Fall of Light: Darkest Edition

To note: I'm not a fan of Souls-like or am any good at them so take what I have to say with a grain of salt because I'm going to pour a lot on this. I got this game through I believe either a humble bundle or one of the YogsCast Jingle Jam bundles. It is a fun and interesting game that does not really offer much in terms of replayability. Almost 100% it the first time through, I probably could have just gotten the last 15 Fragments of Luce and 3 Echoes, but the frustration of the game had me throwing my controller. Combat is finicky to the point where most of the time I'm left here wondering why I died. I'll be hitting an enemy and they'll somehow manage to sneak five hits in. Meanwhile, half of my swings never connected despite the fact I'm practically humping them. However, it was still satisfying to just take down big bads that have given me trouble at the start with almost one tap. As for the game itself, it was a nightmare because I set up the brightness to recommended and it ended up making the game almost unplayable. I couldn't tell were ledges were so I fell off. By the way, I also fell down a lot as, whenever I tried to roll, my guy decided to high dive off the edge. Constantly. There is no way to adjust it unless you completely wipe your file which is a pain. Adding to this is the lack of a map or any sort of hints that would make the game just manageable. It took me several tries to figure out what to do only because of pure trial and error. Secrets are completely hidden so good luck finding them. The puzzles are straight forward enough and I didn't really have trouble getting to the bosses. Despite all this, I liked the game enough. Not really a favorite, but in terms of Souls-like, this one is at least approachable enough for a beginner. It's hidden behind an Exploration genre which makes it even more of a headache as you'll try to figure out where all the secrets are.