What are we thinking about this one KIA2?
After sometime with it. Regardless of if/if not you believe it's woke trash I will absolutely hand them credit for not having MTX and having a (mostly) complete game at launch.
Now on to the other shit...
Wokeness - Honestly? Sure there's a bit of it sprinkled on (Pronouns) but I can confidently say at this point that it never felt like it was forced down my throat or that woke topics were an inherently "positive" thing to witness. Even the flamboyant gay characters like Astarion seem to be there for comedic release and "playersexual" has been a thing since Dragon Age: Origins.
It appears to me that the dev's cared a little less about pushing a message and more of: "I'm going to just throw my hands up, do what you want!" All of the interactions in the game seem less set to follow "ThE MeSsAgE" and more to allow the player to "Have at it!". I mean hell, if I see some faggots or some niggers I can straight up delete em cause Paladin go brrrrrr.
All in all, I've been enjoying it. More than Armored Core and Starfield thus far.
(Armored Core VI fucking blows donkey dick also. Not a bad game, but sure as fuck isn't AC.)
Issues with it:
Lack of customization options to do various different builds in fun or unique ways.
Only a few weapon sets are really viable.
Disgusting "Souls" stagger mechanic.
Enemy types are boring as hell.
"Souls" Boss Fights.
Armored Core 2 was my favorite. I also love the Souls games, but this ain't it for me.
Yeah I wish there was more weapon variety. Some things are way stronger than others.
Souls does not have any stagger mechanics like that, only Sekiro really does.
The small enemies in levels are pretty boring. But I've enjoyed most of the boss fights with a few exceptions.
I never played 2. Just some of 1 and 4 before this. I hope they use this as a good base to build off of for an expansion or sequel. It is a bit thin, but I enjoyed my 1st playthrough a good deal.
Elden Ring, Bloodbourne have it as well.
Yeah I'm not shooting em down for a sequel, but I was rather unimpressed by this entry.