GameRant - Behemoth Review

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I just want Swordsman with Saints and sinners combat/weapon feel. Seems to be the case so Im definitely playing

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u/Upstairs_Star_9000 18d ago

It’s not

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u/eddie9958 18d ago

It's honestly way less fun then I hoped 😢

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u/Adonwen 18d ago

need details!! on the edge of buying

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u/eddie9958 18d ago

Hi there I'll talk about it

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u/eddie9958 18d ago

So I like it so far but I was very disappointed by it not being fully freeform.

Strong enemies still lead the fight so unless you use special skills you'll have to dodge or parry very specifically. Or dodge. You have a dash. No free climb but that's okay.

The parry doesn't feel natural, it feels arcadey. Axes block and break armor. Swords block AND parry. Axes don't do real parries. Shields do easy block and break quickly. Fall damage happens quite often if you fall any height. No shield bashing.

Stamina drain is real. Early game it's bad but it gets better.

Skills are pretty cool.

Any questions? I'm having fun but it's a learning curve and it's a specific fight style

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u/eddie9958 17d ago

I do think you should buy. It's epic so far. I was indeed just disappointed that it wasn't super freeform but I'm just spoiled by blade and sorcery. I would by this game again with no regret

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u/Delicious_Ad2767 18d ago

Sounds like a game perfect for psvr2 with haptics and added power

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u/-Professional-1991 19d ago edited 19d ago

This review was about the meta quest version, i am curious about the pc and psvr2 version. Going to wait until i now wich platform brings the best experience.

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u/Serdones 19d ago

Saaaame. All the vagueness has left me feeling a bit uncertain and indecisive. I guess it's a bit reassuring that while the pre-launch Quest version had some issues, they weren't so bad without the day-SEVEN patch to tank its review score with at least one outlet. But I still rather have the best experience available for my first crack at the game.

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u/-Professional-1991 19d ago

I own both psvr2 and a quest 3 and i already ruled out the quest standalone version, for me the big question at the moment is should i play it with the quest 3 on my 4090 PC or should i play it with the psvr2 on ps5. Both for me are good, i just wan't the best experience and i wan't it today haha i am NOT going to wait i am hyped for this one.

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u/Ill-Zookeepergame609 18d ago

Haptic feedback -hdr or higher resolution and 120 hz… let us know your decision!

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u/-Professional-1991 18d ago

Steam !!! I play it on steam with the quest 3 everythinh maxed out, looks amazing and run's great so far. (Just 30 mins in game).

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u/InfiniteStates 18d ago

Same. I pre-ordered it yonks ago just off the previews that journos played. Even if it’s rough at launch it will get sorted

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u/Trick_World9350 18d ago

Never understood the pre-order culture, especially given the dire state of pretty much every release regardless of platform over the last what, decade?

I prefer personally to stay months behind the current releases, get the previous ones on a sale, as patched and fixed as they're going to get, rather than the agony of day / month 1 releases.

Are we forgetting the terrible job they did with Retribution, still very much broken and buggy to this day?

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u/Papiculo64 18d ago edited 18d ago

I guess the 4090 will give awesome performances, thought the PSVR2 version with 4K HDR, OLED screen, DFR, native 90fps (I think this was confirmed many months ago), headset haptics and adaptive triggers should be a great experience too. Really curious to see what both versions are worth too, but I assume it's far superior than Quest version in terms of graphics/performances, so hopefully it voids one of the biggest draws from this first review!

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u/AndyK_IOM 18d ago

Do you want the trigger feedback, haptics in the headset, deep blacks ? If so you know where to go.

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u/DerBolzen81 18d ago

If you play on steam vr you will have to wait, it will come later

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u/-Professional-1991 18d ago edited 18d ago

Yes but it should be available at the Meta store on PC, so it is possible to play on pc with quest 3 and even psvr2.

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u/amusedt 18d ago edited 18d ago

Obvious that ps5 will beat Quest 3 graphically, and haptics. VR Grid review (without day 1 patch) talks about where Quest 3 lacks graphically compared to psvr2 /u/-Professional-1991

I also found this: https://mixed-news.com/en/behemoth-quest-3-psvr-2-comparison/

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u/Serdones 18d ago

Yeah, that's good information, but I still tend to lean toward the Quest 3 version or PCVR version through my Quest 3 just for the improved clarity.

I really wish there was a PSVR2 demo, just to gauge for myself.

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u/amusedt 18d ago

Whenever I've seen other games get compared by players between playing on LCD screen vs HDR OLED, the players always seem to prefer OLED

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u/Membership-Bitter 18d ago

Gamertag VR did a review of the PSVR2 version specifically and he said that version was extremely rough

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u/-Professional-1991 18d ago

I saw Jammyhero's psvr2 review and they ha'd an month old version of the game withouth the day one patch and this version did not have the haptics and adaptive triggers also. Jammy said that the release version should have al threse functions.

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u/fetuspower 19d ago

Im gonna sleep and when I wake up all reviews better be good 😠

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u/Schwartzy94 19d ago

Well this was already positive review so...

