Grand Theft Auto 2 vs Griefhelm
Grand Theft Auto 2
Grand Theft Auto 2 takes you back to the city and drops you into a whole new world of gang warfare, crime and mayhem. Here you are once more able to explore, steal and fight your way to the top of the pile.With 7 gangs and 3 districts the game is bigger than ever before, and this time the FBI are out to get you too. As you perform criminal tasks not only with the other gangs not like you but the police, FBI and even the army take an interest in what you are doing. With new cars, guns and tasks for you to complete there is a lot for you to do in this game. Still using the classic top view and controls you can navigate the huge city and evade, or just plow over the cops in your way.
Griefhelm
Griefhelm is a realistic 2D medieval sword-fighting game with a Slay the Spire-like progression and a pretty brutal difficulty level in the sense that if you let your opponent get in a couple of hits, you’re dead. Offering several game modes and perks, the game focuses a lot on timing your actions to best your opponent on the battlefield.Since timing is crucial in this game, you’d best be vigilant of the several combat cues your enemies may make a split second before the animation starts. If you do it precisely right, then you might just survive the attacks and even find a few openings of your own to strike. This game is definitely not the mindless hack-and-slash that many other games seem to offer. Every action you take in this game is deliberate and this makes every successful kill so much more satisfying.
Now, all of these fights are scattered across nodes in a progression map that’s somewhat similar to Slay the Spire. What this means is that you’ve got a choice as to which path you want to take and, in this game, you’ll usually have at least 2. Different paths offer different levels and types of challenges, and hence, different rewards so it’s important for you to decide which reward is most worthwhile for you.
To sum up, Griefhelm is truly in a class of its own. I’ve seen many players compare the game disfavorably against Nidhogg and that may be true, but for someone who has only played For Honor before, Griefhelm really brings swordplay to a different dimension… literally (Hint: 2D as opposed to 3D)!