If you haven’t heard of this game, I strongly recommend checking it out.

It’s on all consoles and PC via Steam.

It kinda flew under the radar last year, at least from the mainstream media outlets, so I wanted to help get its name out there. Just a word of warning, it’s a tough as nails Sekiro-like game with parry based combat that will require you to lock in and git gud, but there is a story mode you can use to customize the difficulty of the experience to your liking.

The story is extremely captivating, with a heartfelt emotional story that starts out with something relatively standard, but as you continue to explore the world and advance the story, it evolves into a heart wrenching, morally ambiguous, and Taoist experience that will stick with you for a long time.

The bosses will give you that same sense of satisfaction from conquering bosses in other souls like games like the aforementioned Sekiro, but also Dark Souls or Bloodborne.

The characters are all likable and you WILL spend a lot of time with them. There is a ton of dialogue and reading in this game, in fact it puts all of the stuff I just mentioned at the forefront of the experience. The dialogue is well written all around so I never had a problem with it personally.

The game sacrifices slightly in areas like exploration in order to deliver on its strength, giving a mostly linear, story driven, dialogue heavy experience with fantastic bosses. If it sounds like your cup of tea, I strongly recommend giving it a shot. It’s also on Xbox Game Pass!