9/19/2023 0 Comments Dauntless review![]() The title is home to half a dozen unique weapons and a light and heavy attack, so it's perfectly natural to expect that, if nothing else, players will be able to pull off some decent tricks. Without stamina, players can more easily weave in and out of combos. Stamina isn't a necessary component of the action genre, however, and lacking stamina could very well be Phoenix Games' way of emphasizing faster paced combat as opposed to Monster Hunter. If Dauntless's Behemoths have stamina, it's hard to tell. ![]() Without stamina, enemies would be able to fight back with no rhyme or reason. Players can actively exhaust monsters and it's a viable strategy. It's part of the natural gameplay loop and keeps the action dynamic. In Monster Hunter, combat is a give-and-take where the tide often turns between the player and the monsters they're hunting. Combat boils down into button mashing almost immediately, failing to meaningfully capitalize on dodging or skills.īehemoths ("monsters") also notably lack stamina. ![]() It would be embarrassing if Monster Hunter wasn't so much better. While the visual style heavily resembles Fortnite, the gameplay rips off Monster Hunter almost 1:1. Even then, though, the core experience isn't particularly impressive. Stuttering, lag, and frame drops are too prevalent for the Switch port to be anything but the absolute worst version of the game. This is to be expected to some extent as players from all over will be going about their business, but performance issues are just inherent when playing on an undocked Switch.Īside from the graphics taking a noticeable (and jarring) hit, Dauntless just runs considerably worse handheld. In general, the title will stutter and lag quite aggressively at the Ramsgate, the central hub. Unfortunately, it's worth noting that the online community is already dwindling even with crossplay and while docked performance is fine enough, playing undocked is another matter entirely. That alone is a massive boon for the community, ensuring that there will always be some semblance of activity in-game, even if everyone is scattered across four separate systems. ![]() Epic Games' presence have also ensured crossplay between the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The world is vibrant, but the colour palette is cooler, contrasting with Fortnite's visual warmth and abundance of greenery. Character models are soft, but enemy design tends to be vicious. Aesthetically, everything looks like a more grounded version of Fortnite. Although development of Dauntless was handled by Phoenix Games, publisher Epic Games' fingerprints coat the title from head to toe. ![]()
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