Avis sur Elderand

I wish i could enjoy this game, i really like the double weapons systems, the conan-like universe we're in, the melodic sound track. But this game has too serious balancing issues. Combat overall felt relly tedious. Why does it take like 10 seconds to kill a single basic minion from the beginning zone? It's okay to have the "hit, withdraw then rehit" pattern while fighting a boss or a big minion, but against a random kappa or a zombie? I didn't understand as well the need to add a knockback system on top of that. This whole package lead to an experience where i rather avoid all ennemies rather than fighting game, which is a shame for this kind of battle-focus game. I like the openness and non linearity in the MV genre, but in this game, it felt more frustrating than anything. It happened multiple times that i was going through a new zone exploring a biome, and suddenly, a way too bulked boss way overstated spawned to destroy me. In this kind of situation, what am i supposed to do? Should i withdraw and explore more (i might have forgotten items or abilities) or should i carry on the fight? Finally, the progression and death system felt archaic. I don't understand why we're not allowed to see the map we explored after dying. This drove me to reexplore the same biomes over and over until i find an other saving point, this felt basically like an artificial extra lifespan for the game which wasn't needed at all. I crossed a whole portion of the map for nothing because i was killed before finding the saving point. I feel like the game lacked tests in general. I can't imagine that the flaws i mentionned couldn't have been seen in serious testing sessions. I hope that these mistakes will be patched one day, or at least corrected in further games. Good luck for your next productions!

Good game. It doesn't do anything new but almost everything it does is well done.