I concur

Yes

He's the only reason I watch this channel.

Agreed

Best reviewer team in the industry.

There probably aren't many besides graphical and maybe framerate

@@romellpoellinetz7435 that’s quite important and deserves a mention though. I definitely can see the game being locked at 30 in last gen consoles

@@logitechSDAZ GamingBolt are full of shit sometimes, and lambast games for the sake of clicks. Fextralife is a better review channel. Although for me they're opinion pieces at the end of the day, all reviews are.

@@edgarbh01 but that's if they didn't just pirt it over or if its already running at 60 I honestly dont even think he mentioned framerate but it looks like a 60 fos type game

@@logitechSDAZ it's averaging an 80 on metacritic and that score is based on 53 reviews. Based on the reviews and the demo though I think people are able to figure out if it's for them. If gamingbolt and fextralife are very much in tune with your preferences then maybe it's not for you.

Not to mention customizing the AI squad in their looks and combat behavior! It GUD.

Is it on ps4 or just ps5

@@avedude767 It’s on both

Played it and wasn't impressed. Combat feels off and is filled with QTEs. Environments are ugly as hell too.

@@BC-wt6dw The environments are beautiful. But i respect your opinion.

that game has a huge circlejerk thats why

Nier Automata does it well, though. Each playthrough builds upon the previous ones. Details and plot points could be purposely obfuscated to be revealed in a future playthrough. This game is just two different perspectives of the same story. It might have some things left vague for the other story, but the fact that you can play either one first means there won't be any grand reveals or "aha" moments.

@@artoriasoftheabyss1575 Sure thing, kiddo.

Nier automata had 2B ass

@@artoriasoftheabyss1575 probably because people recognize how good it is

Well literally cutting a corner would normally create extra corners. Rounding off corners, on the other hand...

Really? It looks tedious. I’ll check out the demo. As soon as a character throws a bad guy up in the air and freezes while button mashing combos happen, I lose interest. I don’t understand the appeal of mashing the button to “combo” an enemy who can’t do anything. It’s just tedious. Especially over hours.

@@JazGalaxy the combat became really fun once i got the hang of it. I tried it with both characters the guy the girl and then the guy again. Midway through the girl run it clicked. The demo had areas you could get to using one of the characters powers of teleportation that led to tougher encounters and thats where it really shined

I prefer the chick's gameplay over the dude

@J?????

@@clydu91 LMAO.

Kinda wish we could change weapons though would've loved to play a dual dagger type of char.

@TKsuperturbo Can't comment on this game specifically, but some games do have soundtracks that don't really stand out when you're playing them, but if you stop to listen or download them then they're actually really good. In that case it's as much an issue with the audio design of the game, or the soundtrack not quite doing what it needed to do for that game? Nier games have actually pretty good soundtracks, but there's usually so much going on you never actually hear them, especially the combat music; compare to Soulsborne games which have epic boss fight music that stands out somehow without interfering with your ability to hear the audio cues for moves.

right, the whole game is forgettable.

@TKsuperturbo I've played Nier Replicant and I like the soundtrack a lot, but I kinda agree that it's pretty repetitive a lot. The boss ost ones are awesome, but the going through the open field listening to the same track was getting on my nerves on the last few hours of my playthrough lol. Still good game

@J. C. Sad, no ?

this art style is a tipical anime shit lol

Yeah me too.

Give the demo a try, the FEEL of the game is something they put emphasis on for a reason, it FEELS AMAZING to play. There’s a kind of flow that can’t be fully grasped without playing it first hand. And if you’re on PS5 you get a little extra dose of immersion with the way it uses the adaptive triggers.

Reviews are mixed on this one, but most people agreed that combat is boring and competitive early on when you have no upgrade and then become bloated with too much options once you unlocked more skills from the tree. Seems like it had some pacing issues with character progression. Maybe if you’re patient enough to suffer for a few hours before the game gets good, this would be worth it.

So this game uses the haptics and adaptive triggers if so I might be fully sold on it it’ll make combat feel grounded

@@Aliens1337 actually reviews seem to be very positive on this one. It's averaging an 80 on metacritic.

Brandon has one of the best voices in gaming journalism too tho

@@PCGGC He is referring to the english dub.

@ LMAO, Did he think OP was referring to Ben speaking japanese? Now I kind of want an april fools joke like that where Ben tries to review something in broken japanese.

@@Ayoul oh! Haha yeah my bad. That would be hilarious

@@Ayoul I fell like Bloodworth is more fluent in japanese then Ben

Same dude, it’s downloading right now :D can’t wait to play it

Enjoy it man, its definitely worth playing. The story takes a bit to take off, but once it does its just crazy. Also during the downtime at the hide out, use it to raise the companions bonds by buying gifts for them and by talking to them when they have a bond episode available.

