BERSERK and the Band of the Hawk

BERSERK and the Band of the Hawk

Steam Deck Unsupported

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · Anime · Feb 21, 2017

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $23.99.

82%
Very Positive
4k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 124 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Steam Deck: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Optimization: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 4k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise42% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I suggest you read the manga first if you arent familiar with the story, because the story is the strong point in Berserk.
124 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are surprisingly great, the endless / free modes have way more detail than you'd expect and are genuinely pretty fun, and the game doesn't really have any crashing or major stutters.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
if you play on STEAM DECK
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
If you opt out of this it keeps warning you, I'm playing on windows 11 and the game runs beautifully, didn't drop framerate once, so I don't get what this is about.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters124 reviews
Graphics18 reviews
Steam Deck8 reviews
Performance7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay51 reviews
86%
Combat29 reviews
76%
Controls22 reviews
73%
Audio18 reviews
78%
Interface9 reviews
89%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty24 reviews
67%
Crashes16 reviews
50%
Optimization7 reviews
57%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $23.99 (−60%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $23.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
40
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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