Swords and sandals was one of my favorite online games, so it's very cool to see your 3D take on things. I like the art direction you chose the goofy roblox-y style works well for this game. The theme is adequately represented with the "calm" shop phase and the "storm" arena battle. Unfortunately I found the combat next to impossible so wasn't able to spend too much time with the game. I couldn't damage the first enemy more than once in 5 attempts, as he could attack quicker than my attack animation took, and I couldnt block and attack at the same time. So I think the fight is nearly impossible? This is a bummer because I really liked the premise of your game and I think a lot of your foundational movement, block system, stamina/health system are really solid. I think tweaking some of the details like attack speed or maybe adding a dodge roll would make the combat much more palatable. Overall, I think you had a great premise with a good take on the theme but the combat was ultimately too much to overcome. Keep up the good work!

I liked the visuals, but I am not sure about the fighting mechanics, sword takes some time to swing and during this i cannot use the shield, so it's hard to fight two guys in one round. But overall good job!

Cool arena fighter! i would maybe make the gameplay a bit more fastpace, but that is just my pref. Great work with the changing arena between levels :D

Charming graphics for sure, but I did struggle a bit with the controls tbh.

I loved the style and idea of your game! The visuals are fantastic, and the clever take on the theme really stands out. Great job on creating such an engaging atmosphere—it's clear a lot of thought went into it. Keep up the amazing work!

I loved the style and idea!

Love what you came up with here. And I think how you chose to fit it to the theme was clever & funny.

I struggled with the combat, admittedly. I managed to get through the first round once with some dodging, but blocking with the shield felt somewhat unhelpful just because of how fast the enemies are able to swing compared to the player. I think adding some kind of slight stagger to enemies when the player successfully blocks an attack might help with the timing.

I was a big fan of the assets & composition that went into this, and I think the music was well-picked.

Solid work!

I loved the style and idea!
Very interesting take on the theme.

Constructive Criticism: 

The controls felt really clunky
To me it felt as though the opponents are too accurate when swinging and they practically could not miss when the player is in range, so cannot round around them etc. Tweaking the Enemy AI could make a huge difference. 
The pacing with two opponents on the second round felt too much (Or I suck ;P). 

Overall a good packaged project, good job!

Very intuitive game, and quite fun. I think the mechanic of staggering opponents out of their attacks has a lot of potential even if it is simple. If you expanded on it a little more you could have a good game. This one got a little stale by the end, but I really enjoyed the beginning, and it is one of the games in this jam that I spend the longest time playing.

During my brainstorm phase, I also had an idea around preparing gladiators for the arena! Really nice work, especially for only a week. After a couple rounds I started to pick up on the pacing and flow of the combat although it wasn't immediately intuitive to me. Timing your attack to interrupt the enemy just before they swing is a huge part of the combat. Some additional weapons and enemy types (or maybe I didn't get far enough to unlock them?) would really help give this game some depth. Maybe a spear weapon to you poke enemies and keep your spacing? Maybe an enemy that tries to shoot you with a bow? Totally understand that this is all a tall order for only a week! Nice work, definitely have the base to something really fun here.

Nice little game! Interesting choice for mouse buttons to place attack at right mouse button. I really enjoyed the consistent visual and audio style of the game. The core loop is simple but very well made.
From gameplay perspective it gets a little bit repetative as enemies were easy to manipulate. But those "more interesting" mechanics (as parry or enemy flanking) are usually harder to make, get it right and tweak not to look broken.

Fun game! Very enjoyable, spent some time fighting!

Saw your constructive feedback on some games! Hope you will share your thoughts on Stormflow as well.

Had a great time playing, 1 time killed and than I went pro haha! (I just ran back and forth to kill them one by one)

It's a fun game really I enjoyed slaying them and I payed my freedom. Tho it was fake those stairs where ghost stairs xD.

Really good game deserves good rating, tho the theme was a bit less revealing but I understand your reasoning!

great game for soullike lover