Found the first trailer two years ago in some tg channel and really liked what i saw. I kinda forgot about it and was really surpirised to see a new trailer, yet even more, with a link for a demo.
First thing i noticed is that the movement is really fluid and fun. I also liked the combining of different gimmics into one ability. Like the kick being also a dash, or the heal being a slow-mo.
Gunplay is cool too, I'm really curious to see what other guns and pencil modes would be added. Shotgun is pretty basic, although i like the limitation of ammo, makes it feel more like a tool then just another way to deal damage. Pencil so far is just a proof of concept, but both modes are already pretty fun to use.
Visuals and general style are really good too. The aestetics of cardboard and scribbles reminds me of something like Fancy Pants Adventure. Also the occasional halucinations and general "creepiness" sometimes feels really unsettling and surpisingly fits together very well with a comedic tone of the game.
Oh and music is wonderfull too, but after looking up who is Joonas Turner i can see why. He worked on a bunch of games, but my eye caught the fact that he made SFX for Broforce, as i was really obsessed with that game back in 2018 or so. Also he even has his own game and the OST there goes so incredibly hard, it's not even heavy metal at this point it's a whole cast iron.
Anyways, i can say for sure that the rest of OST and SFX in Paperhead will be top tier.
As for issues, i can only say that it feels like sometimes the game aims the kick of bomb\barrel to the wrong enemy. Also i somehow kicked the first battery through a wall with a window, so i had to drag it all the way around back inside.
Generally it was even better than i expected and i'm looking up to this game, it has all potential to be a really solid movement shooter. Thumbs up.👍
(i swear i wanted to make just a short review, i don't know why i wrote so much, bruh)