Salt and Sacrifice Review - The Final Verdict
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- Опубликовано: 10 май 2022
- For veterans of soulslikes, especially 2D ones, Salt and Sacrifice will fit neatly into your library as yet another largely successful interpretation of the subgenre. Those looking for the next level of challenge, artistic creativity, or gameplay innovation in it will almost certainly be left wanting though, as so much of this game’s DNA has already been explored countless times.
Still, while Salt and Sacrifice’s few wrinkles do add to the format, and with how well the boss fights pop off the screen, it's still a game that has much more to like about it than not. 
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"...rarely do you die without having a pretty good idea of what you should be doing differently..."
You're going to defend the tiny arenas with massive amounts of AOE that launch you in the air to be juggled to death without any way to escape?
100% this! Salt and Sacrifice is a poorly designed sequel. Hard miss from the devs.
This is literally what I was thinking he even showed the hydro mage that does it. Most BS fight ever sanctuary had great bosses
At least Elden Ring bosses have a way to overcome them when you figure out how. This game doesn't?
@@HoshPoshJosh Have you fought the lightning mage? That one loves to use his stagewide AOE to juggle while slamming you down with his melee.
Not that it makes much of a difference since all bosses generally have the same movesets at this point, stagewide juggle AOE, somewhat more controlled AOE or homing magic, some even have AOE that turns into homing magic, and some form of melee to slam you in the ground and juggle some more.
They just need to remove, or at least limit, knock down bouncing and this problem will be far less prevalent.
Maybe I'd find it good if they modified launches to only occur when an extremely powerful attack hits and even then make it a short range knock down. Also implement crowd attack queuing so you don't get combolocked. Make salt spawn at where you fell from instead of your landing location.
This game feels totally different from the first. I don't recommend it IF you're actually looking for what this video claims Salt and Sacrifice actually is, that's where you want to play Salt and Sanctuary.
More difficult than elden ring, at least as halfspear user. I have a feeling that first game was better in combat and progression.
But contentwise it's lightyears apart from Elden Ring
I guess I'll wait for a switch release
its just a shame, the games good but the meat of it (bosses) were just poorly designed and honestly unfair in many way
I’m so excited to play this game! The original was great!
Dad?
Son?
Just by looking at it I don't like it, and there's consensus that is not even near as good as the first one, I'll pass and HOPE for a third one that goes back to the roots of the original.
Kind of dissapointed the art direction and gameplay hasn't much upgraded after 8 years. The Newgrounds/Flash style was novel back in 2016 when soulslikes weren't common, but since then we've had a lot of more complex offerings
I mean the game looks a lot better graphically and has a lot more depth. Level design is better too. It's a better game than it's predecessor
It looks way better (still absolutely the same style, but I think the style of graphic and art is on purpose) , and the combat has been expanded with secret move sets, new interactions against bosses with new tools, a new monster hunter esque mage system . it definitely isn’t a revolutionary game, but it is a definite upgrade from Salt and sanctuary. If you haven’t tried it I highly recommend it. Gamebolt definitely didn’t beat the game and it shows, they haven’t gotten to some of those insane bosses that test all of your skills.
Pretty dumb low IQ thinking when art style is subjective
The studio was two people last I checked. Not sure why everyone is expecting the world out of this game.
@@ShoTro idk but I love them. They are starting to be one of my fava
All I want is more Dark Souls and this game delivers with a lot of improvements on the original. Didn't disappoint
its more like a bad monster hunter now, not so much dark souls anymore.
its not bad, but a step back from salt 1
It has a little bit of MH which is fine...but graphically, gameplay and design are all superior to the first game.
@@careyunknown3449 How is the gameplay superior? They removed most of the combos and weapon variance they had in the original?
@@ArcheWhatzitGonnaB3 combos that weren't needed in a 2D game I would suggest. I do miss the parry. But everything is just better
@@careyunknown3449 So rather than having a variety of weapons with different movesets and animations you'd prefer to sit there and poke an enemy as the only attack as if it were a kirby or mario game? You can't honestly believe yourself when you say they "...weren't needed..." None of the other SKA games have had such a limiting combat system, there's no way they'd ever be as popular as they are if things like The Dishwasher only had one attack option.
Mage bosses are some of the most annoying bosses in any game and somehow this game thinks its a good idea to have the whole game built around mage bosses... developers tried to make the game a combination of many other games and somehow lost sight of what made the first game good.
when the thumbnail is SUS
Get out of my head
cringe
Loved the first game, such a great 2D Souls like. Didn't like the 2nd one, felt more like Monster Hunter.. I would definitely recommend Salt & Sanctuary if you haven't played it, but I wouldn't recommend Salt & Sacrifice.
