Fomin
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A fun but flawed game which should have been patched and discounted.

Many criticisms of this game are correct and unlike another game I recently reviewed (Redfall) most of those criticisms have NOT been addressed by recent patches. It's still a fun coop game however, if you play around the flaws, so it really makes me sad that they are going to kill the multiplayer (offline will remain playable) and stop selling it.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3406051342

The Good

This game is a fun coop action-adventure RPG for 1-4 players which has nice cutscenes and a story which does everything it needs to and kept my bro and I motivated to play it through to the end.

The parts of the gameplay NOT described in the section below are fine and the game gives you lots of pretty things to look at.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3405885075

The economy is well-implemented in that it is rewarding enough and I didn't spend very much time thinking about it which allowed me to focus on the ACTION and story as opposed to tedious grinding etc. to cope with a broken economy like in so many other games.

The game has fully repeatable levels with most rewards being given a second time much like Verminide, Resident Evil 5 and lots of other very good coop games.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3405865381

You ALSO get a sort of home area of your own just like Vermintide and you even get trophies representing key enemies after you defeat them.

One nice touch I also liked was that characters will chat to each other automatically and what they say is linked to what is going on in the game and whom they are talking to.

The Bad

One problem which Angry Joe noted in his review was that a lot of attacks appear to be designed to work on a flat surface but the levels are not actually flat. This isn't a huge issue with melee but it does create a problem for the archer class unless you are using aim mode (LT/L2 + RB/L1 or RT/R2).

When you are in the thick of a fight, the enemy AI seems fine. The problem is that the enemy AI isn't so good at the edges of a fight. In some areas, enemies won't notice you when you are high up until you drop down to their level... even when you shoot at them (which is ineffective since you do little damage at long ranges). Sometimes enemies at the edge of a fight will just turn around and go back... kind of like enemies in an MMORPG.

The ugly...

When using aim mode, the archer keeps her body as still as a mannequin EXCEPT for her right arm which loads and fires the bow. This seems incredibly cheap and frankly makes her feel like a creepy automaton.

Also, this game has never been sold at the right price. This is a $20 game and rather than marking it down (and fixing it) they are simply taking it off-sale and killing the multiplayer.

I have a good deal of respect for the people who conceptualized this game. I have no respect whatsoever for the corpos who decided to charge too much and then kill the multiplayer, thereby ripping off people who trusted them.

P.S.

There is one armor set that looks really ugly... but you don't have to use it.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3405036924
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Fomin Jan 27 @ 7:29pm 
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Fomin Nov 20, 2024 @ 6:08pm 
This video does a good job of debunking the "grooming gangs" libel against Asians in the UK. The "study" about that didn't actually list any sources for their data, just handwaving it away as "advanced datamining" and crime stats show that Asian men in the UK are actually LESS likely to be involved in CSA crimes than white men (who are slightly over-represented.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKRcgs4gEC4