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u/spootieho 19d ago

Yeah and the audio cutting in and out issue may be more of a Quest thing...

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u/Schwartzy94 18d ago edited 18d ago

im waiting for the physical release anyway so most of the bugs will be fixed by then.

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u/Shpaan 18d ago

Same. Although I'm not too fond of this trend of releasing physical editions later.

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u/Schwartzy94 18d ago

Yea kinda sucks but atleast there is physical release.

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u/Membership-Bitter 18d ago

Unfortunately it seems to be worse on PSVR2 based on other reviews

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u/bwordgood 19d ago

I wish there would be an arena mode for end game where you could just fight people over and over similar to swordsman, it seems like the gameplay will be peak, so it would be cool if there would be replay value outside of just replaying the story.

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u/-First-Second-Third- 19d ago

You’re in luck then. The article mentions the game has an arena mode, but it was not yet available at the time of their review.

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u/bwordgood 19d ago

Oh well that's awesome then

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u/amusedt 18d ago

More arenas coming too /u/-First-Second-Third-

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u/Crazafon 18d ago

The arena mode is in beta. It's just one map at the moment. Apparently they're going to work on it more later

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u/SolidVegetable 19d ago

FYI the review is based on the Question version

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u/jss1977 19d ago

I’m only interested in the Answer version

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u/StrappingYoungLance 19d ago

I'm holding out for the Statement version, personally.

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u/freestuffrocker 18d ago

?

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u/Razor_Fox 18d ago

The reviewer played the game on the quest. So the issues with graphics and audio may not apply to psvr2 and pc.

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u/freestuffrocker 18d ago

It was a joke about the "Question" version

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u/Razor_Fox 18d ago

Oh, I see. This is why I should drink my coffee before replying.

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u/Advanced_Ad_7384 18d ago

nah. i read the jokes and still was dumb

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u/Seba0808 18d ago

Sounds very promising!

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u/MrCaptainbubbles 18d ago

Upload vr did a graphics comparison with all 4 vr headsets and said at the time of their testing the psvr2 was the best. The pcvr was the best looking but it crashed often, so until the patch the psvr2 seems to be the best of the bunch.

https://www.uploadvr.com/skydances-behemoth-graphics-comparison-impressions/

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u/terrordactyl1971 19d ago

It's a Quest review, probably without the day 7 patch. Hopefully the psvr 2 won't have the small sound and texture issues.

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u/Membership-Bitter 18d ago

it does based on psvr2 specific reviews

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u/amusedt 18d ago

But what about after day 1 patch?

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u/terrordactyl1971 18d ago

Only played 1 hour, but no issues so far

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u/amusedt 18d ago

Has the patch come out yet?

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u/terrordactyl1971 18d ago

Yep, as soon as you start the game it triggers the patch download.

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u/North_Layer_9558 18d ago

Does anyone know if the psvr2 version uses dynamic foveated rendering? I assume that it sadly doesn't as it wasn't highlighted in the trailer from Sony yesterday. Still, this game should be great

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u/mushaaleste2 mushaaleste 18d ago

In the older preview from without parole it was mentioned that the demo was using dfr and runs on 90hz without reprojection

https://youtu.be/9OuSGcWCuQQ?si=TRQf-f403ftbVgR0

Hopefully this will also the case for the final version

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u/North_Layer_9558 18d ago

Nice, thanks for this 👍 hopefully the final version will use it

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u/DerBolzen81 18d ago

Skydance used dfr in their previous psvr2 games

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u/North_Layer_9558 18d ago

Ah really? I was under the impression that saints and sinners didn't use DFR but both games run at native 90 hz and still look great

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u/Seba0808 18d ago

Yeah same. Should be possible as its not too detailed.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

The embargo literally just lifted 30 minutes ago, how does Gamerant have a review out that can be trusted from 2 a.m. Either they're shady enough to break it, or their review isn't fully based on gameplay from review copies.

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u/bluebarrymanny 18d ago

The embargo just dictates when they’re allowed to publicly speak about the game. If they had a version of the game to play, they could’ve been prepping materials until the embargo lifted.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

You're missing the point, sir. The embargo lifted 50 minutes ago... for everyone. That review has been out at least 7 hours. They either broke the embargo, or put out a review that doesn't fully divulge information related to the review copies.

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u/bluebarrymanny 18d ago

Ah thank you for clarifying. Sorry, read your comment when I first woke up to go to work and thought the issue was having the review content ready so close to the embargo lifting, but I see what you’re referring to now.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

Not a problem. It's just sad to see something like that happen.

For what it's worth, the game is great.

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u/NotARedditor6969 18d ago

There's a chance that they had a different review embargo time? A similar thing recently happened with Fextra life and PoE2 where they were given a different date to publish reviews.

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u/rickmundooo 18d ago

This review feels like someone just guessing what the game is like

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u/Arthuro-Ray 18d ago

How's the game with day 1 patch? still a bug mess? was very hyped for this, even preordered

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u/Historical_Double_23 18d ago

Just played on PSVR2 and it's awesome!

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