Recensioni di No Straight Roads: Encore Edition

Premetto che ho iniziato il gioco con aspettative altissime... però diciamo che non su tutti gli aspetti si sono rivelati all'altezza. a livello di design visivo e audio uno spettacolo: - canzoni davvero top - personaggi moooolto particolari - anche le ambientazioni che cadono in secondo piano fantastiche - storia carina e godibile unica pecca su questo lato è che a tratti ambienti e personaggi si armonizzano un po'poco, come se mancasse qualcosa che li legasse, ma comunque godibilissimo per quanto riguarda il gameplay...bhe c'è un po'da lavorare... il gameplay risulta noioso a tratti contrastato da momenti di pura confusione dove si fa fatica a capire che fare/ ci sono troppe cose a schermo e per questo la componente "ritmica" va un po'a perdersi... in conclusione il gioco in se è godibile ma sembra poco polished per essere un gioco completo...

I'll try to be thorough but quick. First, as many mentioned already in other reviews, the artstyle and the music are amazing, and it is clear that there is a lot of work behind this. Unfortunately, this are the only good things of this game. There are a lot of issues. The structure of the game, it's gameplay, the controls, the story, everything looks incomplete. - The game should be based on music, but the actual influence of the music on fights immediately disappears, especially since the movements of the characters are limited by the wanky combos that limit your freedom. - The camera movement, in multiplayer, is the worst camera I have ever witnessed in a game. It is focused on one character only, making it difficult to follow for the other player. Even when there are section where you cannot move the camera, it MOVES the character to locate the character inside the frame. This is something I have never seen anywhere and it is frustrating. - The skill tree is too long compared to the lenght of the story. It is true that you can replay to gain more points, but usually you give reasons to do other things instead of the main story, trying to balance your growth with the overall gameplay. - Tons of characters are presented throughout the game, giving the idea that there is more to know or to discover, but they are never seen again later. Even the main ones are introduced and treated too simply. The topics they tried to introduce for each main enemy can be actually really good, but the way everything is told is too simple, short and not very smart. - At first, I thought that they wanted to talk about an interesting argument, regarding the meaning of art vs product, music diversity vs omologation, but even if they did a bit, everything was too shallow and quick to be properly appreciated and understood. - Most movements, fights, location and the structure itself of the game look like they were going on the right direction, but they stopped in the middle of the production. I know I might look arsh. I love the artstyle, the music and the potential of this game, but I must be objective and say that the game have too many flows to give a positive recommendation.