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Sad to see all the middle-of-the-road reviews for this one. Was really hoping it might sneak up and be one of the first great PS4 games of the year.
Just started playing this and its pretty decent, except for the really poor/mismatched voice acting. A notable improvement over Mars War Logs; I hope these guys learn from this and make the next game much better.
I can't help but disagree with your comments about the "voicework". For the most part it was very well done. The biggest problem was the lip sync.
This game takes a little while to get used to. I am only about 3 hours in. The dialogue is pretty off but it's not horrible. I can definitely tell you that you have to build your character and use a block and parry A LOT. Or you will get pretty frustrated with the game. It does lack in a lot of areas (so far) but it's still enticing enough to keep playing.
Some of the missions reveal themselves before you can actually complete them. They try to push you to craft items a lot but there never seems to be enough around to craft of complete some of the missions. So you have to venture off and explore much more. This isn't a game where you just run through it. Although I guess you could but you would be too weak.
Still playing it though.