Recent reviews by Vesper

Contains EA javelin Anticheat and is unplayable without dealing with modern windows.
(great game, though.)

Contains EA javelin and does not run on linux. Unplayable without dealing with modern windows.

This game is NOT for beginners! I've 1CCd the extra bosses of len'en 1-3 as well as touhou 17, and Easy gives me a very hard time here.
With that in mind though, This is a great work. Patterns are well thought out and great looking, music is faithful to the pc98 without being tiring, Controls are good, and character writing doesn't feel too jarring coming from jynx's games.
However, On easy, Many projectiles seem to not affect the playable character at all, and yabasume is incapable of dealing damage. I am under the assumption these are either intentional or bugs, because neither of these issues ruins the experience. I would much prefer too see custom easy mode spell cards rather than simply disabling the hits on some projectiles if that is how the difficulty scaling currently works.
Dspite the oddities, this is absolutely worth playing if you care about len'en, the few dosens of us there are..

This is probably my most enjoyed VR game, the combat is kinetic and satisfying, it's easy to run, the gameplay loop is simple and fun, and it doesn't have any corporate ick or concerning drm or anything.
But having played it so much, i feel like it's fair to say i still have some issues.
- weapon collision sometimes feels slightly inconsistent, could be my tracking, but i've absolutley had some moments where i've died and felt i was not supposed to
- Indications of enemies approaching from behind are FAR too weak. Bats and wisps can approach entirely undetected from behind and hit you without giving you a chance to respond. Sometimes you can get sound ques, but that doesn't work well if you don't like your volume very high or are hard of hearing. some sort of visual indication would be very welcome, perhaps as an acessability setting
- Dart traps feel very.. Inconsistent to dodge. sometimes i can evade them fine, sometimes i feel like it's not possible.
- collecting journal pages is a slog and feels minimally rewarding, beast blood accumulation also feels very slow at times and i have come to the conclusion that it is easiest to always do at least one NG+ after beating the beast, as otherwise the rewards are essentally worthless.

I really do want to give this game a positive review, and i will should my issues be fixed.
This game is great, it has a fun artstyle, colorful characters, and a good premise. But it's absolutely laden with softlocks and bugs for me.
examples include
- Kei's deep fried roach cricket isn't consumed when eaten , rendering it a softlock as the game only lets you progress when you eat the cricket.
- Shrimp are uncatchable, i tried for 30 minutes.
- Various times when 100 years frog friend refused to eat daruma, requiring a restart to fix.
- items, such as the bow and fishing rod, becoming impossible to put away or use, requiring a restart to fix.
- times where loading a checkpoint wouldn't reset the music being played, such that the forest soundtrack would be played while fishing at the shore, or the farm theme playing at the shrine.
- Many more...
I would be glad to speak with the team/developer and try to work these things out if it is possible, I have tried verifying integrity of files several times to no avail, and no other games show this level of instability on my system.

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Stop normalizing "the grind" and start normalizing this. 11/10, no notes.

i',.,,,m like pooning it yo,,

I've not put terribly much time into the game as of writing. But i can already tell, it's solid as a rock. engaging combat, really nice graphics, and.. platforming... i don't love platforming, but that's a me issue, and the game's level design seems great. it glows with that illustrious PS3 era aura for me, and honestly doesn't feel like something released this decade in all of the best ways. i admit, i have a few minor issues. but the biggest bugfix this game could have is introducing a way to buy it without giving Microsoft money.
speaking, i gotta get back to training so i can deal with the Microsoft execs who shuttered tango in favor of Bethesda yakuza style.

Feels,, unfinished. There's no story in the career mode, physics feel janky, the only music is from radio presets. the whole thing just has no real substance and feels shockingly barren, especially in VR.