{"id":56235,"date":"2023-11-27T19:19:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T19:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saveupdata.com\/?p=56235"},"modified":"2023-11-27T19:19:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T19:19:24","slug":"gangs-of-sherwood-is-a-decent-ps5-steampunk-take-on-the-robin-hood-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saveupdata.com\/reviews\/gangs-of-sherwood-is-a-decent-ps5-steampunk-take-on-the-robin-hood-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Gangs of Sherwood is a decent PS5 steampunk take on the Robin Hood legend"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is a steampunk style alternative reality telling of the classic Robin Hood tale and is decent but not outstanding.<\/p>\n
The idea, and the visuals, are strong and provide the hook to the game.<\/p>\n
You get to play one of either Robin, Little John, Maid Marion or Friar Tuck as your awesome foursome lead a rebellion against the Sheriff of Nottingham and his armies.<\/p>\n
The story is as ever, they have taken over and subjected the people of England to a new era of tyranny.<\/p>\n
But that\u2019s where things take quite a turn.<\/p>\n
Visually it is quite striking, with mechanical beasts and heavily armoured baddies at their disposal. A mixed world of Ye Olde Robin Hood and dirty technology.<\/p>\n
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You can play multiplayer co-op with three others where you and your friends take the role as one of the Merry Men.<\/p>\n
Or you can go solo and play the story along on your own.<\/p>\n
Each protagonist has a unique play style, so with Robin it\u2019s very much firing arrows and using your bow as a melee weapon in close combat.<\/p>\n
Little John likes to bash everyone with his mechanical arm and shoot out deadly lasers.<\/p>\n
Tuck, a monk as before, heals other players with his mead and creates shockwaves or fire pillars with a massive weapon.<\/p>\n
And Marion wields chains that she can lash out at baddies from afar.<\/p>\n
The evil ones themselves are bullet sponges, with every direct hit clocking up combo points as they enter the fray from imperial drop ships above or side gates.<\/p>\n
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And you\u2019ll regularly get scored like in a school report for your ability to divvy out mass death in the most competitive ways.<\/p>\n
The story isn\u2019t much to write home about and the boss fights are okay but not outstanding, like with Soulslike games.<\/p>\n
But it is good fun and offers almost too wild on-screen battles at its best, it can be quite overwhelming with so much going on.<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t beat anything out there but it does offer a decent fighting game with a unique twist on a classic Nottingham legend.<\/p>\n
VERDICT 3\/5<\/b><\/p>\n