I'm giving this game a positive, but I feel negatively towards it. I don't want to hurt the reviews because people love it. But personally, I don't enjoy the game.

Weirdly enough, this game feels extremely bad to play for a simplified souls-like. The weapons feels sluggish, the stamina is way too punishing. The gameplay pretty much consists of you attacking twice and waiting for your stamina to regen back while you're just staring into an enemy's eyes waiting another 5 seconds for it to finally attack, but it ends up attacking the same time you do so you force a hit on yourself and you're out of stamina so you can't dodge.

Also it probably has some of the most inconsistent i-frames I've ever experienced in a souls-like; I find myself saying "that didn't hit me" and "how did that not hit me?" a bunch. I've beaten all fromsoft games, wo long, wukong, wu chang, lies of p, Khazan, and any other soulslike you can probably think of, but this game just feels... off. It's somehow boring and annoying at the same time.

Every enemy I've encountered besides 1 or 2 in the first hour felt like they didn't even belong in the game. It didn't feel like they were there for a challenge, it felt like they were there to take advantage of the awkward controls and terrible stamina. There were multiple sections where I got ambushed by multiple trap-shooting dudes who stuck me in place and run-and-gunned me until I died while I waved a wet pool noodle at them just out of reach. That's not "challenge", it's a cheap troll.

I give huge props to the devs for trying this. It looks cute, I love the style, but it's way too awkward to play to be fun.

I'm giving this game a positive, but I feel negatively towards it. I don't want to hurt the reviews because people love it. But personally, I don't enjoy the game. Weirdly enough, this game feels extremely bad to play for a simplified souls-like. The weapons feels sluggish, the stamina is way too punishing. The gameplay pretty much consists of you attacking twice and waiting for your stamina to regen back while you're just staring into an enemy's eyes waiting another 5 seconds for it to finally attack, but it ends up attacking the same time you do so you force a hit on yourself and you're out of stamina so you can't dodge. Also it probably has some of the most inconsistent i-frames I've ever experienced in a souls-like; I find myself saying "that didn't hit me" and "how did that not hit me?" a bunch. I've beaten all fromsoft games, wo long, wukong, wu chang, lies of p, Khazan, and any other soulslike you can probably think of, but this game just feels... off. It's somehow boring and annoying at the same time. Every enemy I've encountered besides 1 or 2 in the first hour felt like they didn't even belong in the game. It didn't feel like they were there for a challenge, it felt like they were there to take advantage of the awkward controls and terrible stamina. There were multiple sections where I got ambushed by multiple trap-shooting dudes who stuck me in place and run-and-gunned me until I died while I waved a wet pool noodle at them just out of reach. That's not "challenge", it's a cheap troll. I give huge props to the devs for trying this. It looks cute, I love the style, but it's way too awkward to play to be fun.