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Salt and Sanctuary (PS4 soon on PC etc)
I really like it. In particular, it's actually a great intro to the Dark Souls/Bloodborne formula mechanically. The 2d combat requires the timing but trades on a much more familiar and traditional skill set for the average player (mario style platforming and jumping, castlevania combat). And everything you learn in the game from a content perspective (armor, shield work, parrying, magic, upgrading weapons, dying/respawning at bonfires, skill scaling, leveling up w/souls that get dropped, etc etc) will transfer almost exactly to Dark Souls. It's an amazing distillation of the genre and, while I can't say for sure since I did Dark Souls first, I'm guessing it is an amazing primer to get into the genre if you want to. It's a pretty great game on its own so far as well, the 2d combat feels extremely tight and snappy and the weapons feel quite different.
It's like 15 bucks? Totally worth it. One thing it is not is original but it is extremely well executed and fun.
For another perspective, I completely agree with this review:
www.polygon.com/2016/3/22/11284996/salt-...sanctuary-review-ps4
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The game earned high praise over at Polygon too.Gary Sax wrote: Definitely more Castlevania/Metroidvania than I thought now that I'm some hours into it. It has some areas unlocked by new skills that you couldn't otherwise get to. Combat is still very notchy but just right. Weapons very different. I can see how it would be amenable to dark souls high strength/endurance shield stuff at the same time as a rolling dex build, which I think is an accomplishment in 2d. I've done 0 magic or cleric stuff so I can't speak to that, I don't do it in souls either.
I am not sure I like the look of the characters--getting a Phil Foglio vibe here and that shit makes me crazy (cf. backing GLORY TO ROME). And I am not sure I am willing to try this at $18. I buy full price games like once a year. A MARIO title will get me. A top-down ZELDA. THE WITNESS. THE TAKEN KING, I guess? Even that I finagled $20 off. HEARTHSTONE pre-orders I suppose. Outside THE WITNESS, this is all solid IP, and that game came with cachet. Here are my concerns:
- Am I good enough to play this game well? I might not be--I haven't played DARK SOULS since the 360.
- Is this different enough from things like DRAGON'S CROWN or ODIN'S SPHERE or actual CASTLEVANIA that I won't feel like I am gilding the lily on my collection?
- Will this be a PS+ pack in in a few months--has the trappings, I gotta say?
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To your points:
1) I'm finding it a bit easier than Dark Souls, but with the same game loop (e.g. lots of dying, bosses require multiple tries and learning patterns). We'll see as I get later in the game.
2) It is pretty different Dragon's Crown and Odin's Sphere in that it's much less beat em' up. It plays closer to Nintendo DS Castelvania games but the focus is much more on tighter, more lethal and difficult combat.
3) Always an issue with PS4 games, I agree.
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The game has gotten much harder. Still good, though.
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I get that people hate the art but I also sort of appreciate that if you took Dark Souls and made it a cartoon you'd end up with this almost exactly. I just killed a giant wooden machine that was covered in hanging undead throwing molotovs while fire things in the wall spit fire at me.
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Also, I don't know if I mentioned it, but this has couch coop (?!?) rather than online cooperators.
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