Now, I have about 90 more hours to put into this thing. Yes, if you follow my other looter-based work, you should play this, even if you’re not a Souls/Bloodborne/Elden Ring person, as I don’t think it’s quite as punishing as those games, and I believe you’ll have fun. In my short time with this game, yes, I’m converted. Fewer weapons, but impactful ones, and usually a challenge to get. Again, we’re channeling Souls here to a certain extent. But the guns are all very unique and fun to modify, and I can respect this being a “looter-adjacent” where I don’t need bosses to explode in a colorful burst of different gear rarities. While I have found a bunch of rings and relics, I’ve found no armor, and nearly all new weapons (minus my cool bow) have been through crafting. Truly wild stuff here, and I’m hearing from players 100 hours in that they are still finding new, wild things after all that time. The game hides entire subclasses behind secrets, including one that was only revealed through datamining by design. Others? I just beat a demon in a game of chess to unlock a hidden bow. Some things are fairly obvious, like going off the beaten path to find a hidden item or dungeon or miniboss. If enemy design is the best thing about the game, the second-best may be its exploration and secret hunting.

Even only experiencing a handful of them, I’ve seen such creativity there, and these encounters are going to absolutely stick in my mind. Joining with the Souls-like respawn aspect, you have to plan your fights carefully, and the boss encounters, good lord. Even early on, this is some of the most interesting and compelling enemy design I’ve seen in the shooter space in quite some time. But if your character is somewhat straightforward (I’m sure it gets more complex later), where Remnant 2 shines is in enemy design. You activate relics for healing or other special powers. You have your own choice of class abilities, I’m a tanky Challenger who ground stomps enemies into submission.

You have a pair of ranged weapons, a main gun and a sidearm, each of which can have their own special mod powers.

Combat so far is relatively simplistic but still very fun.

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