Board 8 > Platinum #246 - Severed

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/4525-severed/ArcticCress
https://www.truetrophies.com/game/Severed/trophies?gamerid=5963

Severed is a short (8-9 hrs) action adventure/dungeon crawler hybrid which uses slashes on the touch screen as your attacks. The game features three dungeons to explore with various secrets and other puzzles to unlock as you go through each. The only hard part of the game was finding all the mementos - the battle leading towards the second memento is the hardest in the game, and the third memento's puzzle is very strange and I doubt I would have figured it out without a guide. The highlight of the game is the combat system, where you deal damage by swiping the enemy on the touch screen - damage done is dependent on how long the slash was. You can also repeatedly slash back and forth on an enemy to keep dealing damage repeatedly. Enemies will of course have certain weak points that are the only place that is vulnerable and/or have armor that will need to be cleared with a power attack. Except for the one battle I mentioned above, I was pretty impressed with the system and was surprised how well it worked with the Vita's touch screen. I assume the 3DS, Wii U, and Switch versions work similarly.

Next to continue the cleanup is either Blue Reflection: Second Light or The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II, both of which have been beaten but require a second play through for the platinum. I've already planned out #250 as well, but haven't started it just yet!

I greatly enjoyed this one.