Hey I almost did it, got it down to 200 health at 4/5. Pretty challenging. I liked the mechanics. The melee seemed pretty useless to me in this fight but could be useful against other types of enemies, maybe an enemy that can't be damaged by bullets? I played with the keyboard and found it to be easier than the DS4, which actually works with the game since I have DS4windows and it's basically an xbox controller. Fun stuff, would be nice to have a full game out of this.
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Haha yea the last phase is even hard for me, the jump in difficulty might be a tad too much. There seems to be a pattern among players (comments here some friends play testing it) to not use melee so I'll definitely have to think how I can encourage it's use. A lot of the mechanics (doing combos etc) revolve around it's use so it's definitely not intended. I think just having more clear openings, where the boss is idle, could make it feel more safe to use. Thanks for playing!