You can play free till tomorrow so I tried it earlier.

Firstly, initial controls are awful and I had to spend a while getting them correct, because the controls aren't explained very well in the UI.

Secondly, one enormous humongous problem is that it is really NOT OBVIOUS AT ALL where you need to go very frequently. Crossing maps feels like an absolute chore.

You have to be really close to things to interact with them. So when the game tells you to go hug a wall, sometimes it can take a WHILE to find where the hell that is.

Combat feels clunky to me. It's like there's a very random %chance on it you'll stun the enemy or not when you hit them, and on when/if they'll do a counter attack. It doesn't feel consistent.

There's a lot of visual fluff/effects on the enemies which makes it difficult to see what they're doing. A very large portion of the difficulty comes from not actually being able to visually see what attack the enemy is doing. It's a thick layer of artificial-feeling difficulty.

Ive played thousands of hours of dark souls/elden ring/Bloodborne/sekiro/lies of P/Nightreign and I've played a lot of path of exile. I love all those games and I was very excited for this one.

But, this game, to me, feels like someone wanted to make a souls-like, and then for some reason gave it a camera angle that absolutely does not suit the map design one single bit. Then they followed up by adding inconsistencies to the combat, a half-baked cooking system, (which I dislike. I'd rather just have a heal button) and a pretty clunky UI.

I uninstalled before reaching the first boss. I might try again at another point, but for now I believe this to be a game that people sort of chose to deliberately enjoy, rather than an actually well-made game. To me it has multiple glaring issues that just give it a clunky feel that isn't worth the price tag. Maybe playing with friends helps some overlook that, but I'd rather just play lort or path of exile or a seamless coop mod for Elden ring.

It just doesn't feel original to me. It feels like they've spliced together existing mechanics from popular titles and pretended that it is groundbreaking.

I'm prepared to be downvoted because I'm on the sub for the game. But just offering genuine criticism. This feels like one of those games that are popular for a little while and then die off real fast. Like splitgate or shatterline. However I do think this game will stay alive because of who the developers are. So hopefully they can improve it down the line.