Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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We got our hands on The Blood of Dawnwalker, an open-world RPG made by a team of industry veterans, many of which worked on The Witcher 3. The game has strong ideas and a compelling story, but repetitive design, uneven systems, and constant jank hold it back. Check out our full video review right here to see if this is the RPG for you.

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Host: Bilal Kaakati
Video Editor: Jonathan Spurgeon
Senior Producer: Patrik Slater

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:27 - A Promising Prologue and Quests
04:20 - Just a Witcher Clone?
06:20 - Repetitive World Design
10:42 - Time Structure
15:22 - Combat is Close
18:48 - Traversal is Terrible
20:11 - Outro

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