Godfall

 PlayStation 5
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4.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 564 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 167 out of 564
  2. Mixed: 88 out of 564
  3. Negative: 309 out of 564
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  1. Darkmoon_Ninja
    Dec 31, 2021
    4
    To me godfall is the definitive meh game.
    It's not bad but not good either, combat is alright but nothing special(and a little confusing at first trying aim using a cross-hair in a strictly melee focused game) , and the cut-scenes somehow come off as ridiculous and overly serious at the same time.
    Like I said it's not a bad game but I also wouldn't recommend playing it.
  2. sling182
    Nov 15, 2020
    4
    Good graphics terrible gameplay zero fun gets more repetitive than sea of thieves empty world terrible boss respawns virtual broken on pc save your money
  3. Mahmoudragheb
    Dec 1, 2021
    4
    Unfortunately the game seemed like a hack n slash mobile phone game ..although it has fantastic visuals n does make great use of the ps5 ,also the audio is of very high quality ..but I couldn't tolerate the game my self had an hour or 2 and never returned to it
  4. bulba2020think
    Jan 13, 2022
    4
    I really wanted to love this game, I really did. The graphics look amazing but that's the only praise I can sing for it. There just isn't really much story here to grab hold of and that wouldn't normally be an issue if the gameplay was good, but even then the gameplay is just mindless slashing without much going for it. It's just either fetch quests or boss fights. I'm grasping at straw asI really wanted to love this game, I really did. The graphics look amazing but that's the only praise I can sing for it. There just isn't really much story here to grab hold of and that wouldn't normally be an issue if the gameplay was good, but even then the gameplay is just mindless slashing without much going for it. It's just either fetch quests or boss fights. I'm grasping at straw as to what to put here but the game itself is just so bland that I can't think of much.

