ReCore: First Impressions (Gaming)

by Blackt1g3r , Login is from an untrusted domain in MN, Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 16:21 (2784 days ago)

So I played around 4 hours of ReCore last night, here are my impressions so far.

I understand where some of the bad reviews come from, but in my opinion they are reviewing the game rather than enjoying what is a clearly enjoyable game. The story is straightforward, but the game provides ways to go into more depth via audio logs, journal entries, and translating the robot language. Here are some of the things I did and didn't like so far.

Good

Simple combat

• Match colors for more damage (mismatch does less and white does normal)
  
• Robotic companions used at appropriate moments to finish enemies off, stun them, etc

Stuff to find

• Additional power cores
  
• Loot from fallen enemies
  
• Good loot from chests
  
• If you wonder about jumping somewhere you usually can and there is usually something special if you do

Plenty to come back and do later

• Some areas are inaccessible until you obtain the appropriate corebot

Challenging but accessible platforming

Boss fights

Bad

Simple Combat

• Boss fights are not that much different than regular fights

Loading Screens

• Devs have acknowledged that loading screens can be very long and they are working on a fix. Supposedly this is better on PC.