I haven’t seen a discussion about it here yet, and wanted to add to the interaction on the board, so I was wondering how you guys feel about the game. I feel like I am about halfway through with it so far, and am enjoying it quite a bit, and have had few issues with it so far. No forced diversity and all of the characters I have met so far have interesting qualities that make them likable. When I heard complaints about Yuna and Masako, I got a bit worried, but they seem to have legitimate motivations and are well written so far. I might just suffer from being a bit of a weeb, but I enjoy the environments and gameplay, even though it can be a little repetitive. The various stances and the ability to choose to do stealth or go in “guns blazing” help diversify the gameplay enough that I don’t get bored of it. It’s one of the better new games I have played, and don’t regret picking it up.
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I'm halfway through, but I'm mixed on it. As something that is supposed to have the feel of a Kurosawa film, it absolutely nails the aesthetic. The story isn't so great, but that's to be expected, as I never expect homages of anything to be as good as the thing it's homaging.
Gameplay. It's Assassin's Creed combat, with all the problems that come with it, namely that you are so powerful in straight up combat, there is never any reason to stealth, except by storyteller fiat such as "there are hostages, and they will be killed if you are spotted". As such, the vast majority of your stealth tricks are never used because regular combat is much faster, more efficient, and more fun than stealth.
The game is absolutely beautiful. Though on the technical side, there is no lip syncing for the Japanese dialog, if you are concerned about that type of thing. It's easily ignorable for me. Non-named NPC chatter as you're just exploring the world is also not subtitled, which is annoying as fuck if you are playing in Japanese.