The Last Faith (Rental Review)
The Last Faith (RENTAL REVIEW)
Sometimes, we don’t always get codes far enough ahead of embargo and when that’s the case, if we don't publish at the embargo, we almost always get drowned out in the algorithm, which is a lose/lose situation for both our outlet and the provider of the code.
The idea for the Rental Review came to fruition based on how getting a code a day or two before an embargo evokes the same feelings as renting a game did and only having a limited time to make judgement.
If you are old enough, you remember renting games from your local Blockbuster or family owned shop. When you rented a game, it would fall into one of three categories:
Keep and pay late fees,
Return, or
Rent again the next time you had enough free time on your schedule.
After a few short hours with The Last Faith should you keep it and pay late fees, return it or rent it again next time?
The Last Faith
Blasphemous 2 is the obvious comparable and while fans of one should likely enjoy the other, The Last Faith feels unique. Paramount is how The Last Faith provides you autonomy from class selection with varying stats, deciding which melee weapons, which ranged weapon and what skills you want to upgrade.
For fans of the souls genre, more specifically Bloodborne, it scratches plenty of the itches from the obvious gothic setting, the four different starting classes and familiar attributes, the synergy between melee and firearms, the extremity unforgiving combat, the levelling system, the thrones that stand in for the bonfires and even the dropped souls.
Alternatively, there is a lot here for the Metroidvania fan as well with its 2D gothic pixel art setting that feels heavily inspired by Castlevania, ability gates all over the world gnawing at the back of your mind, precise platforming and the non linear exploration.
The Last Faith was one of my more anticipated games heading into 2023, but after playing the demo, my interest cooled. Having played the first few hours of the full release, the problem was that the demo threw you into the deep end. The Last Faith has lots of systems and you need time to acclimatize yourself from the start, which makes a huge difference.
Rental Verdict
Keep and pay late fees
full review coming soon