This is really great. Yeh it has all the Ubi game bits and bobs, but it does it better than any of them imo. The world is jam packed with things to discover, the unlocks are all fun and interesting, the puzzles are fun. It's a gorgeous world they've created.

I've spent ages just mooching about grabbing chests and doing the various temples, bosses and challenges. Finally progressed the story and did the first big big boss to polish off the first area. That was a great battle. The boss fights have been great on the most part.

I only put it on to see what it was like, I got it as a surprise for Chrimbo. Now it's taken front and centre as my main game for the foreseeable.

Enjoying this a lot on Switch. The humour and tone is fun helping to gloss over the obvious BotW steals. It feels like it’s own thing. Enjoying the combat a lot.

It'll be a crying shame if it's underused. The triggers....not completely sold tbh. Seems there's either a click or resistance....and that's it so.....whatever. Happy to be proven wrong. The rumble is something else though. Really cool.

I'm wondering if it'll come with time on the third party stuff. Developing in a pandemic can't have helped, more time with the dev kits etc. Only Astro has really shone so far. The waving and tilting the pad about can get tae though. I hate that shite.

I’m at the end after 22 hours. No completionist here. Good game though.

I really liked the base game initially but it just forced too much, too soon into my path. I gloriously gorged for 20 hours or so before crashing and burning, stuffed from all the extras at the sides leaving me with no appetite for the main. It’ll just sit there now, never getting finished because it just offered me far too much.

I was the same. The fun stuff got further apart and I just lost steam.

Its a funny one. I really, really like it and would have been satisfied if it had already ended. I keep dipping back in but I've probably only seen about half the map and feel the other half is just going to be more of the same and I just cba.

Is anyone selling this on PS5? Wouldn't mind giving it a go.

Gamermike wrote:

Is anyone selling this on PS5? Wouldn't mind giving it a go.

Do you want to borrow it instead?

I thought Priti had outlawed them

Syph79 wrote:

My worst case scenario is a game that you can’t finish without doing side missions because you’re under XP, or the like. If I’m putting 20+ hours into something, I want to see the end, or at least know I can.

This is what puts me off a lot of games, especially open world. I get a kind of paralysis where i want to just mainline, but i'm scared i'll hit a wall somewhere if i don't do side missions or check every possible nook and cranny before moving forwards, so i end up getting nowhere and then bored of it.

I picked this up and have been playing all afternoon.
I think it is brilliant.

I love Greek Mythology as a theme but I also really like the art direction in this (even if they may have played BotW once or twice). The humour lands as well while not triggering frequently enough to be annoying.

I have been mainly on Aphrodite's section of the map but I'm having real trouble with getting one of the tears so just headed other to uncover the Ares section.
The tear I'm struggling with is the one guarded by the flying boss, I'm just not good with the flying enemies.

Managed to beat Achilles which felt good.

Chicken Ares got a genuine laugh out of me. I really appreciate that they went a different route with what is the most gamey of the gods.

I absolutely love Greek mythology too and will one day play this!

hylian_elf wrote:

I absolutely love Greek mythology too and will one day play this!

I've just started reading Stephen Fry's Greek Myths book.
I'm gonna be honest despite being a fan I hadn't actually read the full start to finish of the mythology in detail.

I did not know about the full story of the origins of Aphrodite. Lets just say I was shocked!
Learning that through the words of Stephen Fry is arguably the best way.