Glad I checked out this demoday because this game is really sick.
The aesthetics are brilliant. The demons definitely stick out but I kind of like that because it gives them that otherworldly feeling. Music is really fitting too, major props. I know a lot of people are big fans of the psx aesthetic, myself included and it does work here. Portraits aren't that good but they are definitely placeholder art so I am sure you're aware of that.
I did not use the tank controls. I don't know why anyone would use tank controls. That being said, camera relative movement is nice but the weird turning that happens when you are using stick feels really bad. I know this game has combat so it's kind of relevant but it just kinda of feels weird to me. Fixed camera angles are a fun thing to work with but I wouldn't do anything more than 90 degrees (across transitions that is), even with axis correction it feels really weird.
Combat feels not particularly interesting and I think it's mostly because of mob AI. The best mob in the game I feel is the seahorse creature because dodging it's line attack gives you a window of opportunity to really nail it, but also the seahorse's melee attack is really fast and I could never get out of the way in time.
Outside of combat, everything does feel really slow. The cutscenes don't let you advance with a button, you can only skip, which I think is really irritating to me because I am sitting there for several seconds doing nothing after having already read the dialog every time a new dialog pops up in a cutscene. If the cutscenes aren't going to be voiced I feel like it's only fair that you do not hold the player to your dialog speed. I don't want to skip it either, i'm interested as hell in what is actually happening but the dialog......goes....like..........this...........
Anyway yeah this game kicks ass. I hope you're able to really build on it because the foundation is rock solid and it would be a shame to rush things and waste it all. I am seeing December 2024 but that's hopefully placeholder? Either that or you've done a lot more than what is shown. +1 wishlist