    Story: 1
    Just doesn't exist
    Sound: 5
    nothing really stood out
    Graphics:8
    The game really does look amazing
    Gameplay: 2
    extremely repetitive and dull
    Final Score: 4/10
    unless it comes to PS+ in the future, just look for a different game.    … Expand
  5. kresnikramon
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
    the game is very expensive it is not worth it all and still does not have subtitles in portuguese, thankfully I won the free game in the promotion of AMD
  6. Saintx44
    Nov 24, 2020
    4
    Not a good game at all .. but is not a 0 that's for sure, the story if it can be called like that is almost non existent, game is repetitive and not rewarding (for all the grind). The only think positive are the graphics and even like that is not something that I would call next gen...
  7. beefalo16
    Nov 21, 2020
    4
    This is a $20 indie game with a shiny coat of paint trying to act like a $70 AAA game. It also has severe stuttering and frame rate issues that affect the gameplay. Wait till the price drops and the patches to fix it up.
  8. Raios-Rogue
    Jan 31, 2021
    4
    this game is the definition of pretty graphics no content boring hack and slash gameplay the combat mechanics are great but i burned my wallet with this game it's repetitive boring the online it's really bad there is no matchmaking the game is stuttering the developers counterplay games where inspired from monster hunter world iceborne bloodborne god of war which got my interest but itthis game is the definition of pretty graphics no content boring hack and slash gameplay the combat mechanics are great but i burned my wallet with this game it's repetitive boring the online it's really bad there is no matchmaking the game is stuttering the developers counterplay games where inspired from monster hunter world iceborne bloodborne god of war which got my interest but it was a poorly executed idea the bosses are super boring enemies are boring i might comeback and play it when i don't have any games to play but i got the ascended edition i paid for the most expensive edition 100$ i feel like my wallet has been robbed i will think twice next time before i buy anything from gearbox and counterplay games… Expand
  9. Ight
    Nov 18, 2020
    4
    Very repetitive combat, lack of content, and very buggy. No diversity of combat, no story, and the devs already said they aren't gonna improve on the game. For 70 bucks the game isn't worth it, it's not worth it at a lower cost in the future with no plans from the devs to improve on the game
  10. AlexVonDeath
    Nov 16, 2020
    4
    I'm currently playing this game and I finished the campaign. So far I am disappointed because:
    The story is so boring and shallow, it doesn't give a reason to advance. There are a lot of plot holes. Things left unspoken...
    The combat system is very clunchy, most of the time even if I have 2 yellow bars full and try to press E+LMB or E+RMB the technique skills doesn't trigger at all. The    I'm currently playing this game and I finished the campaign. So far I am disappointed because:
    The story is so boring and shallow, it doesn't give a reason to advance. There are a lot of plot holes. Things left unspoken...
    The combat system is very clunchy, most of the time even if I have 2 yellow bars full and try to press E+LMB or E+RMB the technique skills doesn't trigger at all.
    The parry system again it is very clunchy, I was expecting for a parry which works like the one from God of War or the new ACs.
    A few bugs here and there, but the most annoying I find the healing orbs bug when even if you pick a healing orb it doesn't heal you at all and it happens like a lot.
    There are only 3 maps where you do all the missions and most of the time you must the same mission to unlock a new one. Recycled content 99%. Even the dreamstone missions are recycled missions. It does have nice armour suits.
    I am used to play games based on looting like The Division games, Destiny 2, Black Desert, Bloodborne, Blade and Soul etc...but this game I put it near Anthem...
    It doesn't worth 60euros for pc version or 70 for ps5 version at all. It looks like the devs tried to combine ideas from a few games but they failed big time...    … Expand
  11. Jms91
    Dec 2, 2020
    4
    This game has some stellar graphics, and also pretty fluid combat mechanics. My biggest gripe is that because there is no matchmaking. The game is advertised as an online only 3 player co-op looter. The bosses are designed for 3 players. Yet there is no in game matchmaking. This makes you mostly end up playing solo which can be extra difficult for some boss fights. GAME NEEDS MATCHMAKING!!
  12. OleMannLogan
    May 25, 2021
    4
    This game was meant to show off the graphical power of the PS5 at launch and that was about it. Souless campaign and bare bones combat system with the same generic enemies over again can't save this game from what it set out to be. I felt no connection to the world nor the characters throughout the game. It was a struggle to continue to get to the end. Would not recommend or if you reallyThis game was meant to show off the graphical power of the PS5 at launch and that was about it. Souless campaign and bare bones combat system with the same generic enemies over again can't save this game from what it set out to be. I felt no connection to the world nor the characters throughout the game. It was a struggle to continue to get to the end. Would not recommend or if you really want to play it wait for a sale and get it on the cheap. Not worth $70.… Expand
  13. StIwY
    Feb 2, 2022
    4
    I wasted 25 bucks to buy an used copy of this trash game. One the most boring and repetitive game i've played in the last decade. Also spamming L3 to run every 10 seconds is not good aswell, it's obnoxious. Repetitive, repetitive repetitive. And the plot is weak as hell. Stay away from it.
  14. Melkorbauglir
    Feb 20, 2022
    4
    I bought this game on PS5 launch day and I regret everyday of it. I give it a 4 just because the graphics are pretty
  15. TheDahaka
    Mar 14, 2021
    3
    I’ll keep this simple. The game is shallow, tedious and broken. Don’t get sucked in by the shiny visuals. The people giving this high scores obviously haven’t played very much of the game nor have they encountered the many gamebreaking bugs.

    The combat is tedious and clunky, the loot is boring, there are only three areas in the game and they all play the same. There is no mission    I’ll keep this simple. The game is shallow, tedious and broken. Don’t get sucked in by the shiny visuals. The people giving this high scores obviously haven’t played very much of the game nor have they encountered the many gamebreaking bugs.

    The combat is tedious and clunky, the loot is boring, there are only three areas in the game and they all play the same. There is no mission variety, in fact when free roaming any world all you do is activate a beacon that leads to 3 garbage puzzles and once you finish them, the game doesn't give you anything else to do except warp back to the main hub so you can reload to the same area to do the same thing again for little reward.

    At the the time of this review there are several major bugs that make the game unplayable. These vary from not letting you attack enemies, to not being able to open chests and collect resources to being permanently unable to complete the free roam beacons.

