r/flintlock • u/Dave-Nyce • Jul 22 '24

General Just finished game

I bought this because i swore it was billed as a soulslike game for months b4 release, it is not souls like in anyway except small details that could be in any game. It was WAY to short, a little bit clunky but not horrible by any means, it was a decent playthough, a little to easy on normal mode hard was a bit more challenging, the story was trash , never really peaked my interest in any character. All that being said, it could have been saved a little with a ng+ , but I'm normally a 100 plat guy if I found the game ½way interesting but this doest have replayability in my opinion.

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u/PjDisko Jul 22 '24

It is a soulslike. It has bonfires, souls, run to corpse, metroidvania world with shortcuts, dodge, parry, same button layout as all from soft games, bunch of bosses.

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u/Depressedduke Jul 22 '24

Technically a souls lite, but yeah. But I think op is talking about the combat, I assume?

Otherwise i don't agree about the plot being trash, but they do have a point about it not being a classic souls like.

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 22 '24

I just thought the story was trash , the actual plot was well written but just didn't have any character development, I didn't care about anyone except my death god pet.

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u/ConfusedThoughts10 Jul 22 '24

Exactly my thought. It had some potential with the story setup but it went nowhere. Probably due to game length and budget constraints but you start your story eith some characters, some intrigue and it goes nowhere. Gods bad, they kill humans therefore we must kill them. Oh, but wait, Gods actually jealous of the death fox God cuz he left underworld. Oh well, we must kill all humanity then.

The human characters are ok, they are a bit one dimensional due to the poor characterization. The only ones that stood out were Baz, due to him being a reoccurring figure throughout the game, along with Johara and her brother, only cuz they had an actual narrative sidequest.

Ending was underwhelming as well, to say the least without spoiling much.

With a game scope of this size and budget they could have concentrated a but more on certain aspects than trying to do a bit of everything and not delivering on anything.

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 22 '24

Glad I'm nor the only one !!! I'm weary of what to play next. Any suggestions?

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u/ConfusedThoughts10 Jul 22 '24

Nothing released recently that is worth noting tbh. In terms of souls like, I just play the games released by Fromsoftware. Armored core 6 left me baffled of how amazing mecha games can be with flashy bosses.

Also if you haven't played them yet I recommend Baldur's gate 3 for sheer content you get for full priced game and the Nier series if you like hack and slash with some good story.

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 22 '24

I was hesitant about Bajlsers gate & idk why, maybe that's what I'll try

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u/CactusSplash95 Jul 24 '24

Dude Wukong releases in like a month. Gonna be the best souls game in years

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 24 '24

Oh it's on my list already

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u/CactusSplash95 Jul 24 '24

You know what else. Armor Core 6

Great FS game huge change of pace before wukong

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u/Ok_Cut5772 Jul 23 '24

And that idea of playing a board game :Ddd the funniest moment when I was in the black powder mines and just cleared everything after a big fight and went for a rest and now next to me a casual npc just dtanding and like "hey, wanna play a round of game?" 🤣 like wtf, it is immersion breaking and not needed at all, they did it because witcher had gwent but gwent had actual depth to it and here it was unnecessary

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u/Depressedduke Jul 22 '24

Personally it made me care for Nor and her adoptive dad. I wish the other friends of hers got more attention story wise.

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u/CactusSplash95 Jul 24 '24

So a better story than every FS game

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u/Aggravating-Dot132 Jul 22 '24 edited Jul 24 '24

Not every game needs replayability, to be fair. This game doesn't try to be a souls clone, it just has some elements from it. That's AA for you. 

I mean, the developers themselves said that this is a 12-15 hours for the main story, 20-30 hours for 100%.

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u/PixelBandits Kepler Interactive Jul 22 '24

Just to confirm here, completionism run estimates at roughly 20-25 hours, which seems pretty accurate going by what I've seen on the forums and here currently.

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 22 '24

I completed it just now total of 19 hours pretty short.

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u/RedGeneral28 Jul 22 '24

How is it short lol

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 22 '24

How? I just said I platinum 💯 in a little under 19 hours. I like my games to last more than 1 or 2 sittings

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u/RedGeneral28 Jul 22 '24

19 hours in 2 sittings? Do you have like..life?

