It was a nice idea is probably the sentence that sums up the game pretty well.
To be fair I've only given this game 5 hours, so there might be stuff afterwards. But in todays world a game either captures you in the first 30 minutes or it doesn't. So I think I gave it a fair chance.

First of all: No fast travel.
Please respect my time and don't make me waddle everywhere, holding w is not gameplay.

The era and story was a nice idea. Unfortunately the budget only allowed for cheap voice actors and mediocre animations that feel out of place. At this point rather do some nice art and have a narrator.
The combat is obviously inspired by the souls games, but it lacks the elegance. I get that everyone is a robot, so it's supposed to feel robot-y. Unfortunately that just makes it feel clunky.
The exploration feels kinda terrible, sure it's fun to find shortcuts or a hidden stash - but aside from that there seem to be no meaningful or interesting items to be found in the first 5 hours of this game. There is like 4 Weapons, a couple upgrade mats - but not enough for 2 weapons. Aside from that mostly Trashloot.
And then you have to engage in more combat during exploration, which as mentioned before mostly feels clunky. It's not overly difficult, it's just slow and nothing deals respectable damage. So you're also at it for a while. Same goes for the first big boy achievement boss. Got 3 Phases, all of them feel the same, minus the last one - which doesn't last long enough to care about it. Boss deals nearly no damage, I deal nearly no damage. Fight takes forever because everyone is waiting a lot.

Maybe I just didn't find the secret sauce for this game, but after beating the boss and beeing told "go to some place that I already forgot" I couldn't be arsed to go for more exploration.

So in the end, it's not bad, it's not good. It's somewhere inbetween, but in todays gaming landscape a 6/10 is worth as much as a 3/10, because the competition is so steep. Given the price point, I can't recommend it. Because for that money there are a ton of better soulslikes to play.
If you're a french history nerd - buy it though, there is a lot of attention to detail that is entirely lost on me, because I don't care about it.

It was a nice idea is probably the sentence that sums up the game pretty well. To be fair I've only given this game 5 hours, so there might be stuff afterwards. But in todays world a game either captures you in the first 30 minutes or it doesn't. So I think I gave it a fair chance. First of all: No fast travel. Please respect my time and don't make me waddle everywhere, holding w is not gameplay. The era and story was a nice idea. Unfortunately the budget only allowed for cheap voice actors and mediocre animations that feel out of place. At this point rather do some nice art and have a narrator. The combat is obviously inspired by the souls games, but it lacks the elegance. I get that everyone is a robot, so it's supposed to feel robot-y. Unfortunately that just makes it feel clunky. The exploration feels kinda terrible, sure it's fun to find shortcuts or a hidden stash - but aside from that there seem to be no meaningful or interesting items to be found in the first 5 hours of this game. There is like 4 Weapons, a couple upgrade mats - but not enough for 2 weapons. Aside from that mostly Trashloot. And then you have to engage in more combat during exploration, which as mentioned before mostly feels clunky. It's not overly difficult, it's just slow and nothing deals respectable damage. So you're also at it for a while. Same goes for the first big boy achievement boss. Got 3 Phases, all of them feel the same, minus the last one - which doesn't last long enough to care about it. Boss deals nearly no damage, I deal nearly no damage. Fight takes forever because everyone is waiting a lot. Maybe I just didn't find the secret sauce for this game, but after beating the boss and beeing told "go to some place that I already forgot" I couldn't be arsed to go for more exploration. So in the end, it's not bad, it's not good. It's somewhere inbetween, but in todays gaming landscape a 6/10 is worth as much as a 3/10, because the competition is so steep. Given the price point, I can't recommend it. Because for that money there are a ton of better soulslikes to play. If you're a french history nerd - buy it though, there is a lot of attention to detail that is entirely lost on me, because I don't care about it.