Lost Reavers may be a free download, but it's struggled to make the right impression since its arrival on Wii U. We only gave it a very modest recommendation in our review, mainly due to the fact it can be played for free and all that's lost is time, but it's certainly got key areas where it needs to improve.
Perhaps there's some hope that Bandai Namco will look to make those improvements, as it's released a major update in the form of version 2.0.0. It adds a new stage, which is a positive in light of the original build only having two environments that would be randomised. It also offers the usual vague fixes to glitches and in order to improve the user experience.
In any case it may be worth a fresh look now that the update is out there - it'll have either downloaded automatically or will do so when you try to run the game from the main Home menu. If you check it out let us know what you think, and as a bonus below is a recent video (in Japanese) that popped up on our subscriber feed.
[source pj-treasure.bn-ent.net, via perfectly-nintendo.com]
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nice
Hopefully they've listen to feedback from the Bata...
Have they patched in some decent controls and gameplay?
Sweet. I love this game, but haven't got to play it enough. (Huge backlog.) I will make sure to carve out some time to play this some more.
Maybe I will start it up this weekend to see what has been added, but I've been so short on time lately...
No voice chat still!
That game is dry-bony in content.... I thougt they abandoned it. lol
Did they really have to do a 12 minute video? I'll check out the updates in game when it arrives, but I hope it's better than more Labs and Egyptian levels. If this game continues on past the end of this year I'd be shocked.
Everyone gave up on it, online is usually nearly dead, the forums are dead about it and barely 8 comments on this update article (as of now), this game is doomed.
And... nothing changed. It's still bad game. Lost Reavers needs better gameplay, because the actual is terrible.
@AcridSkull It already had decent controls and gameplay. What you mean is, "Did they patch in some really good controls and gameplay?"
@BulbasaurusRex No, I don't. The gameplay is garbage and the controls are horribly sluggish.
@AcridSkull Well, you're in the minority there. The common consensus (including my own and Nintendo Life's reviewer) appears to be that the gameplay is decent, just nothing special enough to overcome the game's repetative nature and lack of content.
@BulbasaurusRex "Minority", "common consensus".
Please provide factual proof of your claims. Or is that just your opinion?
Let's take a look at the NintendoLife review (and as you know this is just Connor McMahon's opinion and no one else's):
"Unfortunately, everything is wrapped up in such a messy, shallow package that this grim repetition sets in quickly, and it sets in deep."
"Somehow, Lost Reavers manages to straddle the line between being totally bonkers and incredibly mundane at the same time...as you blast rockets at a crowd of mummies and somehow find yourself yawning instead of grinning. For all its nonsense and cheesy quirks, there isn't enough diversity to keep the game from feeling fresh after only an hour or so."
"The story and setting won't catch your attention either"
"The best thing about it may well be that it's free to download right now on the eShop"
"we can't be the only ones who see the potential here yet mourn the lifeless end result"
@AcridSkull None of those quotes mention the basic gameplay, which was the saving grace that allowed Conor to give it a 5. Here are the relevant quotes:
"The controls themselves are clunky, with sluggish movement and a picky camera being particular nuisances, but it's workable enough and there are a few options to tweak if needs be."
"Eventually you'll get used to the clunky controls and might get a cheap kick out of the decent combat, and all of this begins to sound pretty decent on paper."
"Not awful, not unplayable, but frustrating. There's a great idea in here somewhere - at times it even manages to shine through"
There are three other reviews on Metacritic. Two of them say pretty much the same as Nintendo Life: Not terrible, but not that good either, but they're in foreign languages so I couldn't read the whole things. The other review was a really short one that didn't even bother to mention the gameplay.
@BulbasaurusRex No mention anywhere of the gameplay being decent.
Here's EuroGamers opinion on this bilge:
"Lost Reavers for the Wii U is probably the worst game I've played this year, so far."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-04-25-watch-lost-reavers-is-impressively-bad
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