dodging is useless

[yow]

i cant even finish this trash, all attacks hit u no matter what u do

[Irregular]

git gud or go back to fortnite lmao

[Frosty Grin]

Direction and timing of dodging matters. Plus you can't dodge some attacks.

[jedi111619]

Yeah, man, dodges are very useless in this game - short range, etc. In other threads also pointing out how bad the dodge mechanic is they mentioned that lowering the FPS down to 30 sort of makes up for that. However, it looks like this game 'wants' you to go for perfect parries. So, if the 30 FPS solution does not improve the dodges for you or if you are not a fan of constant parrying you may not have a good time with this game. Hope this helps you man.

[Frosty Grin]

No, dodges aren't useless. They just aren't shielded with invincibility, as in other games. So it matters where you are, and where the attack is directed. So you can't just dodge into the area of attack and then hit.

[Aryend]

Originally posted by Frosty Grin:

No, dodges aren't useless. They just aren't shielded with invincibility, as in other games. So it matters where you are, and where the attack is directed. So you can't just dodge into the area of attack and then hit.

oh, they definetly have some i-frames, but for sure less than souls.
That said, feels like the game wants you to parry rather than dodge imho.

[Edge of Darkness]

you unlock double dodging at the end of the demo, probably you will be able to adjust the gameplay to your taste, at least partially but I'd say this is 80% sekiro and 20% bloodborne/souls in gameplay, for now

[HORNYT]

Such a good game and a fantastic demo. Thank u guys, do not hear casuals, its hard yep, 25 tries on last boss, but cause of it its pretty amazing. U did a great work on mechanics, optimization and fun srevice stuff. As a soulslike games enjoyer I can only say thank u sooo much for these emotions! I m really looking forward to September to get a full version. I and my friends had spent 4 hours with pleasure.

[HoushiShaman]

yeah, dodges suck, parry is much more easy and profitable

[flakyferr]

when you unlock the skill tree dodging becomes much better

[PipaLoire]

Not only does dodging feel bad, there is no reason to ever dodge in this game. Perfect Guard negates all damage (same as a perfectly timed dodge), but also if you miss the parry window but hold the guard button, you receive less damage, unlike a missed dodge which makes you take full damage.

Perfect Guard also contributes towards making enemies groggy, AND bosses have special red attacks that can only be Perfect Guarded (which is very counter intuitive, they should have made it so you have to dodge red attacks...).

I just hate when games have different gameplay systems overlapping eachother. Why give us two defensive options that can pretty much be used interchangeably, but make one slightly better? Dodge needs its own gimmick/advantage, and also needs to not feel like ♥♥♥♥.

[Solcanum]

It's incredible how atrocious when you're above 30% weight. I wasn't expecting this to be a parry-centric game. I'm so sick of this obsession with parries in these types of games that they try to force it as a main gameplay mechanic instead of something optional.

[poeya]

yea it was kind of difficult but then again I thought maybe its me because I usually dont play this type of game lol. could be better with a controller though

[kconvey1]

Originally posted by RONALDINHO SMURF ACC:

i cant even finish this trash, all attacks hit u no matter what u do

Change your FPS to 30 and it will greatly increase your iframes...

Yup they fudged it that bad.

[Vayu]

Originally posted by Irregular:

git gud or go back to fortnite lmao

The meat riding is crazy

[Ataraxia ♥]

Some attacks cannot be dodged/blocked and you can only stop damage by doing a perfect guard, otherwise dodging is fine.