![]() ![]() If they attack you mid-swing, don’t worry, your guard will instantly be brought up and you won’t take any damage. You’ll always win fighting one-on-one, you just need to hold L1 down to block and spam R1 to attack. You’re also given a blocking meter, one that is extremely broken. As you can expect, light attacks can be spammed and heavy attacks need to be charged. You’re given two attack options here, light or heavy. I couldn’t find a more irritating sword fighting experience if I tried. However, outside of stealth it’s a different story. You’re given the ability to kill or knock out enemies (though you’ll find they’ll wake up after some time if they’re KO’d), and can perform this either with your bow and arrow or by getting behind your enemy. Stealth is very difficult, even on the middle difficulty, yet it’s very rewarding. The real interest I had in this game was the gameplay. Nonetheless, let’s put the framerate to the side for a bit. Even with the power of the PS5, it felt like I was running an early PS4 game on the PS4, which is massively disappointing given that this was indeed a PS5 version of the game. At this point, it felt like it was dropping from 60 frames per second to 30, and the only way to be given a solid framerate was when you were pointed at a large wall. ![]() As soon as you’re granted control of the game, it seems to run rather slowly too. Even the sequence showing the development studio and the publishers was running at 20 frames per second. That being said, it seems that the entire start of the game is cursed. The audio doesn’t line up with the animation, so there were times when someone would die, I’d see them being stabbed, then the audio cued in a second later. The only issue is how unoptimized this section is. It’s gotta be one of the coolest, most interesting ways to tell a story before you’re given the reins and can experience the graphics and gameplay that’s on offer. But the one thing I’d like to bring up here is that all of this happens in the introduction of the game, and is presented through animation. Now I’ll stop there because of spoilers of course. Soon he finds he’s in the right shape, the right mindset to go and avenge his family. The years pass, and his vengeance grows thicker. Narrowly escaping the clutches of death, he finds himself being mended by one of the ladies who was in his company. You play as Arthur Artorias – a very rich kid who, after going to bed with two ladies, finds his entire family killed by some masked men. It’s pretty cut and paste from most other hero-rising-from-the-ashes stories. So, is it worth your time?Īs always, we gotta talk about the story. Sure, we’ve seen top-down stealth games in the past, but this one looked extra special. So when I saw Winter Ember, I was intrigued. I love them to bits, and it really sucks seeing them being trodden on and not living up to what they could be. If you’ve read my reviews before, you’ll know that these games are my bread and butter. I’m a massive sucker for stealth games, especially now that they’re such a dying breed. ![]()
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