Thank you for the feedback Federx! I'm working on making the combos easier to perform right now. The speed of their transitions will also be changed to make them more fluid. I hope you will play the new demo when it's released.
I absolutely love the artstyle. It's fantastic, it's flashy, it's a real treat on your eyes.
Now, I am not much of a beat-em-up player, but it felt like it was a bit too slow. Like all attacks took a couple hundred milliseconds longer than they should've. It felt the same for running anims too. Also keyboard controls are not comfortable, but that's already been mentioned.
I don't have anything else to add other than that, but I had a good time. Keep it up!
Thanks for the feedback brimstonewalker! I'm glad you enjoyed it and I'll work to make the experience even better in the future. BTW I watched your archived streams on Twitch for Shobatsu and the other games. I think you did great and your streams help both the developers and the players a lot so I hope to see more from you in the future.
Finally, another BELT ACTION developer has joined one of these (to my knowledge)! This one is decently fun too. There's a lot to like here, especially the art, but the grabbing and combo abuse are holding the game back. The combat itself is engaging and feels good, no doubt, but these problems definitely bring it down a peg.
Throwing is a staple in these games and for a good reason, it's a risky move to pull off that pays off greatly in large crowds. However in this game, grabbing is a little too inconsistent for me to want to use it. There's probably a more consistent way to do it but it feels like half the time nothing happens when I try to do it. If I can say something positive about it I love how much variety there is in what you can do once an enemy is grabbed. I don't think I did this while recording but I threw an enemy up in the air, grabbed another one, and the enemy came down doing a bunch of damage to the enemy I was holding. It was amazing.
I love that you implemented wall combos like Fight N' Rage but they feel a little cheap, especially in boss fights. It's not as easy to abuse in the regular stages when you have enemies coming at you from behind but it's very easy to abuse in a boss fight where there are none. Still a really fun mechanic, definitely keep it though.
A couple of inane things; out of context the keyboard layout is evil. In the context of you using it to test the game one-handed it's fine and kinda funny. Also the game doesn't support other aspect ratios super well.
I can't wait to see how this one develops and I hope you keep submitting progress. Below I've attached some gameplay. I don't usually do this but I wanted to record some pro arcade gamer gameplay (and also demonstrate some of the issues I stated) c:
Thanks a lot for the feedback and for the video, chilly! The information provided is essential for improving the gameplay and other features. And congratulations for learning to play so well despite the serious imbalances of the game. Rest assured there will be more Beta releases in the future as the game evolves.
Thank you for the feedback! I understand what you mean as I often test my game on the keyboard as well. I'll see what I can do to place the keys in a more confortable position but, since I need significant space in the keyboard for testing the second player in the co-op mode, the final configuration will probably remain a bit awkward.
Ideally this game, like most fighting games, should be played with a controller for the best experience.
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the combos did not feel very fluid.
the drawings and animations were gorgeous though
Thank you for the feedback Federx! I'm working on making the combos easier to perform right now. The speed of their transitions will also be changed to make them more fluid. I hope you will play the new demo when it's released.
I absolutely love the artstyle. It's fantastic, it's flashy, it's a real treat on your eyes.
Now, I am not much of a beat-em-up player, but it felt like it was a bit too slow. Like all attacks took a couple hundred milliseconds longer than they should've. It felt the same for running anims too. Also keyboard controls are not comfortable, but that's already been mentioned.
I don't have anything else to add other than that, but I had a good time. Keep it up!
Thanks for the feedback brimstonewalker! I'm glad you enjoyed it and I'll work to make the experience even better in the future. BTW I watched your archived streams on Twitch for Shobatsu and the other games. I think you did great and your streams help both the developers and the players a lot so I hope to see more from you in the future.
Finally, another BELT ACTION developer has joined one of these (to my knowledge)! This one is decently fun too. There's a lot to like here, especially the art, but the grabbing and combo abuse are holding the game back. The combat itself is engaging and feels good, no doubt, but these problems definitely bring it down a peg.
Throwing is a staple in these games and for a good reason, it's a risky move to pull off that pays off greatly in large crowds. However in this game, grabbing is a little too inconsistent for me to want to use it. There's probably a more consistent way to do it but it feels like half the time nothing happens when I try to do it. If I can say something positive about it I love how much variety there is in what you can do once an enemy is grabbed. I don't think I did this while recording but I threw an enemy up in the air, grabbed another one, and the enemy came down doing a bunch of damage to the enemy I was holding. It was amazing.
I love that you implemented wall combos like Fight N' Rage but they feel a little cheap, especially in boss fights. It's not as easy to abuse in the regular stages when you have enemies coming at you from behind but it's very easy to abuse in a boss fight where there are none. Still a really fun mechanic, definitely keep it though.
A couple of inane things; out of context the keyboard layout is evil. In the context of you using it to test the game one-handed it's fine and kinda funny. Also the game doesn't support other aspect ratios super well.
I can't wait to see how this one develops and I hope you keep submitting progress. Below I've attached some gameplay. I don't usually do this but I wanted to record some pro arcade gamer gameplay (and also demonstrate some of the issues I stated) c:
Thanks a lot for the feedback and for the video, chilly! The information provided is essential for improving the gameplay and other features. And congratulations for learning to play so well despite the serious imbalances of the game. Rest assured there will be more Beta releases in the future as the game evolves.
Looks great visually, but I can't give it a honest try with the horrid default keyboard control scheme :(
Thank you for the feedback! I understand what you mean as I often test my game on the keyboard as well. I'll see what I can do to place the keys in a more confortable position but, since I need significant space in the keyboard for testing the second player in the co-op mode, the final configuration will probably remain a bit awkward.
Ideally this game, like most fighting games, should be played with a controller for the best experience.
Playing on an ultrawide monitor resulted in this. Viewed controls but then the menu was stuck at PRESS START.
Thank you for reporting the issues. I'll look into it.