Recent reviews by Brolas

I would love to say I like the game, I really would, because presentation wise, it does everything right. It is almost entirely carried by its score, and some of the animation work is excellent. Perhaps I was mislead by another steam review, calling this a mix of Sifu and Hotline Miami.
The game would greatly benefit from a Sifu-like "avoid in place" function, which would allow you to (with strict timing) avoid heavy attacks without greatly repositioning with a roll. Perhaps this is unlocked later in progression, but not early enough to where I was able to unlock it before getting bored.

I played in hard mode. This may have been the reason for an exceedingly great number of armed enemies capable of heavy attacks. Rolling to avoid such attacks interrupts combat, as it moves you much too far away from enemies. Useful for repositioning, but a terrible way to dodge most attacks thrown your way, (as, again, most enemies start out armed, and will pick up weapons dropped by their defeated companions.)

If you are unbothered by what I am describing, or it seems like an overly technical nitpick, do not be discouraged. The game has a great vibe. I am simply of the opinion the game-play to accompany it is too easy and annoying to engage with.
I can recommend purchasing the soundtrack to everyone though.

The real hell you dive into is day 1 DLC, premium currency, and best of all: kernel level anti-cheat.
The same kind that fails to stop cheaters in Valorant, Rainbow 6 Siege or even Helldivers 2.
If it used no anti-cheat at all, it would harm nobody.
People cheat in Payday, Left4Dead or Deep Rock Galactic. It's their product, they paid for it and they harm nobody. If they do, they can be kicked, or the mission forfeited (if your rewards have been boosted).
Then why does Arrowhead Game Studios backdoor your computer? The only logical reason is to secure the premium currency.
No, getting dropped 6 gorillion credits from cheaters is not a real problem. It isn't in any other games. This one is no different.

Never forget the golden rule of anti-cheat: One false negative makes it useless. One false positive is highway robbery.

Oh yeah, and the game crashes and brings my entire graphical environment with it. I cannot play past the tutorial. The product is broken. There is writing on the wall for it to get worse.

Got evicted because children kept walking into my shop, perusing my grand selection of food, and asking for a hat; getting very upset when I refused to sell them one.

If the invisible hand of the market is real, it has me in a choke hold.
Capitalism HO!

I am in disbelief as to how danish people could produce the most well-crafted cooperative shooter of the decade, perhaps of all time.

Out of the 4 people I've played this with, 3 found it too stressful.
I have memorised both the Greek and NATO phonetic alphabets.
I can read Morse code like English.
I have memorised all combinations of the knob .
Women fear me.
Men turn their eyes away from me as I walk.
I tell the Simon-says module what to do.
I am alone on this barren earth.
The weak should fear the strong.
Equality is a false god.

Overall I give the game a "24.14 seconds remaining with 2 strikes" out of 10

Just use duckduckgo guys

When people think Unity, they think of 2 things. Unplayable framerates, and a glitch removing the face of characters. Both of these things are no longer present. This is not what made the game fails however. While the parkour still is clunky and ruins any good chase, it has nicely been patched up.

Sometimes you'll find some enemies spotting you several seconds after you've sat in their field of view, while others see your toenail reflected in the tears of a dying sparrow for a fraction of a second and then know your exact location.
Sometimes you can parry a lethal blow, other times it goes into your stomach and out your spine before you can say "f*ck Ubisoft*.
Sometimes you can join friends without issues, whereas other times it feels like servers for a dead game are under maintenance.
Sometimes Arno leaps into the haystack, sometimes he leaps over it into the pavement.
Sometimes the graphics look great, sometimes they think they would look better from under the map.

I bought this along with a friend to play coop. When it works it's great fun. Sometimes, it does not work.

Disassemble guns with your friends, or disassemble your friends with guns. Your choice.

Please stop gimping movement in every re-release since Source. Trust me on this.

You want 12-year-olds air-strafing through connector at mach 5.
You think you don't, but you do.

The game is good, and I am tired of pretending otherwise.