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Michael Grieshofer2 years ago(+1)

I honestly not enjoy playing this game. I did at the beginning but I had to stop at the factory. 

My main problem is that there are way to many instant death traps and I just don't think it is fun. 

Maybe you could add some checkpoints before platforming sections that you get teleported to when you fall into the water or get crushed instead of going back to the last checkpoint. 

I also have a problem with the combat. I feel like I'm fighting the combat system itself instead of the enemies. The attacks should have some windup instead of being instantly executed when entering the enemy range. 

Also there are some areas where it is very difficult to enter a area where an enemy patrols , because as soon as you leave the area you get swung at instantly. 

The spikes should also have some kind of animation before the come out. 


Another thing that I think needs improvement is the player collision. It feels like it is a eclipse because you slide down edges. It should be a box instead I think. 

The double jump is also weird. It is extremely inconsistent. The height you gain with it seems to depend on when you do it, which makes it very unreliable. 


If you could fix all these issues this would probably be a great game, but at the moment I'm not the biggest fan.

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Comic and Sons2 years ago(+1)

It would honestly be a bit too simplistic for me if you can walk up to your opponent, hit them, retreat, wait for them to hit you, and then spam attacks again. Then it would be easy to defeat an opponent. So you have to fake an attack by jumping over an opponent and then attacking from behind. Of course you can see that differently, and if everyone shared your opinion, that would also make me change this part of the game as soon as possible, but I would find it unfair to give me a bad rating because you find the game too difficult.

As for PlayerCollission, I use a normal Capsule Collider, which is very common for 2D platformers these days. Slipping off the edge of a platform is just realistic. I would find box colliders inappropriate here. 

As for the double jump, you just have to time the double jump a bit. It's nothing that other games wouldn't do, that the timing of when you double jump varies the jump height.

The objection regarding the spikes is fair. But that doesn't make the game bad.

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Michael Grieshofer2 years ago(+1)

I'm not saying the game is bad, the opposite in fact. I just don't find it fun. (also no worries I gave you a rating that reflects that.) 

It has many things going for it. It looks amazing and obviously you did a lot of polishing.

My problem is not that the game is too difficult. I love difficult games. My problem is that if feels cheap to get sent back so far for every little mistake. (some of them not even being my own fault btw. I had multiple instances where the character would just flat out refuse to execute moves I input or get stuck on level geometry.) 

I also found out about the strategy how to defeat the bull enemies myself when I was playing it. My problem isn't that its difficult, its not intuitive and it feels like I'm fighting the game design instead of the enemies. There are a million ways to make 2d sword combat difficult. Look at hollow knight, look at salt and sanctuary, look at castlevania. 

You could, for example, have the enemies send out a shock wave when they smash the ground, forcing you jump over it. You could also make them move forward a lot when attacking, or just increase the size of the attack itself. 

About the collision thing there is certainly an argument for both sides and if you disagree that's fair. I just found it a bit unresponsive to slide of edges. 

But about the double jump I just plain disagree with you here. I can't think of any game where the height of the double jump depends on the timing. Metroid only allows you to double jump in a certain window of time but that is completely different.  (I would like to know what other games you are talking about here btw).
Obviously this is just my take and you know the game a lot better than me. So make of that what you will.

Please don't take this as a personal attack by the way. I critiqued the game so harshly because it really has the potential to be amazing.If you can fix all of these things I would gladly buy this for it's normal price and recommend it to some of my friends who would enjoy a game like this.

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Comic and Sons2 years ago

In this case, I guess I just misunderstood the intention of your criticism.

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