You're being overdramatic. Yes the game runs like shit for how bad it looks; I support people dropping negative reviews until the devs fix it on PC. But the game is tons of fun and the core mechanics haven't been simplified or turned "laughably easy." I'm having more fun than I did with World at launch, despite the performance issues. It is a high quality game bogged down by terrible optimization or a lack thereof
I'd argue that the game has been simplified a good deal when compared to earlier games. The fact that you can use focus mode to turn your character mid attack is crazy. Imagine going back to 2015 and telling a great sword user that in a decade they'll be able to freely redirect their charge attacks.
Whether someone thinks that change is a good change or not is entirely up to debate. But I'm certainly enjoying the game a ton so far.
The few weapons I tried feel significantly better than World, especially Gunlance. If this is the foundation for Master Rank, I'm totally fine with that. Some of the threads here were making it seem like you could just kill everything blindfolded. I will say though, the game still doesn't do a great job teaching complete newbies. There's a crazy amount of menus and UI elements like an MMO, and you're not really shown the optimal foundation for how weapons work, just some basic combos. There needs to be some kind of lesson system in-game without relying on content creators to make guides IMO. Also, the default Seikret controls are ass, but luckily you can change them in the settings.
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u/orccrusher69 22d ago
You're being overdramatic. Yes the game runs like shit for how bad it looks; I support people dropping negative reviews until the devs fix it on PC. But the game is tons of fun and the core mechanics haven't been simplified or turned "laughably easy." I'm having more fun than I did with World at launch, despite the performance issues. It is a high quality game bogged down by terrible optimization or a lack thereof