Thanks for playing! I watched your VOD on Twitch and appreciate the feedback. I've never tried 100% brightness and it was SO BRIGHT OMG!
The game is designed to be intuitive to pickup and play for anyone, and it was nice to see you starting out a bit more defensive (throwing the boomerang once and hiding) and then getting more active and combo heavy by the end in the lava section. It looks like you were figuring out the 'pull and launch' tornado power at the very end. I think you are totally right that for controller gameplay, we need a better aim-assist for the swinging mechanic.
The takedowns are definitely inspired by more violent games like Mortal Kombat, DOOM and God of War :)
Of course we'd appreciate a Wishlist, and we'd be happy to send a Steam key closer to release in early October if you're interested: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2010010/Boomerang_Jack/