In - Game Notes
- I like the vibe so far. Good to just jump into controlling the character.
- *Personally* I hate metal in games. It just turns me off completely, and takes me out of immersion.
- it’s kind of a banger tho
- Combat is a tad slow,
- Dead of first ncounter. Kind of sucks in the tutorial, especially because it seems easy to mis-use attacks and lose
- Ok I see. I can start an action with no character selected, which leads to a wasted turn because I attack nothing.. Just start on the first select-able enemy, and the turn mis-use would be 90% fixed
- Damn it’s over already? I was just getting started :( This seems very promising.
Overall thoughts
- Just as a starter it seems cool, but need to see more. I worry this type of game might have to compete with BG3 in levels of game-play. By that, I mean things like vertical, amount of choice for encounters, and scope. I don’t think that’s a complete problem though, I’ve enjoyed games adjacent to BG3 (Solasta, BG1) but just keep in mind there is a wide pool of competition.
- That said, I do think this game style lends itself to the high points of Afterlife guardians. And (IMO of course) those were the characters and thinky gameplay. This genre has tons of space for both of those, so it seems like a perfect fit. Excited to see what you develop this into.
Really cool demo, will definitely play next DD to see the progress!
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