This game has some very promising mechanics. The graphics are incredible, and the world design, especially the concept of the Umbral, is unique, interesting, and fun to explore. The bosses were also very entertaining, at least in the first half of the game.

After the fourth or fifth boss, however, things started to feel tedious. Even the lamp world began to feel more confusing than intriguing. If you are not carefully keeping track of every locked door you have encountered, good luck running around aimlessly until you eventually have to look it up.

The weapon variety is genuinely fun to experiment with, and the spell animations look beautiful. Unfortunately, the spells feel underwhelming in terms of damage. The visuals are great, but the impact is disappointing.

Despite these issues, I would have given the game a 7 out of 10. However, multiplayer completely changed my experience. It was extremely buggy. I did not receive items that the host picked up, I could not edit my socket runes, and I was not able to buy or trade for boss items unless I was in my own world progressing through my own run. At one point, the game randomly gave me a free 90 plus level boost out of nowhere, while my teammate remained 125 levels below me.

The combat also feels clunky and slow to register at times. If you are using a grand weapon and commit to an attack, good luck dodging because those animations take what feels like four to five business days to finish. We nearly gave up at the end because the final boss kept bugging out, forcing us to restart the fight multiple times.

Boss difficulty is wildly inconsistent. Some are extremely hard, then suddenly easy, then hard again. By the last five to seven bosses, I found myself brute forcing encounters just to finish the game because I had already invested so much time into it.

Overall, I was very excited at the beginning and genuinely enjoyed the first half. By the end, I felt more disappointed and frustrated than satisfied.

Final rating: 4.5 out of 10.

Some bosses are super cool, all the endings suck. Fun with a friend but so damn buggy.

This game is very overhated despite how unique the game mechanic is and how vast the world really are. It reminds me of Dark Soul 1 where you need to complete a certain area in order to unlock the shortcut right to the main hub. It is refreshing to know such game still exist since Dark Soul 1.

Not to mention that the route and the world in this game is so difficult to remember that I can't find a way-out several times. ADHD hits my butt several times in this game. Once I opened the shortcut to the hub, I can't even remember my progress route, it's stupid.

I find it ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that people hate this game because of the 2 different world mechanic. This game mechanic alone makes me love this game and it's kinda fun to me to know the different experiences I can take for both worlds. They tried to make something fresh and new that has never been created by any devs before. For haters out there, git gud or quit.

Last but not least, the bosses in this game is pretty mid and easy compared to Fromsoftware games. If I need to rate the game, I would put it 9/10, minus 1 is due to how mid and forgettable the bosses really are in this game. I put my hope to this devs that they will improve on this aspect, especially Lords of the Fallen 2 is about to be released. I'm sure they will do it since they update this game regularly, and keep it consistent.