Witchfire

Absolutely class. There's a bit in the tutorial (I'll admit I nearly stopped playing after dying a couple times in the tutorial, it's a bit of a walk back) where you stand over a cliff edge and look down and you can almost feel the breeze where the wind is howling. Impressive, quality and amazing. I've sunk 50 hours into it to get all the achievements available in 0.93 before the witch release and I'm sad there isn't more. Brilliant visuals, brilliant atmosphere, great progression and you never feel anything is unfair (unless you're doing some of the torments and get a bad madness orb field). Absolutely worth the £30. I hate souls games because the controls are what you're fighting. You're locked into disgusting animations etc. The movement in this is crisp AF and genuinely any mistake will be your own fault. Feels hard but fair (until you figure it all out). It isn't flawless, one or two crashes in 50 hours. At first you figure out how to play, then you figure out the weapons you like, then it all slots into place and you've cracked it and can pretty much run everything with whatever you like. I'd say my biggest gripes are that there's no real huge jump from gnosis 3-7, so you may as well crank it. Enemies don't become annoying sponges but this means at higher levels sometimes you flatten a mob or boss before it gets to threaten you. Would love an endless delve or wave mode. Warrior priests are the only bad enemy I'd say, because the homing attack is bollocks. Decay and the ailment immunity bead need a nerf. Would love more variants that make you counterplay or change it up especially with bosses. Assassin calamity is the best one as it changes how you play. All in all, amazing. In my top 10 all time I think.