Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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00:00 Platforming
01:50 Rathil, First Broken Knight of Fikrul
10:50 Jailbreak and more platforming
18:12 Locus of Wailing Grief
49:55 Even more platforming
59:00 Hefnd's Vengeance, Blighted Chimera

My first impressions of Warlord's Ruin are very positive. Great setting, aesthetic, and atmosphere. Three bosses was a pleasant surprise, especially since they're designed pretty well. They keep you moving and, more importantly, engaged the whole time. Getting mini damage phases to stagger the final boss to then lead into a longer damage phase is great, there's a constant trickle of reward for playing well and executing mechanics.

Is this run extremely long? Yeah, it's nearing two hours, which is my longest dungeon run to date. Yet it didn't feel nearly as bad as Duality, Spire, or Ghosts, because each encounter was refreshing enough to keep me engaged. Some of this was also self-inflicted as well; I get too preoccupied clearing every single add, my damage phases are suboptimal, and I unnecessarily inched the final boss to final stand really hard from being overly cautious.

Behemoth is really good btw, though no thanks to this season's "stasis buffs." It has always been very strong, the mod system rework just crippled it and Berserker does a similar job for less effort. Behemoth will always be my baby though.