Pascal's Wager: Definitive Edition

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6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 4 out of 11

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  1. joshbreviews
    Apr 8, 2021
    6
    I really wanted to give this a pretty high score, but the final area and final boss are full of bafflingly horrible and atrocious game design decisions. I was gonna give it an 8/10, but-2 points because of how all the fun and good vibes of the rest of the game are absolutely destroyed and decimated by the final area and boss. 6/10. I will briefly explain below.

    And just so you know, I'm    I really wanted to give this a pretty high score, but the final area and final boss are full of bafflingly horrible and atrocious game design decisions. I was gonna give it an 8/10, but-2 points because of how all the fun and good vibes of the rest of the game are absolutely destroyed and decimated by the final area and boss. 6/10. I will briefly explain below.

    And just so you know, I'm a huge dark souls nerd. Beat DS 1, 2, and 3 twice each. Beat Bloodborne twice. Beat SEKIRO twice, with no charm and with demon bell. So I know hard games. I've beaten them, and I know what makes them fun.

    The final boss and area of this almost-great game is AWFUL for the following reasons:

    1) they wrote a story where it was necessary to SUDDENLY MAKE YOUR COMPANIONS UNPLAYABLE. just, why??? why are you suddenly deciding to remove core game mechanics in the final part? there are ways to raise the tension and drama of the story WITHOUT REMOVING CORE GAME MECHANICS. you didn't have to design it this way, devs! you chose to! and your game is worse now because of it.

    2) they wrote a story where it was NECESSARY TO PUT YOU AT MAX INSANITY. again, what the??? this whole game I've had the CHOICE to manage my sanity levels. Suddenly, you're taking it away?

    3) finally, pseudo boss gauntlet, and horrendously awful final boss. the final boss keeps teleporting. it keeps casting spells that make you back away for way, way too long doing nothing and ruining the pace. it keeps spawning enemies deliberately OUTSIDE OF YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. it keeps randomly staggering and not staggering sometimes leading to extreme and unfun randomness. it casts a one-hit kill move (aren't we past cheap moves like this, devs?). it goes on for wayyyy too many phases and it drags on when it summons phantoms of your companions. whoever designed this...and the person who approved this...you guys need to reevaluate what you think is good game design.

    4) for no good reason, YOU CANNOT SWAP OUT TERRENCE. why does this not make sense? because even if you don't bring certain characters in your party, they always appear in cutscenes anyway! this is a severe blunder by the devs.

    5) NG+ is not balanced. they just threw it in. you cannot level up or enhance charms enough to allow your damage to keep up with the enemies' increased damage.

    Other things to note, but are minor issues. The -2 comes from the above reasons, not the ones below.

    1) extremely amateur voice acting. main character and bird are awful. and the voice actors constantly pronounce the same words differently.
    2) poor graphics, but this is an android port, so it's fine. just know what you're getting into.

    Again, this could've been great, but the quality control really fell apart at the end of the game. Now, I won't remember the fun I had along the journey - I'll just remember the bafflingly awful final part. I'm really sorry devs, but you messed up.    … Expand
  2. watchm824
    Apr 28, 2021
    7
    The game is not bad. There is a fairly well thought out world and plot. It's fun to explore the levels. The game is not very difficult. The graphics are bad, but this is a port of a mobile game.
  3. ornitologist
    Feb 4, 2023
    2
    Не рекомендую. Хітбокси поломані, прийоми деякі працюють дуже погано. А на фінальному босі розумієш як потрібно було качатись щоб його забити, але вже пізно. Ігра дуже бісить в багатьох моментах. Графіка з 2000-них, сюжет наче написаний п'ятикласникомНе рекомендую. Хітбокси поломані, прийоми деякі працюють дуже погано. А на фінальному босі розумієш як потрібно було качатись щоб його забити, але вже пізно. Ігра дуже бісить в багатьох моментах. Графіка з 2000-них, сюжет наче написаний п'ятикласником

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64

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. IGN Japan
    May 10, 2021
    70
    While the controls leave a lot of room for improvement, Pascal’s Wager: Definitive Edition is a Souls-like game that offers sufficiently high quality.
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  2. GameCritics
    Apr 7, 2021
    40
    In the end, Pascal’s Wager is just another entry in the ever-growing soulslike genre. It makes some smart choices by giving an upfront story and multiple characters, but my feeling is that starting life on mobile devices hampered what the developers could do, and the lack of exploration and cohesive map design is a definite weakness — perhaps a sequel built for console or PC could expand upon this foundation.
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  3. Everyeye.it
    Mar 22, 2021
    60
    If Pascal's Wager has managed to emerge on mobile due to a little fierce competition, its Definitive Edition on PC does not hit the same goal. A good longevity and a series of precautions that make the title more accessible for non-experts of the genre, unfortunately, are not enough to raise the overall quality of the production, aggravated by an approximate technical realization and a gameplay not adequately finished. If you have already completed both the entire From Software library of works and the other exponents of the genre, and nevertheless you still thirst for soulslike, Pascal's Wager could still be for you: the important thing is not to have high expectations, and to be willing to close an eye before the limits of the work.
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