mining and killing bugs, it goes really far with those two "little" things, as you go from mining some ores to escorting a giant drilldozer called Loretta as she gets your team to the center of the world just so you can get, you guessed it, another type of mineral!

The gameplay as simple as it might look is anything but, as you have 4 distinct classes, and while 4 might seem too little for some people, they absolutely more than make up for it with each one being completely unique from each other. They achieve this with each getting multiple main weapons that in and of themselves have to be played differently and a couple of sidearms. Even if that were to not be enough, ALL of the weapons get multiple overclocks which not only change how your weapon works, but also the way that you're able to play with them.

I have nothing but praise for this game, as does anyone that has even come close to even looking at this masterpiece. This is one of the greatest communities out of any piece of media I have ever seen.

And with that,

This is the game that you have probably been waiting for most quite some time now. This. Is. It.

There's hours of replayability packed inside, tons of unlockables (including characters and some other modes besides Story), and online coop which from my time playing works flawlessly and it's an absolute dream. Plus, the soundtrack is as good as it has ever been, and if the new OST isn't really to your liking, there's an added option to have the retro soundtrack that you remember and love.

It feels exactly how it should, I don't know how they managed to do it, but they created the next step in the franchise without leaving the old fanbase behind.

Go buy this game, go relieve the best beat-em up franchise and go have fun with this absolute gem!

This game, oh boy, this game. It has given me so many sleepless nights and I'm still playing it. Does that mean it's a perfect game? Well, no, not really. So, why do I love this game so much?

- Big ass monsters. You climb on all sorts of mythological monsters so you can hit their weak points and do a lot of damage. It has that one mechanic from Shadow of the Colossus; except that in this game, you can actually regenerate your stamina so you don't fall off a monster and receive falling damage.
- 9 different vocations. You have everything from vocations that use bows and daggers, shields and swords, longbows, greatswords that are just lovely to use, and staffs so you can conjure magick (more on that later).
- Pawn System, there isn't any type of real multiplayer, so if you're looking to play this with a friend, you will not get that experience. However, there are two kinds of "multiplayer": The first one is the pawn system, basically, you create two characters, your main one, and your main pawn. You can choose what will be their vocation and how they will attack and you can even decide how much you want your main pawn to talk. So what's so special about this "pawn"? Well, your main pawn can go to other Arisens (players) worlds to be one of their pawns. And you can also have two other pawns from other Arisens that can be different from your main one, so this is the way you create a party. The second type of multiplayer is reserved for late game and for New Game Plus.
- Most, if not all of the abilites feel so unique and feel so go to use, you actually feel like you're the one doing the action, the animations are fluid and the magick attacks are hands down perfect. Capcom nailed the magick like no other game has ever done.
- The exploration is very inmersive, you can be on your way to a quest, and suddenly you can find a band of bandits fighting against a pack of wolves, and suddenly a Griffin can come down from the air and you can either slay it or run away, there is no punishment for not fighting against powerful beasts, but do know that you will not get any materials, experience nor gold.
- The late game is hard as balls, it's up to you if you like that or not, most of the game feels like a very fair challenge, but at late game, there are some monsters that will crush you. But if you do manage to slay them, you will be rewarded handsomely.
- Enhancing system: Why do you want to slay all these monsters you say? Well, for one, they give xp and some drop gold, while others drop materials which you can use to upgrade your weapons and armor, you can upgrade them up to three times (the first upgrade only needing gold, second and third need money and materials), but there's another way to upgrade your equipement: Dragonforging, which is essentialy having your armour and weapons consumed by the fire of a dragon, which you get by slaying a dragon. The weapons and armour you have equiped at the time will have a chance of being Dragonforged when you kill any dragon, with some dragons having more chance of dragonforging than others. There's a fourth type of enhancing called rarefing, which you can only do once you get to Bitterblack Isle, which is a DLC area with more difficult enemies than before, but you can get loot that you will not get anywhere else in the game.

It's not all good though. The game is rough in some edges.

- The AI can sometimes be very bad, yes, you can give orders to them, but these are very limited, you have exactly three orders for all pawns (You can customize the actions of your main pawn, but you will not have such luck with the other two pawns) Go!, Come! and Help!, you will be using these a lot as sometimes you may just want to go to a inn and rest but your pawns will keep attacking everything they see.
- The fast travel system is very limited, you can have up to ten places you can fast travel, if you're a person that wants to get to a place quickly, you'll have to decide which places have a higher priority. This doens't really bother me as I like to explore and get materials and other stuff.

If you can get past these negatives, it is honestly a fantastic game to get lost in, quite literally. The pawn system is such an interesting idea that get's executed extremely well. A personal favorite, 9/10

Don't forget that wolves hunt in packs Arisen! 'Tis weak to fire!

I bought this game without knowing ♥♥♥♥ about it, and oh boy, I'm glad I made that decision, this game is a blast to play with friends. I've not tried 4 player coop yet, but 2 player coop is absolutely amazing!

Play it with friends and it's a 10/10, otherwise 8/10.