PJOReilly

@theduckofdeath same! You're in for a good time!

@Fiendish-Beaver Oh, that's a great shout! Yep, looks like it could be good.

@Darude84 Hmmmm. Would be good to start with the OG obviously but it's not essential. 2 and 3 are dynamite and you could just read a plot synopsis of the first game at this point as you'll be in that one more for story than gameplay given how old it's gotten.

@Darude84 I would definitely go for it, they're amazing games, but maybe check if it isn't easier/cheaper to play with the older HD Collection before splashing out on this.

@fabisputza007 it's still a fun time, just needs a patch! I'll be trying it out with update today

@CrimsonRidley hahaha. Was bound to happen.

@Kaloudz Mad Donkey? It definitely gets a harder, but I would say take your time, make sure to grind up a few levels by replaying areas you can easily blast through and just study bosses as you come to them. There's always a fairly easy way to beat them with the right tools and a little knowledge of their movesets

I gave it a 9 on the poll because I really like it. Hi Ben!

@ApostateMage hahaha, yeah some of these are good fun.

@somnambulance hahaha, I knew I was going to do that. Fixed!

@Benwah It tells you in the article.

@Cashews lol

@HarmanSmith No!

Remember folks, it gets EVEN BETTER when you hit NG+

@Halucigens the story surprised me!

@Banjo- it really, really, really isn't.

@Kaloudz you're welcome pal!

@Feffster Annnnnd, it's all sorted. Big thanks for bringing that to our attention mate!

@Feffster Hmmm. Thanks for flagging this up. It's working for me but yeah I'm seeingnow that there is defo an issue on user side. Will get it sorted out pronto!

@Nightcrawler71 Ah! My apologies, I'll add the info in a little bit.

@tallythwack you can't miss it during the mission I mentioned, it drops from an enemy, but I've updated the text to clarify further.

@8bit4Life Yep! It's even better than that one.

@Bmartin001 Yes, but in NG+ you can skip doing the main story missions and just do side stuff and explore, hence why I think folk have been recommending just blazing through the campaign critical stuff.

@Kaloudz there are new aspects to the game, such as the new powers, but we don't want to spoil anything else, it's genuinely worth just getting there for yourself if you can.

@Kaloudz that's correct

@PsBoxSwitchOwner I'll be providing my thoughts on it as soon as I can.

@GunValkyria Not like Souls at all tbh, beyond the big boss scraps that take some time to get around. AC is all about building and kitting out your mech to suit different scenarios then taking part in linear missions with straightforward objectives that are usually topped off by a tough battle. There's little to no exploration or anything else to do beyond mech combat. Hope this helps a bit.

@CallMeDuraSouka Well, we'll have our review as soon as we can, and we'll be digging into guides and other features. Luckily the game is on GP so easy enough to try without getting too badly burned if it's not great! (I'm sure it's gonna be great)

Just don't expect a review from us anytime soon as we haven't received review code, along with a bunch of other sites. 😕

@Leuke unfortunately I didn't get a chance to do any co-op.

@Fenbops I think you'll enjoy it if you like The Surge series. I knew I'd be slightly high in my scoring compared to some outlets, but I just really love what Deck13 do, even though there's always a bit of clunkiness involved. Really nice to play an action adventure like this that you can blast through in a week these days too.

@Microbius Enjoy!

@TJ81 You can turn the speech volume down or off which is a fair enough workaround if you've got subs turned on.

@Fiendish-Beaver Hey, yes, you can both seal and unseal doors! Sound-wise the gun effects and atmospheric stuff is excellent!

@awp69 well, cassette beasts did make it into the honourable mentions, so not all bad.

@SplooshDmg I very nearly had it in the main section tbh!

@KilloWertz Yep, if you take a look at the pics you can see the LB and RB now have textured grip where the OG doesn't. Also, the main grips at the sides are rubberised now, so they're better than the plastic texture grip of the default pad.

@NickramCTID The Steam user reviews are in a state I believe, It's a great game though, regardless of whatever is going on over there to have it dragged down.

@Lavalera I think if you take your time there's tons to love here. I hope folk give it a chance for a few hours and see the combat as a small part of the overall picture.

I'm very impressed with how highly the OG is rating here. Good stuff!

@rustyduck Come on now, less than seven hours to beat pro mode, how hard can it be? sweating

Nope just old age making a fool of me again 😅

@sjb2016 My bad! Has been amended. Every time I think of NBA 2K my brain says EA, I can't help it.

Hey guys, sorry I won't be able to come into work today, I...eh...yeah, I'm bedridden, very sick. I'm gonna need 100 hours off.

@Romans12 I wouldn't say it's any harder, not noticeably so at least. Definitely not an issue, or anywhere near Souls. You should breeze through most bosses too as they're not really designed to be huge barriers.

@JayJ Think you'll be reading quite a few of those today 😉

@gravelmonkey If you can beat him there's nothing anywhere near that level until quite far in. It's defo an early spike, but second phase just block all his attacks and yeah, you gotta nail the timing on the red attac deflections. Once you've got that down he's toast.

@Magabro He's defo tough but once you learn the deflection timing of his big attack he's pretty simple. First phase you can just rush him and attack, build up your gauge and spirit attack him repeatedly. Second phase, steer clear and let him pull out his big red attack, then deflect it for big damage. Just takes a little patience to learn the timing. All his other attacks can be blocked in phase two.

@Kaloudz I'd same I'm fairly decent at Soulslikes having beaten all of FromSoftware's previous games. This one has a few difficulty spikes along the way, nothing insurmountable or on a par with some of the big bosses in Dark Souls or Sekiro. But for the most part I found it all quite forgiving for the genre. The morale system and recruits really do help out when you're stuck.

@BlackMayge How dare you disagree with my score.