I too have been replaying the game and it's absolutely stellar. So many different options from weapons to stances to skills.
There are quite a few issues I have with the game though.
- The loot system, giving you tons of trash upon trash. Leveling, learning skills and sorting my inventory takes like 2-3 minutes every mission, it's pretty stupid.
- Obviously as many have said the enemy variety was severely lacking too. It had less enemy variety than souls games but Nioh was like 2-3 times as long. That's not even counting the Abyss.
- The level design ranges from average to mediocre. The dlc mission with the constant barrage of arrows. The sea level with Umibozu, the underground level with the Centipede boss and more are just horrible imo.
I do actually really like a lot of the bosses though, even if they're overused as hell.
Giant Toad is probably my favourite boss design in any souls like game. Sure it's not exactly really original when you know there's plenty of giant toads with pipes in old Japanese folklore and even media. But come on man, Giant Toad is cool as fuck. Yuki Onna, Oda Nobunaga and more were also really cool too.
There are quite a few issues I have with the game though.
- The loot system, giving you tons of trash upon trash. Leveling, learning skills and sorting my inventory takes like 2-3 minutes every mission, it's pretty stupid.
- Obviously as many have said the enemy variety was severely lacking too. It had less enemy variety than souls games but Nioh was like 2-3 times as long. That's not even counting the Abyss.
- The level design ranges from average to mediocre. The dlc mission with the constant barrage of arrows. The sea level with Umibozu, the underground level with the Centipede boss and more are just horrible imo.
I do actually really like a lot of the bosses though, even if they're overused as hell.
Giant Toad is probably my favourite boss design in any souls like game. Sure it's not exactly really original when you know there's plenty of giant toads with pipes in old Japanese folklore and even media. But come on man, Giant Toad is cool as fuck. Yuki Onna, Oda Nobunaga and more were also really cool too.