I’ve been playing it at 120fps on PS5 and it seems to be rock solid. Is it a PC issue with the performance?
I dunno, but looking this review against the other videos reviews (that were also made on pc), others seems to run faster than this one.
I had no issues with framerate on PC, dunno what the hell the reviewer is talking about. Game itself is pure cancer tho.
These reviews are reminding me of the positive reviews Dark Souls 2 got on release. This is not a sequel to Salt and Sanctuary.
Yes it is but changed up with same mechanics
But Dark Souls 2 is the best in retrospect
@@alex.starostin I live ds2 but its definetly not the best
@@Maikeru101 it is not, its a mediocre 2d monstwr hunter with a similar art style
@@thesupreme8062 DS2 is my favorite and I played them all, even better than Elden Ring. It has a special charm the others don't.
It’s been a few months I wonder if the devs even care
good review 🦔❄
Anyone knows if he s as good as the first or better please.?.
No
I think it's better the co op and pvp are better than elden rings multiplayer.
it nothing like the first, so don’t go in expecting it to work anything like that. most of the people shitting on it are just mad that’s it not another generic dark souls clone again. check out FightinCowboy’s vids on it for some in depth info. he has a stater guide out now that explains a lot
@@mkv2718 it's not a sequel though
Ok! Thanks guys.. will take it soon. Just Finishing the game prey now.!
Does anyone know where the Zweihander is?
15-20 hours to beat!? You sir, are far better at this game than me.
A honest and good review.
Thank you 🥰👍
Blasphemous >>>>
But co-op awesomeness in Salt and Sacrifice!
oh yeah!
GamingBol7
No
Just beat the game, took me 18 hours. And it is hand down the worst soulslike game i have played to date. It feels like it was not tested at all, as all enemies spam you with attacks non-stop, there is little to no balance to anything at all (word of advice: play with heaviest armor you can find and greatswords, otherwise you will suffer. A lot.): literally the first greatsword you can craft off of first mage boss will hard carry you to the end of the game and there is little to no reason to use anything else because difference between weapons is almost nonexistent and anything that is not greatsword is just plain garbage (daggers for example attack with almost the same speed but with significantly less damage, i mean 50 damage versus 8 damage is a nobrainer). With the right, above mentioned, setup all the bosses, especially main ones, are laughably easy, lasting a minute at most (i oneshot the last boss for the love of god. In a soulslike game), with only constant lack of stamina keeping you at bay, nonetheless optional mages will often bring you pain just because they will fill tiny arena with projectiles, burning puddles and whatnot, with zero chance to avoiding all of this, thus every fight turns to out tanking all the attacks with flasks. It feels like developers forgot to put pauses for enemies somewhere in AI scripting, or something. Level design is also horrible, every map feels the same, and there is no actual map, so good luck remembering where the hell you supposed to go, which is just stupid (and no, you can't have teleports between bonfires, you are welcome to walk all the way to the boss at the end if you decided to restock in town). Also developer had a brain fart at some point and decided to remove visible health bars from enemies - completely retarded idea in itself - and tried to justify it by saying that it makes the game more actiony. Well, it sure as hell does not. All it does is frustrates you a lot. Feel free to add very clunky controls on top of all this and you get yourself hell of a game.... not. Please, do yourself a favor and avoid this dumpster fire like a plague, unless you are into masochism or something.
Its one of the worst metroidvanias i've ever played, the map design is boring - there is almost no reason to explore and random spawns of boss mages at the end of the game just annoyed the hell out of me. I was so sad when at the end of the game I've saw that i lost 20 hours of my life to this garbage.
@@Tam4ik I feel you, man. Ending was boring af.
Thanks..save my money
I did the platinum and this game is Not good XD
I was excited for this at first but now I think I’ll pass.
Na dude trust me it's awesome
This dude is super critical, he's downplaying the fuck out of it
@@CJMaserflash I’ll check it out then 🤔
@@CJMaserflash soooooo......
I LOVED MHW:Iceborne, especially having to farm to make the armor sets. Is this as rewarding?
@@sweettooth7625 did you check it out yet? It's on sale for 13 now...
is a shame, looks more like a dlc than a proper sequel, but im play for sure
Nope...it's feels like natural progression...think Dark Souls to Dark Souls 3. Very much feels like a sequal
Gamebolt honestly made this game sound like a DLc. I’m glad you’ll be giving it a try
@@careyunknown3449 I'm hearing such mixed things about this game.. seems like I need to try it for myself
@@malazan6004 just here to tell you that it's not true, salt and sacrifice feels far from a sequel it feels like a spinoff just not a good one
First one was great, this one is not. Pretty disappointing to be honest.
