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Party Hard is a wacky and ridiculous experience that doesn’t take itself too seriously, but like the soundtrack, the game is entertaining initially, but the longer you play the more you realise it’s looping on itself with only slight variations thrown into the pot every now and then. Anyone expecting more than a lively tune and some straightforward stealth puzzling will likely come away disappointed from what could have been a promising concept.
If you come into this game looking for a fleshed out story and interesting characters you might be disappointed. It’s very much about you, the enemies and moving through the stages. The story provides a nice background for what is, at its heart, a very mechanically-driven game. Ronin doesn’t pull any punches – it’s like you’re continually tossed into frantic bullet hell rooms and told “go kill everyone”, and just as you turn to leave, “and by the way, don’t get spotted.”
While the story is solid in and of itself, it doesn’t mesh very well with the open questing system. This in no way disparages the quality of the story, only the sporadic way it is experienced when playing the game. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an engaging adventure into a realm fractured by war and cultural disparity that shines a light on the dark corners of the human psyche – and after hours of play, it leaves you sweating and aching for more. A must play for any modern gamer.