Sentences with phrase «than the combat mechanics»

Not exact matches

But brainless combat and mechanics, crummy audio, and unacceptable bugs keep this game to no more than a book promotion.

The combat is a chore as the enemies have hitboxes larger than your dodge rolls meaning you will get hit EVERY TIME, the weapons are about as useful as a toothpick against a sword unless you're playing on super easy mode, the story is an illogical mess with some interesting world building mechanics, the characters are about as deep as a kiddy pool in a hotel resort, and the main character never shuts the hell up.

The game retains the charm and wit of previous Paper Mario titles, and its new sticker mechanic makes combat even more engaging than before.

But things aren't quite as fans had been anticipating, with a shift in the combat mechanics turning Bloodborne into an all out offensive attacking romp rather than the plodding experience of hiding behind a shield and patiently waiting for a window of opportunity to strike before quickly going back on the offensive.

This brief recap brings us up to date with Nioh as it appears in its current form — A lovingly crafted homage to the precision combat and mechanics of the Soulsborne games, whilst also introducing an RNG loot system inspired by Diablo and Borderlands and transplanting the action from the more European fantasy aesthetic of Miyazaki's aforementioned series to a feudal Japan setting that is more than a little reminiscent of the Onimusha games.

The combat mechanics have been overhauled and feel tighter and more responsive than ever before.

Rather than just bundling DLC or a few extra missions the developers have tackled the mechanics of the title, and the improvements to the combat make a huge difference to the way it plays.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Reckoning includes four intense new multiplayer maps, all featuring the new Exo Grapple mechanic, which delivers more fast - paced multiplayer combat than ever before.

Puzzle - solving, resource management and exploration often drive the quest oriented narrative rather than primarily combat mechanics.

On the other hand, that might simply speak more about a poorly - implemented combat system than a well - implemented leveling mechanic.

But things aren't quite as fans had been anticipating, with a shift in the combat mechanics turning Bloodborne into an all out offensive attacking romp rather than the plodding experience of hiding behind a shield and patiently waiting for a window of opportunity to strike before quickly going back on the offensive.

And yet, I'm here to tell you Kingdom Battle is a hell of a game, a strategy RPG with more in common with Fire Emblem than XCOM, one that wraps a satisfying turn - based combat game — featuring surprising depth to its systems and mechanics — in the approachable accessibility that's come to define modern Nintendo games.

The combat is a chore as the enemies have hitboxes larger than your dodge rolls meaning you will get hit EVERY TIME, the weapons are about as useful as a toothpick against a sword unless you're playing on super easy mode, the story is an illogical mess with some interesting world building mechanics, the characters are about as deep as a kiddy pool in a hotel resort, and the main character never shuts the hell up.

A little more attention to the fighting mechanics from what I saw in the trailer, probably taken from the success of the mechanics in The Last of Us, given that stealth and hand to hand combat was more prevalent in that game than gunplay was.

The new combat mechanics make it more accessible than ever, so why not jump in now and get yourself ready for the long awaited Kingdom Hearts III.

That was a clever reimagining, where the updates enhanced the experience rather than detracted, and every new armament felt like a natural requirement of the combat mechanics.

The borrowed mechanics of the Souls games are more apparent in the combat department than arguably any other portion of the game.

You can bet because the game will focus more on close combat and given the talent at Valve, the gameplay mechanics will be far deeper than the first installment.

It still doesn't capture the excellence of the Batman Arkham combat mechanics but it's certainly closer to it than before.

Grand Kingdom has a slick UI and stellar tutorial system which pretty much covers every gameplay mechanic, tactic and query a player needs to know to succeed better than this review can summarise, but its extremely in - depth combat system still takes plenty of investment to understand completely.

That might totally suck if it weren't for the solid mechanics behind each of these activities, but Atelier's solid «Synthesis» system — which allows you to alchemize and customize a truly ridiculous amount of items — and fast - paced, satisfying combat ensure that working for the government is a lot more fun in this game than it ever could be in reality.

But it is too short, and both the jumping mechanics and melee combat present more than niggling frustrations, but, it does make up for these pitfalls with some of the best graphics in any Xbox LIVE Arcade game, combined with a gritty artistic style and melancholy audio, which sum to a flawed, but beautiful game.

Like the previous games in the series, Final Fantasy XV is a very flashy Japanese RPG experience with larger than life characters, memorable villains, an interesting yet sometimes convoluted story, sturdy combat that when matched with the core gaming mechanics creates something very entertaining on the PlayStation 4.

Stolen Steel wants to show you how sword based VR combat could be, but poor mechanics make this more potential than anything else

No Truce with the Furies might look like Baldur's Gate, but it looks to bring a postmodern flair to the ailing detective genre, with a focus on mechanics that evoke and augment storytelling rather than just pure combat.

The sequel looks like it's going to keep most of the gameplay mechanics that made the previous game so unique; for example, combat skews closer to simulation than arcade gun fights.

As a result, you tend to glide through combat by guzzling potions to compensate for the lumpen blocking mechanic, and even when you get to more challenging boss encounters where enemy healing and shielding threatens to become an issue, you can almost always progress through sheer gluttony and overkill rather than by having to think too deeply about what sort of combat approach to take.

You're welcome to go in with chakrams spinning, but the combat mechanics are mediocre and more often than not, you'll be met with armed reinforcements who will shoot you down before you've had a chance to escape from your bad decision.

In honesty, you can still get away with button mashing, but those who actually learn the mechanics will find that Dynasty Warriors 9's combat offers a lot more freedom than before.

With the refined and flexible combat mechanics, Dynasty Warriors 9 feels a lot easier than any other entry in the series.

Plus, it features combat mechanics far better than the original.

The combat mechanics are very intuitive and have a lot more depth than your typical melee - based game.

It'd have been easy for them to simply introduce new combat mechanics and a more RPG - driven experience with the levelling up system, but the creativity involved in having the player use Senu to scope out areas rather than simply pressing an analogue stick to get a quick over-stylised look at the world around them through Eagle Vision was a nice little touch.

Incredibly far ahead of its time, River City Ransom plays more like an SNES beat - em - up than an NES one, with a surprisingly advanced set of combat mechanics and upgradable, RPG - style stats for your characters.

I like the way the sort of «chosen one» cliche narrative abilities (like the portentious visions of the future, the preternatural speed and agility in combat, etc.) are actually incorporated as gameplay mechanics rather than just things that happen in cut scenes to raise drama or look neat.

God of War doesn't just bring Kratos into Norse mythology, moving him from Greek myth; the combat mechanics and set - up of the game are also wildly different than that of the previous chapters.

Eventually the game evolved into a space story set in the Aries Constelation Star System's Radaxarian town, inspired by Star Wars, as Kōtarō narrates himself on SEGA Japan's AGES interviews, were he also apologizes for the controversial Yanken Pon system (the battle system in which rock, paper or scissors are delivered at random leaving the combats to luck rather than player's skill) a gameplay mechanic he desgined in his attempt to deliver something original.

That said, the plot serves as more than just a backdrop to the combat, levelling up and choice - making that form the game mechanics.

The combat mechanics are incorporated into the objective better than they are in most other modes because of the limited supply of ore — if you want to score points you'll need to fight over it with other players, and there's an urgency to getting ore back.

The addition of RPG elements on top of the basic chess core makes it more than just a board game and the way the single player doles out puzzling combat encounters around this really makes you have to think hard, considering the mechanics of both if you wish to get to victory.

Mixing together classic farming mechanics with exploration, relationships, and even combat, Stardew Valley is much more ambitious than its 16 - bit visuals would indicate.