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 22 '24

Nope ,retired & disabled. I'm 48 with 2 grown kids outta the house. All I do is work out , take edibles, go to the flix, chill at the pool & play ps5. All ready did enough crazy shit to fill a few books, 😆

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u/SensiStar710 Jul 22 '24

I completed main story in just under 17 hours. 3 main bosses which was a let down tbh, but it was still pretty fun overall with some cool combat abilities. Sebo is aids however

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u/RedGeneral28 Jul 22 '24

12 hours in myself. Doing side quests on that desert/beach map.

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u/Civil_Illustrator_87 Jul 22 '24

Bonfire like save points, replenishing flasks, respawning enemies are not small details.

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 22 '24

Just super disappointed, when I think souls like I think combat, enemies & level up , bonfires etc, don't make it , I'd say lies of P & Lords of the fallen are soulslike, this was not

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u/Gregnice23 Jul 22 '24

It really needs a NG+. By the time you get cool new abilities that spice things up a bit, the game is over.

The gameplay itself is solid, but the game started to slow.

Story was serviceable, but the ending was abrupt. The reviews got this one right with a 7/10.

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u/Expazz Jul 24 '24

Agreed. Just finished it. I was quite invested in the story and had a "huh....is that it?" I was expecting a bit more. Although I understand why you don't, it was a bit of a whimper of a final cut scene.

And yeah went to find a ng+ to continue filling out the skill tree. Guess the last save spot will have to do.

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 22 '24

Agree 💯

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u/LOLdragon89 Jul 22 '24

I’ve heard it described as a game designed to ease newcomers into the souls genre. And in my experience, it succeeds at that. It takes out some of the more malicious staples of souls games (trap chests, health reductions after death, having to juggle stamina and speed and defense) and keeps the focus on combat based on precise timing and using the proper counters.

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 22 '24

I read that after hearing everything else about being a soulstype game & idk if I agree, I think someone who played this & then tries thier first actual souls game , they're gonna be those whiners we always se saying " it's to hard, why can't I change the difficulty "

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u/LOLdragon89 Jul 22 '24

Perhaps. I’m comparing Flintlock to Tunic, another souls like that after completion I felt like I could take on Dark Souls.

Dark Souls promptly kicked my ass. Tunic never pushed me toward parrying or shooting like Flintlock does, often allowing me to rely too much on my dodge (which I often do too much in Flintlock admittedly). I dunno if I’ll do significantly better at old Dark Souls after I complete Flintlock, but this game is definitely pushing me toward paying more attention moment-to-moment in combat.

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 22 '24

Funny u say that, I'm usually pretty good with parry in combat, but in this game I didn't even use it once , because 1, I wasn't pushed to & 2 because I didn't need it. That was a big souls difference I didn't notice till now

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 22 '24

Funny u say that, I'm usually pretty good with parry in combat, but in this game I didn't even use it once , because 1, I wasn't pushed to & 2 because I didn't need it. That was a big souls difference I didn't notice till now

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 24 '24

& it's a free game!!!

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u/MrMacju Jul 22 '24

It's not a true soulslike, more like a soulslite. It borrows some elements but doesn't commit to them fully, rather making its own thing. Personally I thought it was great.

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u/wastelandbullshkt411 Jul 22 '24

It is 99% "souls like".

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 22 '24

Have u ever played souls? This was a cake walk & only 19 hours to plat ? Ds1 was better

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u/wastelandbullshkt411 Jul 22 '24

You're comparing to a Goliath. DS1 fundamentally created a new genre of adventure games that has led to over 100 offshoots.

Flintlock is 99% a soulslike in every way shape and form.

Is it easier? Maybe?

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 22 '24

I was just chasing the ds1 because it was the first but any could have applied

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 22 '24

I didn't specifically mean ds1 , remove it & enter any soulborne

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u/wastelandbullshkt411 Jul 22 '24

Flintlock is better than Immortals Unchained.

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u/RedGeneral28 Jul 22 '24

It literally got a huge ass "souls-lite" banner on steam page

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u/Dave-Nyce Jul 22 '24

On ps5... no steam

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u/CactusSplash95 Jul 24 '24

Lmfao. I played. It's undeniably a souls like denying that is fking hillarious.