    There is some potential here and with a lot of work, this could be a decent game. At present this game is not ready for prime time and was rushed to release. Avoid.    … Expand
  16. Kenmei
    Nov 15, 2020
    3
    This game basically only has its visuals going for it here. The combat, while seemingly diverse at the start, quickly becomes very repetitive and boring and the non-existent story that's here does nothing to help. Frankly, if not for the visuals, this would be one of the worst launch games I can think of in a long time, especially from a publisher like Gearbox. Skip this game as you canThis game basically only has its visuals going for it here. The combat, while seemingly diverse at the start, quickly becomes very repetitive and boring and the non-existent story that's here does nothing to help. Frankly, if not for the visuals, this would be one of the worst launch games I can think of in a long time, especially from a publisher like Gearbox. Skip this game as you can easily find tremendous graphical showcases from far better launch titles like Demon's Souls.… Expand
  17. Vortal
    Nov 28, 2020
    3
    I wanted to like it and went for the £100 version but money not well spent. Gameplay is poor, fighting clunky and this is no way a loot slasher, its a poor man's Demon Souls
  18. Steyraus
    Nov 22, 2020
    3
    Initially bought the game at launch, then my ps5 died, thought he champion Ed would be cool, then learned there no content...just pass on this it's short,shallow and it's like a budget game for full price..
  19. Sky-Line___
    Jan 8, 2022
    3
    The game was already not excelling at all at what it has to offer, but Sony decided to make it worse by only giving PS+ users a lite version that doesn’t make sense at all. Sometimes I really do not get it! Not a big loss anyway, I was already starting to feel bored at the end of the tutorial.
  20. Hippystank
    Nov 24, 2020
    3
    I really wanted to like this game but unfortunately, it is a lazy attempt at what could have been a really fun game.

    Bad story Bad combat (Sorry but it's just not deep it's button mashy) Bad loot (Cool looking stuff on the positive, boring loot stats/diversity) Level design (Worst I have seen in ages) Gameplay bugs/Game crashes for a launch game 70 dollars (over priced to the max,    I really wanted to like this game but unfortunately, it is a lazy attempt at what could have been a really fun game.

    Bad story
    Bad combat (Sorry but it's just not deep it's button mashy)
    Bad loot (Cool looking stuff on the positive, boring loot stats/diversity)
    Level design (Worst I have seen in ages)
    Gameplay bugs/Game crashes for a launch game
    70 dollars (over priced to the max, 30 and I still wouldn't have been happy that I bought it)

    Lastly, the devs did interviews with youtubers driving up hype with promises they didn't deliver on. It feels scummy after getting my hands on the product.    … Expand
  21. pdelguy
    Nov 26, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game has absolutely no depth to it....nothing to care for and pretty repetitive.… Expand
  22. AlexTheAwesome
    Nov 24, 2020
    3
    Another bad looter RPG. These games just cannot catch a break it seems damn.
  23. Xplocion
    Mar 22, 2022
    3
    The good:
    A new IP in a new generation of Playstation
    The bad: Repetitive game and lacking in personality, beyond the Blink-Blink of armor. The saturation of the glow effect will cause you to leave the game. It seemed like a Soul Like or a Hack and Slash but neither of the two genres does it well. Bad copy that takes the worst elements from God of War (2018), Kingdom under Fire:    The good:
    A new IP in a new generation of Playstation

    The bad:
    Repetitive game and lacking in personality, beyond the Blink-Blink of armor. The saturation of the glow effect will cause you to leave the game. It seemed like a Soul Like or a Hack and Slash but neither of the two genres does it well. Bad copy that takes the worst elements from God of War (2018), Kingdom under Fire: Circle of Doom and Too Human. Protagonists without personality, enemies without more personality if necessary. The story is a cliché of the gods and the war of good goes evil and… zzzz (boring)

    The Meh!:
    All the Hype has dissipated, this game is not good, not even to get the trophies, not even for the new generation, so you can save your money to buy another game. The magical SSD of the PS5 is a lie, this game will be released on the Xbox Series, please gentlemen of the press, do not invent ridiculous things. The nightmare of the photosensitive.    … Expand
  24. ezbz
    Nov 14, 2020
    3
    TLDR: About 70% of this game is just copy and pasted over and over again and Devs said it was on purpose and as intended. The devs put out an FAQ and had to say "Yes this is what the finished product is supposed to be." I feel like that alone should speak for itself. If you really really want to play a game like this then just go play Darksiders 2.

    Also the people trying to say that    TLDR: About 70% of this game is just copy and pasted over and over again and Devs said it was on purpose and as intended. The devs put out an FAQ and had to say "Yes this is what the finished product is supposed to be." I feel like that alone should speak for itself. If you really really want to play a game like this then just go play Darksiders 2.

    Also the people trying to say that "Looter genre games are just like that" are impressionable morons that have no idea what they're talking about. (Looter shooter/slasher is just a **** marketing term for console kiddies, They are called ARPGS and have been called that for literally almost 3 decades)

    This game is just taking God of War Ps4 and mashing it with Destiny and it does so in such a lazy and cheap manor that the game comes off as early access. The 10/10 user review saying this game is polished and has very few bugs is just straight up lying, Sometimes when you fail a mission in multiplayer on hard mode the game only kicks out 2/3 party members and then is in a limbo stat where you are just stuck in the level. Sometimes you get locked out of interactables because you and your friend tried to open the same chest so you have restart the level. Sometimes the game spawns enemies in a wall so you cant progess and have to restart an entire level. Sometimes the DRM services just decides to end your game session. Sometimes you just CANT LIGHT ATTACK AND HAVE TO SWITCH EQUIPMENT OR DIE. The game isn't polished and because I shouldnt have experienced this much **** within a 12 hour play period for a "AAA" $60 release. Which brings me to how shallow and little content there is in this SIXTY/SEVENTY DOLLAR VIDEO GAME RELEASE.