Amogus in video thumbnail.
Damn
cringe
Alot of these comments are cap af lol.
This game is mechanically garbage particularly in boss fights but all through this game you are just getting ping ponged around by a lot of unavoidable or very strangely timed attacks. Imma keep playing through it though so my opinion of it just holds that much more water.
That's a shame because the first game was great!!!!
@@redcrimson1028 this one is just as good as the first game.
@@2ogres1cup50 definetly not, its not even half as good
@@thesupreme8062 now that I've had it for a few days, I personally think it's better. Chasing the bosses around the map gets repetitive, but I love most everything else. The combat is improved, designs are dope, customization is pretty good, though I wish it had a bit more, like more options for personal looks. Its not perfect, but neither was the first. That's just my opinion though, I realize its not for everyone
@@2ogres1cup50 how can the convat be better when they literally just removed stuff
The stamina mechanic ruins this game completely. Remove it and it would be good. As is, it's trash. The devs aren't Miyazaki and absolutely suck at combat balancing. Standing still waiting for stam to come back when I should be attacking or dodging is complete bs.
you need to be deflecting instead of roll spamming. deflect the slow attacks as you won’t use ANY stamina, and if they have multiple attacks that you can deflect then you open them up for a crit. there’s even an item that heals all your health on the dagger crits (even the ones you do on mages). i’m playing a light armor build and i never run out of stamina.
I really loved the first game but with all the mixed reviews I'm not sure if I would like this one. Tell me if I really really liked the first game will somebody who is reasonable and logical tell me if this is worth it.
I'm not sure either. My gut almost says no.
pressing shift all the time to avoid attacks is a poor design...
So pressing o to dodge all the time like in souls is also poor design?
@@zacharyboucher7855 i see you're not a pc user.... try pressing shift 5 times in a row, it leaves the game in the background running while you get a new window for pressing the shift key... have fun
@@beewell1600 can’t you turn stickey keys off? I know I did
@@zacharyboucher7855 that shouldnt be a thing when designing a game, just like in other games...
Nahhhh, getting a little bit tired with the Souls-like genre, it's a pass for me.
You JUST NOW tired of this copycat shit? They need to move on to a genre that's FUN
I personnaly love these games !! Especially salts and sanctuary so I will buy this one for sure. I do understand though that too many studio do this genre without much thinking
@@Golden-God Yeah, true :( To be honest, I got bored after finishing Elden Ring... To much and too many, they seriously need to make something new and different.
@Rick Deckard the genre itself is boring dude. Slash, block, die, repeat 😑
@@simonroy9414 I've been playing it all morning it's worth the $20. Haven't run into any issues at personally, no frame rate dips or chugging - seems pretty stable on my end.
No xbox release 😢
to anyone complaining that you run out of stamina all the time- my, how ds3 and elden ring spoiled you, letting you roll spam thru every situation. that being said, LEARN TO DEFLECT (i.e. perfect block). deflecting uses no stamina, and there are items that heal you upon deflecting. the one that heals on dagger crits (the one all characters have) heals your entire health bar too, just an fyi. but back on topic: for mages- deflect their slow melee attacks. roll only when you need to, like on elemental or status attacks, or long attack strings that are too hard to deflect all of them. the timing for deflecting seems to be pushing block as soon as the swing starts moving forward, so it can be rough on delayed attacks, but practice and you’ll get it.
also, think of this game more like a 2d monster hunter than just a souls game, and it’ll make more sense.
oh.. and for moves like the hydromancer water spouts; don’t roll unless you have too, just jog left or right of them and use that down time to heal or use a ranged attack. overall it’s about learning when to hold off and when to be agressive. you can’t just go button mashing your way thru it with a big sword. you actually have to plan a bit. for instance- 2 mages and a a mess of enemies in your way? let them duke it out amongst themselves a bit, use ranged weapons to lure some enemies away, or find another way around. don’t just run in and then moan about how you keep getting juggled. use your heads
This isn't 2D monster Hunter, monster Hunter has no skilltrees. Also fu off, perfect blocking will kill you more because enemies don't care and will keep spamming attacks while you are in block stun
I gave the game 9.5 out of 10 now im going to watch the video see how he rates it
James needs to go back to dishwasher...and charlie murder...this genre is tired.