General gaming discussion

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Have to say that I'm getting good enjoyment out of Blades of Fire. A soulslite, but i dropped the difficulty down and now it's more like God of War, albeit with the souls formula. Unlike the souls games, theres a hape of save points (anvils) and it doesn't waste time getting you good weapons to take care of them. Souls fans may enioy it at the higher difficulty, too hard for me and my lack of patience.

Combat is meaty. There are twins blades, twin axes, sabers, swords, greatswords, giant hammers/axes and spears. Attacks are high, low, left and right assigned to the face buttons, and each can be held for a strong attack. Enemies wear armor in different places, if any, and different weapons are required depending on what's covered, or just mash them with the hammers. A fully armored dude with a faceless helmet can be stabbed in the face. It's really well thought out and leads to some serious tactical fights when surrounded by different enemies.

Weapons are crafted, and you unlock stronger ingots and woods to make them stronger. You have to hammer the shape for the first time for each weapon, and the stars you get signify how many times the weapon can be repaired. Inbetween, blades can be sharpened. You also get to name them. On the world you present the weapons to specific statues and that unlocks more options for that weapon, such as longer/shorter shafts, blade types, pommels, etc which affect slash/stab/blunt stats, weight distribution (long hammers with heavy head swings better but consumes more stamina), block/parry ability, stamina and sharpen cost. It's a very unique system and works really well. And it's great to one shot enemies as you progress. Violent if repetative deaths too.

Enemies are plenty and varied enough, depending on how often you save and redo an area. Bosses are typical fare, run/dodge/roll and attack when you can. I'm 11 hours in but feel like it's still early game. Story is good enough to keep you pushing, and the characters are believable and somewhat interesting. Nice visual style too, and gameplay is pretty smooth on PS5 Pro. Recommend people to give it a go if they have Plus as it's currently on there. Don't know if it'll keep me interested, but I'm with it for now.

Oh, also made by the same people who made the Castlevania Lord of Shadows and Metroid Dread. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing though, but they've crafted a solid game with an interesting mechanic.