Also, you have to navigate the pause menu every time you want to see the map, which is more than a little obnoxious even in such a small world.

While various characters explain the techniques, they appear too late in the game to do much good. For some reason, when you try to grab an item you dont have room to carry, your character picks it up and promptly drops it, which can be confusing and looks ridiculous. Hopefully future titles in the franchise will feature one-on-one online matches.Ī few small annoyances are worth mentioning. Its incredibly fun to go on killing sprees with the difficulty low, and to master tough opponents on the higher settings. Maneuvering can be a little clumsy sometimes, and it doesnt make any sense that you can eat food to improve your health in the middle of a bloody fight (radishes, rice balls, and the like are used the same way Bioshocks health packs are), but this is a definite bright spot for the game. There are more than 200 parts you can find and use to assemble a weapon that suits your fighting style. A variety of special moves expand your options, and you can even fight bare-handed.

As you fight more, your weapons level up (or sometimes break), and you can spend money to make them better. The basics are easy (block, quick attack, strong attack), but you can develop your abilities and your character in any number of ways. One aspect of the game that does maintain its interest hour after hour is the fighting system.

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