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Are you sure? Because I downloaded it and Z and X don't appear to be doing anything.

The art scales fine from 480p through 1080p, there is literally no reason it would suddenly not scale right through 4k. And I'm pretty sure you can automate resolution detection to future-proof the game. As far as controls go, even if you can't make them rebindable (which I really doubt) at least change the defaults to the controls suggested. I'm not kidding when I say WASD-IJKL controls are the least intuitive, unusable controls possible. It seriously doesn't work. Arrow keys to move, X jumps, Z is main attack, subweapon on either Up+Attack like the original games, or C, and sex on C or V.

Please, I am begging you, let me rebind the controls. WASD-IJKL wasn't acceptable when FromSoft tried it back in 2012, and it isn't now. For reference, in a game without mouse control like this, most players expect what I call "Emulator Standard" - arrow keys and ZXC. Also, the attack is too short to reliably hit enemies, and doesn't linger long enough as well. Please offer more resolutions, there's no reason not to offer 2k and 4k support, it's literally just math. Finally, let me jump onto stairs please, even the original Castlevania let me do that, it makes stairs incredibly frustrating.

The art is good, and there is a good game buried here, but damn is it Death of a Thousand Cuts.

Fairly enjoyable, but far too chatty. It felt like every time I was starting to get into a rhythm, the game interrupted me to talk.

I like the idea, but maaaaan, this is some of the worst pinball physics I have ever seen. The ball keeps its momentum after hitting walls, there's no paddle holding to control the ball, and the stars stopping the ball feels completely unnatural. It's just not pleasant to play.

Maybe a bit of a silly request, but can we get more specific graphics settings? I can run High graphics no problem, but I'm really not a fan of motion blur in games, and would like a way to toggle it off without losing stuff like longer render distance.

Also, the game goes kinda haywire with HDR on.

I ran into what I think is an issue in the Purgatory map - the cow keeps walking downwards and stopping. When I talk to it, it walks downwards again, says I should follow it, and then it stops again

Fun, but as a pedant I have to say WASD(or arrow keys)/L isn't the most natural control scheme. Generally emulators (and most non-mouse games) default to Z. Good art though, and the retro-inspired gameplay was a treat.