dude this game is seriously underrated. i hope it had a good launch. it is fun single player. i think it would be even more fun if it had a co op feature. like seriously. i'd love to force my friend to play this lol

While I find the game's art style, enemies, and most bosses great, I find the concept of losing both all of your XP and items after dying twice to the same level inherently flawed. This incentivizes players to "get good" but due to difficulty spikes and walls, it makes it so that carrying items will only result in the player losing said items. A system like this that is integral to gameplay cannot be this punishing without negatively impacting the players experience. Also the unique perspective the game provides the player with is flawed in that it can end up blocking certain enemies behind other enemies or bosses, and there should be a top down mode for those that wish for it. And having enemies or bosses without parryable attacks is just bad game design, as it makes the player both rarely attack the boss, and forces the player to spam roll to dodge the attacks. If that brings into question game balance then maybe the boss timings would be tighter, or you would have to parry multiple attacks in a cycle to stun the enemy. The arena mode is poorly fleshed out, offers nothing new, is badly designed, and is very repetitive. The same thing can be said about the boss rush