9th Dawn III Review (PlayStation 4)

9th Dawn III: Shadow of Erthil is a huge 2D open-world RPG and collectathon dungeon crawler packed full of adventure! When asked to investigate mysterious, ghostly sightings around the lake of Elmson, you trek through the lands of Cedaltia to uncover the truth. Upon arrival, you catch rumors of an untrustworthy king and become the chosen one to journey to Lorwyck Castle and confront him – a journey that will guide you through ancient fortresses, dark dungeons, perilous swamps, and more!

Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 1.20gb download size.
• Uses DS4 touchpad for the map.
• Platinum trophy.
• ARPG gameplay.
• Four save slots.
• Gui scale slider.
• Can rebind controls for both keyboard and the controller.
• Invert aim option.
• Tutorial signs as you play.
• Command-line prompt setting.
• Force death button.
• Plays like a twin-stick with the right stick used for attacks, a handy arrow displays to show.
• Day/night cycle and weather effects.
• Rolling info bar of what’s killed or picked up.
• Shortcut item bar.
• Clear bars showing exp, health, etc.
• Save when you want.
• Skills will go up as you use those weapons in battle.
• Dungeon entrances everywhere.
• Earn EXP and level up to get attribute points to distribute.
• Play how you want.
• Huge starting inventory space.
• Death-lose exp.
• Fyued-the games own card game where you can buy/find new card packs and play npc.
• Uses lighting very well including having closed rooms being pitch black.
• Bloodspawn-click these to activate them as respawn points.
• Minimap and a big map that will show icons and be filtered by locations and fishing spots.
• Inventory will pop up what you have equipped in that slot so you can check gear quickly.
• Load out-huge selection with 6 rings, cap, arm, book, main hand, offhand, neck, head, gloves, relic, armor, bolt, arrow, belt, gloves, and fish bait.
• Crafting-find recipes and make weapons/armor/items.
• Main quests and optional side quests.
• A lot of loot.

Cons:

• No sensitivity sliders.
• Enemies respawn quickly.
• Can feel lost a lot of the time.
• The running info bar can get in the way.
• You move really slowly when attacking.
• Shortcut buttons are not always ideal as you need to press a button beforehand to activate them as it were.
• Way too much food loot meaning loads of small hp recovery food.
• Constant difficulty spikes.
• Inventory management is clunky.