    Despite there being like 12 "Classes" to pick from there are only 2 abilities in the entire game, Summon 3 NPC's or do an AOE. This legitimately seems like they ran out of time to actually implement unique mechanics or ran out of budget but apparently the devs said that this is how the game was intended to be released. Neither of these have unique animations and they are copy and pasted on to every Class with superficial differences like "deals earth damage" but there's no actual difference between earth, fire, and water damage other than its one is green, one is red, and one is blue. For an ARPG there are like no stats to even min max with other than ATTACK DMG(Might) or MAGIC DMG(Spirit), but MAGIC is so ineffective and tedious to use (you cant cancel into a magic attack, you have to stop what you are doing entirely and then charge up the attack/Pull out your shield and then attack. So that leaves us with just basic attacking for almost the entirety of the game, which would be cool if there were more than 4 weapons all with almost the same exact moves. No directional specific moves like monster hunter, oh and also you can't hit an enemy weakpoint if you are locked on to the person you're fighting. So it makes the either the lock on or the weakpoint system an after thought. You also cant modify your special attacks in any way shape or form beyond, DO %50 MORE DAMAGE. No attack speed buff, no adding projectiles to swings(Might be a level 50 legendary that does that but I tapped out at level 43), no nothing.

    Now the apologist are gonna start saying, "Well this is an indie game that had help from gearbox, got an Epic Games Store and Sony exclusivity buy out doesnt have the money or manpower to make cold damage slow an enemy or to make a even 3rd unique ability." (Funny enough because they already have DLC planned when entire game systems need redesigned) Which is when I point out a little game that came out last year called Remnant. At a nice $40 price tag, Remnant was able to make a game with more worlds and environments than Godfall, make more bosses and mini bosses than Godfall. Make more abilites than, More unique passives for armor sets (Every classes in godfall is passive is literally %10 chance to inflict a DOT or %10 buff to some redundant mechanic) There were able to implement more character passives, more unique weapons, they just did more everything for less.

    Final thoughts: Combat is serviceable but you dont pay AAA pricetag for things to be serviceable, you pay because you want a specific level of content and quality and the game is severely lacking on both of those fronts.There is a foundation for a decent game that can be its own fun little thing but it I can see this being abandon ware withing a couple months/year or two and then shutting down their servers and **** over everyone that paid for it, oh yeah theres DRM and no matchmaking/no intention of adding matchmaking by the way. So consider how long you can see a game like this staying alive and keeping its servers up if you are considering buying this too.

    Is the game worth $70/$60? No, It has the content of a like $5 mobile game.

    Is the game worth it on sale in the future? No, because the devs said that they dont plan on improving upon the game.    … Expand
  25. Thaksin
    Dec 9, 2021
    3
    Игру можно считать на текущий момент неким техно демо игрой, которая хорошо реализовала работу dualsense, графику, но не смогла в интерес и удержание.
  26. TheFlyinPancake
    Sep 19, 2021
    3
    It's only pros are it's fun satisfying gameplay and gorgeous graphics & designs. However, I was EXTREMELY disappointed to find out that there's basically no story. There is nothing to do but go to the same 4 places and kill the same enemies. It absolutely saddens me how much this game has disappointed me in the narrative side of it since I was looking really forward to it.

    Anyway, you    It's only pros are it's fun satisfying gameplay and gorgeous graphics & designs. However, I was EXTREMELY disappointed to find out that there's basically no story. There is nothing to do but go to the same 4 places and kill the same enemies. It absolutely saddens me how much this game has disappointed me in the narrative side of it since I was looking really forward to it.

