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I played this game on my stream (VOD).

Overall, I liked the graphics and look of the game. Raia Nova is sort of like a Diablo-style game, and it was fun fighting the rats and other monsters.

I played until the first boss and got to the hub. I found that most of the item drops weren't better than my initial equipment (the swinging sword and fire thing). The heal-over-time was great, I used it a ton. I didn't use the sprint ring much, if at all, but I didn't really find a replacement till the end when I found a ring that would replenish my energy/mana. The other weapons/attacks I tried didn't seem that great (a stabby sword, a sun ray thing, an ice thing, throwing barrels), so maybe their damage and/or energy usage could be tweaked?

I found it a little difficult to dodge attacks, like I couldn't quite run away from the big slime monster things, but I had to do a bit of a kite thing to use my fire attack, and eventually I would stand there and bash them with my sword, then heal.

The upgrades with the level-up points was nice, there was a good tree of stuff to upgrade. I didn't quite know what all those things would do though. For example, does increasing my strength improve my sword damage? I think so, but I don't know.

On the UI side, I was using an XBox controller, but the icons on screen were for PS4 controllers, so I really didn't know what buttons did what until I tried them out. Also, in the skill upgrade screen and/or the inventory screen, there were pop-up windows that I couldn't navigate to using my controller, and I had to use my mouse to click on it. I think it was to purchase a relic slot.

Story-wise, it feels like the game has a lot of lore and backstory, but I never really got any of it? I think the game would benefit from a tutorial and introduction to the story and characters.

Overall, fun game, and I'd love to play more of it in the future!

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Thanks for playing. Some good feedback there, I know others have commented on early items seeming weak or unclear so I'll look into that. I do have plans to have an additional story introduction part as well.