Absolver Reviews

best combat game ive ever played

I bought and beat this game a while ago, back when it came out, on ps4. And i remember it being hard/frustrating but super fun and had interesting mechanics like making your own fighting style. However I just cant get over how punishing the PvE feels when it comes to multiple enemies. The game is so obviously made for 1v1 duels and the lock on/camera make it so incredibly frustrating fighting multiple enemies. It feels like you'll be fighting the camera more than fighting the enemies. Not to mention the game's kinda dead, servers are super quiet. But if you can get past the damn near empty servers and frustrating/jank camera it is a lot of fun.

Fun game I played on PS4 at first, back when the multiplayer was alive and full of duels. I played it again on PC and beat it in 5 hours but the multiplayer is dead. The storyline and multiplayer dungeons are cool enough that you can buy it on sale and just play it with some friends for a bit for as long as the servers are up. The best part of the game is obviously the unique way the game does combat where you make your own fighting style. My character was thematic with all kicking attacks with windfall's dodge ability and it felt badass.

At some point in the past this was playable, and I got past "the twins". Returning to it years later, the multi-opponent camera and lock switching are so completely botched it's basically unplayable. Considering they're the first part of the first set of obstacles, you'll get very little for your money on PC. (Having watched YT vids of the game on other platforms, the game is slower, lock switching is functional and the camera actually works.) The auto lock switching often causes the camera to attempt to swing 180 degrees every half second or so. Absolute garbage.

Ireally like this game so i'm kind of biast. And i tend to look past the negative. Its a fighting game, and the main focus is PvP. But... i'm a Linux user, so i don't have access to PvP battle. I play this game anyways, every now and then. If you like "SoulsLike" games. maybe the PvE is interesting for you. Its shorter than many other games. But i think its nice. It has lvling, grinding, character customization, and even deck building. What i don't like is that i can not play online because i'm on linux... that makes me sad.

10/10 game if you like fighting games. 4/5 story (the lore is interesting but the story is fairly short). 11/10 Originality, so much freedom (although grapples would be a nice bonus, so is a knife weapon with knife tactics for the next game).

It's pretty dang fun and feels incredibly cool creating your own style of martial arts, it just sucks that there's such a small community

im an older player who returned to the game (played it on PS4 a few years ago) i honestly love this games who vibe building your own fighting style and seeing how it all flows together, the fashion armour system and just gives me all my favourite things all wrapped in one game i dont remember it being super active back in the day but i have met at least one other player so far if it did have more people enjoying the game that would be amazing but even if thats not the case then i enjoy it for what it is.

eh it was fun, when there was a active playerbase. pve being locked behind pvp now that its dead makes it harder to play. And their official server on discord? full of dickheads that'll make fun of ya and pretend it was the easiest thing to find when there no like public links or anything. in fact if you get this game anywhere but their website, you wont even know theres a official run discord server. RIP absolver.

TL;DR Good game, Buy it. Leave your ego at the door. I played this game twice, pre-ordered on PS4 until Downfall clocking in multiple hundred hours, got it last year to relive and revisit the good old days. And I succeeded. The game, despite what the salty or egotistical "optimize the fun out of it" players say, the game is well balanced, everything has a counter, the only limit is how you can execute it. Only real issue is the netcode, but even then, majority of my fights were smooth even with awful internet. Take your time with it, experiment a lil, play around with the systems, after all beating the final boss grants is only half the game. It was 100% ahead of its time and you feel it with every fist you cross. I only hope there'll be a sequel or a revival someday.