    Anyway, you will have a great time with the gameplay so I recommend you to get the game when it's $10 or less or just rent it for a while BUT don't expect ANYTHING out of the story. The fact that they tried to sell this game for $70 dollars is an absolute scummy move that reduced my rating down to two more points    … Expand
  27. Rei_Reviews
    Nov 14, 2020
    3
    I can not in good conscience recommend this game in its current state. It is fundamentally broken with many game breaking bugs and glitches and it feels entirely as if it was completely gutted in the last few months before release (like what happened to the first Destiny release)

    Positive: - There are some really nice looking areas - in particular the Air realm is quite spectacular. -    I can not in good conscience recommend this game in its current state. It is fundamentally broken with many game breaking bugs and glitches and it feels entirely as if it was completely gutted in the last few months before release (like what happened to the first Destiny release)

    Positive:
    - There are some really nice looking areas - in particular the Air realm is quite spectacular.
    - The 4 main bosses provide sufficient, unique and interesting challenges.

    Negative:
    - numerous gamebreaking bugs and glitches including; instances where you are unable to use a light attack (the trigger works in the menu, and every other attack works), instances where the mission doesn't end when it should (unable to exit to Sanctum), respawn counter that doesn't count properly (on hard mode sometimes the mission fails when you have two respawns left);
    - inability to finish the final main story mission. A glitch occurred when I was three quarters the way through the bosses health where it threw me to the credits title card and got stuck on that screen, when I restarted the game, I was back in the hub with no ability to finish the story;
    - The story feels entirely gutted, the entire game is walk to one NPC, walk to the other NPC, walk back to the first NPC, go to the hub map, start a mission kill a boss and repeat. That's it, there's no variation;
    - The Valorplates are irrelevant - there is no gameplay difference in using any of the Valorplates - except for the couple that spawn drones, and the method to obtain them is collect materials (you get a ridiculous amount in the game without hunting) walk up to the plate and unlock it. There is nothing special about these items.
    - The voice of my character changed from Male to Female with no explanation - my guess is because of the Valorplate I changed to;
    - There is NO MAP, and every area in a realm looks exactly the same. It gets incredibly easy to get lost and because there are no recognisable reference points to tell you where you are.
    - This is a primarily single player game but for whatever reason you have to be online to play. I didn't try the co-op mode because there is NO MATCHMAKING - I'm the only person in my friend group who was able to get a PS5 at launch, I can't play co-op without going to an external channel.

    Wait for a deep sale on this game.    … Expand
  28. Boybetterknow
    Nov 17, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There is not much nice to say. Graphics are really good, if you like the art design. Combat system is fun but quite slow for most of the weapons types. I experienced a lot of framedrops on a 3080. Had to manually set the process to real-time priority and they were gone. That shouldn't be necessary. Also i experienced a lot of mission breaking bugs. For example being stuck on a chest or between rocks and unable to move away. Happend at least three times during the game. The lack of proper markers for side/bonusmissions is also annoying. Somestimes i searched the whole map, just to find nothing. Story, characters etc. are not even worth mentioning, very straight forward, no surprises, nothing. Easy and normal difficulties are way too easy, because there is literally no punishment for dying and infinite respawns. There should be more difficulty settings or infinite respawn just in easy mode. On top of all that the game is really short and the endgame content as boring as the rest. All in all it feels like an indie game with triple A optics.… Expand
  29. actualspiderman
    Nov 13, 2020
    3
    How about no? ........................................................................................................
  30. imspeechless
    Nov 13, 2020
    3
    Repetitive, boring, hard pass..........................................................................
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 59 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 53 out of 59
  3. Negative: 3 out of 59
  1. CD-Action
    Jun 9, 2021
    65
    The only thing Godfall has going for it is its great combat system. Everything else just came along for the ride. [01/2021, p.42]
  2. WellPlayed
    Feb 10, 2021
    50
    Godfall doesn’t do anything egregious or worse than any of the other disappointing looters of this generation, but it does almost everything equally as badly in a weird perfect balance. This is what makes it so frustrating. There is definite potential for a gem inside this game, but it’s so busy with being a downright average-at-best looter that it loses all semblance of actual personality, a key component to maintaining a looter game. Impressively non-existent story, incredibly derivative art, classes which mean absolutely nothing, a deceptively small loot pool, technical issues up the wazoo, terrible endgame design and a horrific netcode all add up to a visually pleasing but soulless affair that can’t even begin to escape being categorised as anything more than a flashy tech demo.
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  3. GameCritics
    Jan 25, 2021
    55
    After wrapping Godfall, I was left with the feeling that it’s going to be a one-and-done. I can’t see myself doing its endless trials or repeating the endgame boss fights — it just doesn’t feel like there’s anything more to work towards. The graphics are great and the combat is enjoyable, but it gets samey too quickly and ends up as a typical next-generation launch game that will be soon forgotten.
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