Bought this for the PS4 yesterday, played it for around 4 hours, some impressions so far:
Not as janky as I thought it would be. I saw people mentioning Gothic and Two Worlds in this thread, I would say Bound by Flame is more polished than those games in terms of controls and animations. What I've played so far is perfectly fine, I didn't get frustrated by the game or any bugs/glitches at all.
This game will kick your ass. I read there is no New Game+, so I started on Captain difficulty (highest) right away. I died many times, you're pretty much done once you get surrounded by enemies (keep in mind I'm still fairly early into the game, so not sure if this will change when you get more powerful as you progress). Luckily the game auto saves quite frequently, so restarting isn't too annoying. I enjoy the challenge though, you'll have to learn to parry and fight strategically, prioritize which enemy to take out first.
The combat is less varied than I thought, anyone expecting the combat to be similar to Kingdoms of Amular is going to be disappointed. You only have 3 moves with your weapons (regular, area, charged area), and from looking at the skill trees, there doesn't seem to be any new moves to learn when you level up/upgrade, most skills just improve the efficiency/stats of those moves. Same with pyromancy, all moves/abilities are opened to you as soon as you unlock the skill tree, upgrading will only improves them.
Story - still too early to tell, but 4 hours in, I can't say I care too much about what's happening.
All in all I think it's an okay game so far. I don't expect to be wowed, nor has the game done anything to impress me yet, but what I've played so far is perfectly competent, if not a little bit generic.
(Here in the US anyways). I'll spend today calling around to see if anyone breaks the street date.