Bro, I was casually like “oh look bandai’s newest anime IP is on the game pass” I downloaded it despite me not really caring for it but after I played it, I just can’t stop

Wtf is gamepass??

@@javiman ?? Cant tell if you trolling or for real. But ill explain anyways, gamepass is a gaming service provided by Microsoft for their xbox division. Think of Netflix but for games instead of movies. Gamepass has been out for a few years now, with gamepass you get xbox live gold and 100+games to play. Xbox has been pushing to have games be available on gamepass day1 on release day. Xbox is already releasing their 1st party games day one on gamepass, stuff like halo, gears, the outerworlds, forza, state of decay, wasteland etcc. Aside from 1st party, xbox adds 3rd party games to the service. We seen stuff like gta5, red dead 2, monster hunter world, dmc5, dragon quest, outsiders, yakuza, etcc. For example halo Infinite and forza horizon 5 will be coming out this year for $60 each or if you are subscribed to GP you can play them day 1.

Probably will have a "revision" release, like God Eater do. With added content and story. Hopefully.

@tiggy wiggo Well it's Bamco we're talking here. They do that on all their games. DLC at minimum. And usually re-release. It is not good by any means. And i agree with you, should've come with the main game.

Im wondering too...

I saw that, I'm exited for more people to try this game out. I been playing it since launch and it's really good, it took me 30hrs to beat the first campaign. Lol The story leads you in a rabbit hole with many twists and turns, definitely worth playing. Also it gives me hope that maybe tales of arise will come to gamepass.

@@NuclearAbyss its really good so far. Only about 4 hours in and just beat the first proper boss and the story seems to be getting going a bit now. Combat is really slick. Would be nice if Tales Of Arise eventually made it to Game Pass, Im happy to wait, cant keep up with the games on it at the moment so it's hard to justify a purchase.

I tried the demo today. Couldn’t set the brightness correctly. I could either see the darker icon and not the lighter one or vice versa, but I could never see both

Press and hold L2 on a special object

No

Yes

Should be $30 by then

i preordered mine 83 days ago

@@Mojaveknight17 that is our hope.

Gaming bolts review while score wise was ok, the review was really droll. You could tell they didn't like (or has little exposure) to anime games.

@@tyrantravealpha or that they were honest in their assessment about what the game is, just like Fextra life. SN is peak mediocrity made up like a stunner. Wash off the makeup and its Average at best.

My biggest complaint is the targeting and camera honestly. Combat is super fun, wish it was a LITTLE more complex but you can definitely whip up some crazy long strings that feel real satisfying to pull off. But every boss fight with multiple humans can get kind of nightmare ish with the awful targeting. Hurt my brain just thinking about it

Aaaaaand that comparison right there makes me want to play it. Ys XIII is one of my all time favorites and if it has similar combat to that, I'm in.

I have no interest in nier automata. because of the multiple reruns of the Champaign. it might change a bit, but how many runs do you need? like 7? nope

@@MrMarans Nier automata? There are only 3 campaings to finish the story. The first one is almost entirely the same as the second one. But the third one is totally different. Really good game

Looks more like Astral Chain to me

Looks like they reused a bunch of code vein assets

Glad I'm not the only one that feels that way. Originally I thought it was a Code Vein sequel, happy to see it isn't and the battle system looks great!

@@woahblow4127 It's definitely running on the same engine.

according to most of the reviews, theres not much character progression in combat unfortunately

I'm fairly certain they said it's made to be played in any order.

All the reviews I’ve seen mentioned how one camping kinda fleshes out and gives context to the event of the other. Just curious if being privy to one campaign’s reveal over the others has a harder punch or makes more sense.

Astral Chain would like to say hello

I would have to agree with you on that plus Ys XIII and Ys IX.

I hope you enjoy it in 2 years.

Most def will!

Hope you don't die before then

Wow! Me too, that would be awful. I mean, I'd be more bummed for my family but not being able to play this game would probably be up there ya know?

@@OfficeDepotBandit 2 years? More like 2 months. Hell, I bet it’ll be $30 or less by Black Friday.

Was strive worth?

Yes! Keep in mind I am one of those who will play a fighting game for 5 hours straight and try to learn by playing others. I feel there is a bit of breath there if you're looking for it and the anime tone hits home with you.

@@user-qs1qs5ik7y Strive is absouletly worth it. The only issue holding it back from being great is how unstable the lobby system is. Otherwise gameplay and netcode are incredible.

Ikr!?

Will there ever be a dark cloud 3? God damn i hope so

Depends on your pc i guess

I heard it's not that demanding so you should be OK as long as your system isn't too outdated. I'm more concerned about the control using a controller; hope it matches that of the consoles.

I'm just worried that the reason we didn't get the demo is because the port is trash.

@@ninetailedfox579121 you can see the metacritic reviews for the pc they are really good (81)

So this is what ass feels like 😂

Cyberpunk setting, it's expected.