Just played through the demo and I really liked it! Aiming and shooting feels really good. I like that it is slow, it suits the gameplay well!
The fact that the aiming reticle is farther away when aiming at long range kind of simulates the difficulty of aiming at long range, and increases difficulty. Very cool!
I wish you could shoot while prone, this would be very useful and cool! Could give some sort of bonus to aim speed or stability, or something like that.
I really like the art style of the game! Retro look but feels modern because of the post-processing effects and lighting. I wish it was possible to use the scroll wheel to zoom in closer on the character while playing. Would be useful and nice to inspect stuff in the environment. A should swap mechanic when aiming would also be really good to have.
Now I'll talk a bit about the different missions. I like the variety and the visuals! but on my monitor at least, the "slum hit" mission was too dark. I kept running into object that I couldn't see. This mission was also the easiest of the bunch because I'd become quite good at reading the AI, as well as shooting by that point. I just replayed this mission over and over to quickly earn money to test out a different weapon.
I like the optional objective at level 1 where you had to bring a hazmat to open the door.
I liked that you can turn off the security system at the docks level, and I think this level was the coolest visually! The art gallery is a close second, and sneaking through the vent panel there to disable security was awesome.
I also like the music and movie on the computer in the home base, stuff like that is cool, and I imagine you could find new songs as collectibles. The soundtrack for the whole game is dope as well. The mission briefings were a bit tricky to read because of the pixelized effect on the monitor and small writing.
I also experienced a bunch of small bugs, which I wrote down and would be happy to share upon request.
All in all I think you guys have done a great job and I am looking forward to see where Late Stage goes from here!
Best regards from long haired ginger dude at GGT ;)
Thanks so much for playing our prototype! Was a blast to watch you play! :) If you have a couple minutes to spare we would really appreciate it if you would answer our questionnaire by scanning the QR code on the main menu! Thanks again for playing!
