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Remnant: From the Ashes (PC)

aka Dark Souls w/ Guns Take 2. Some years ago, I played the first attempt which was Immortal Unchained. That was a very forgettable and shitty game. This one was slightly better. I can forgive its flaws mainly the lack of a pause button, the poor excuse of a swamp DLC which might as well be a part of the main game, the lack of a respecc and a weird skill tree whereby you discover skills yourself instead of planning ahead with unlocks. The bar Unchained set was really low so I didn't hold my breath this time around and found it satisfactory. high 7/10

I don't care much for its procedureally generated content, which meant that in order to fight every boss and have sustainable builds, you would have to "reroll" and repeat certain maps over and over and that works for short games where death grants progress but in a Dark Souls game its a bit sadistic. I do however love the gunplay and the manual cover. The game is basically Gears of War multiplayer with bots except you both take 1-3 hits to die. It never feels unfair save for a few moments and the boss fights were set in these large setpieces that allowed you to outrun, hide, and strategize instead of just setting everything in a big flat circle arena *coughfinalbossletdown*

Incidentally, I actually thought this game was made by the Immortal devs, because the plot and organization was quite similar; that is you're a dude traversing planets fighting natives on respective planets all leading up to a showdown back at home.

Also I hate the title of this game. I very often forgot what it was called because of how generic it sounded. Even as the loading screens had them all the time (and you will see them often), I still couldn't remember when I made this post.

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