Anyways I beat Mirror of Fate HD. I completed the game on normal. Didn't go achievement or secret hunting. Here's a cool Artwork:
Seriously If MercurySteam goes under, I hope the artists land on their feet. The games (non-3ds ones anyway) are gorgeous. In my opinion at least.
Anyways I thought it was the worst of the 3 games, and I didn't love Lords of Shadow 2 (though I do tepidly recommend it, still). It's a bit unfortunate that for the narrative this game is so important to the others because it was a bit of a chore to play through. After the significant events tucked away in the first game's dlc, this game sets up the stage for the sequel (which pretty much fumbles it away, but whatever).
The game starts slow and is a quite a drag. Everything is so plain and drab and boring looking. Enemy variety is slim, and music is uninteresting.
Falling asleep at my chair here.
The game gets better in the second act. You end up in the interior of the castle more, which is a much more interesting and visually engaging environment. There's also a smattering of puzzles (some of which can actually get a bit clever) and most of the enemy encounters actually become interesting to fight. You end up having to use your movesets in a smart way in order to get past guarding enemies or figure out what they are vulnerable to.
I do greatly dislike, however, that when you level up, you learn additional abilities and extent your moveset, but you have to go into the menu to see what they are. Half of the time I couldn't be bothered. The series is known already for having hints be too prevalent, but it would have been nice for it to simply say "you've leveled up, try LT and X in the air". Or something..
The third act is worse than the second. You end up with some really boring encounter with bosses that have too much health in general. Yet they have repetitive attack patterns, and as they change up their moves when you deplete their health, the game effectively pauses and tells you exactly how to avoid it. It's really lame. These enemies are recycled too, so it really just becomes a chore when you see the boss 3 or 4 more times before reaching the end. Heavy use of "degraded boss" trope I suppose.
The last act also has a lot of "A for awesome" including two "Boss Fights" that are
literally just an extended QTE. Very lame.
In summary.
:<
I hope this type of post is okay. If the images are obnoxious I can cut them out.
