I'd hate to have to skip the sequel to my favourite game, but I've an endless backlog anyhow, so I wouldn't be hurting for long. Got that going for me at least.

Overall, Dos is a wonderful game that also just happens to hate you. Many such cases in my ever-growing list of "favourite games that the average person would look at and assume I am either a masochist or otherwise mentally unwell."

No joke, I got the skill and immediately unlocked three different village upgrades. The game suddenly wanted me to fight off a Kushala Daora and I hadn't even yet beaten a Plesioth at that point. Talk about rewarding.
Oh, right. Plesioth.
Hey, FUCK Plesioth. Sonic Bomb devouring prick can do one.

I'm not exaggerating when I say the past six or so hours of gameplay since attaining Guard +1 has been ten times more enjoyable than the prior twenty-five. I wasn't disliking the game, but it felt glacial in its pace and needlessly punishing. I now actually feel like I'm holding a big-ass shield.

hbd @rdein.bsky.social! i hope it's been an easy one, boss o7

Price-wise, not quite worth the fifty or seventy quid on its own depending on the storefront. But the kicker is it doesn't come alone -- you get it alongside a faithful recreation of one of the greatest singleplayer games ever fucking conceived by humankind. So, you know, I think it's worth it.

It's definitely a bit sparse at the moment with regard to mission modes and maps, but the ones that exist are so high-quality and well thought-out that I can't really complain. I argue in favour of quality as opposed to quantity every day. I'd be a sham to stop now.

The cosmetic loot boxes and their currency being seemingly tied exclusively to rank-ups brings me pause. Either rank increases endlessly and/or there'll be some other method of accrual to account for bad gacha luck, or they intend to implement some sort of pay feature.
Really hoping it's the former.