Perfect dodge feels hit and miss

[Adam__86]

Yes this is a skill issue however usually I am good with timings but in this game it feels hit and miss, which unfortunately is making my enjoyment lessened since it makes me feel like I am just fighting RNG as opposed to learning the timing

[Graf Vigah]

even the normal dodge feels like hit and miss

[redhongkong]

yea i had same feeling... but i thought its my skill problem. since i watched other player stream... they have god like dodge timing

[Adam__86]

Originally posted by redhongkong:

yea i had same feeling... but i thought its my skill problem. since i watched other player stream... they have god like dodge timing

I think that is probably the thing. Which is fair but for most people it becomes more annoying for example in Ghost of Tsushima I felt like I was improving to the point I rarely miss. Here I don't get that feeling since it felt like luck and not skill

[Wheee333ee33e3e]

Perfect dodge is OK for me. It's parry that's the issue. Dodge cancels most moves, but parry doesn't cancel, which makes it very hard.

Either way, time your dodge later and later to perfect dodge. Worst that could happen is you get hit. The perfect dodge window is quite generous.

[Kashra Fall]

Just do like I did. Invest soley into rock solid. Move is great, has so much attatched to it+acts as a parry and you can do it for 7 mana. I still dodge, but because the silly after image left behind doesn't do anything aside from explode, it isn't my "Go to" thing.

I instead get a bar and a half of focus+knock them back+get damage reduction+get a damage boost on my next hit. So rock solid+charged heavy= bonk.

[Big Boom Boom]

If you miss it's because you didn't get the right timing, there's no issue with Perfect Dodge. There's also an item that extend the window for perfect dodge later on.

[An_Irate_Gerbil]

some of the reviews of the game say the same thing, mostly after the second chapter too. a website did a technical review of the game (cant for the life of me remember the name of said website) they found that with some hardware, primarily on ps5, the game was skipping frames, to maximise the smoothing effect and give it a 60fps feel, while not technically hitting 60fps. this was performance mode on ps5
I believe, i read that this affected certain settings on some graphical presets for pc too.
UE5 is, graphically, a fantastic engine, but it requires serious high end equipment to run it perfectly.

[TwoToneWilly]

The game absolutely has hit box issues and dodge interrupts are not nearly as smooth as I think they should be.

These issues make me wonder if spell interrupts are intentional game design or another hit box/hit registration problem.

[Shadowskyt]

I'm fairly sure that at some moments, I should trigger a perfect dodge.
But then the game just gives me a substandard roll.

Which is annoying because bosses don't telegraph their attacks.
Or they switch how long they wind up their attacks.

I like the game, but can't say it's without frustration.

[someoneproud]

Feels on point to me, I've been surprised how quickly it'll actually let you do it when dodging quicker combos.

[SimanSama]

Yeah, agreed I found the only part of the game that is annoying is the frame locked dodge animations if your successful in dodging the first attack you will miss the next one since the next attack will take place during the first dodge animation needed a near frame perfect dodge to be executed... I get the dev's are going for a game that feels rewarding to play but for the average user it instead makes combat feel lethargic, clunky, and punishes the player for dodging. Naturally you can say "get good", but Im old and if Im sitting down to play a game the last thing I want is to get frustrated when my inputs taken into account in the end your just smashing the dodge button in hopes of it working...

[Adam__86]

Originally posted by SimanSama:

Yeah, agreed I found the only part of the game that is annoying is the frame locked dodge animations if your successful in dodging the first attack you will miss the next one since the next attack will take place during the first dodge animation needed a near frame perfect dodge to be executed... I get the dev's are going for a game that feels rewarding to play but for the average user it instead makes combat feel lethargic, clunky, and punishes the player for dodging. Naturally you can say "get good", but Im old and if Im sitting down to play a game the last thing I want is to get frustrated when my inputs taken into account in the end your just smashing the dodge button in hopes of it working...

This is how I feel and as I say after playing games with combat like in Ghost of Tsushima, this doesn't feel skill based

[Phishfood]

It's because there is an overall lack of consistency when it comes to how close you can dodge an attack for a perfect dodge. The timing for one kind of attack may not feel like the timing for another.

[ciViNda]

first in this game the dodge input will not interrupt your last input, so check if the monkey finished its last action when you action dodge.
stamina is also the thing.
sometimes you feel hit and miss, just do it a little bit more earlier as you supposed to be.

[Salty 13itch]

Originally posted by Adam__86:

Yes this is a skill issue however usually I am good with timings but in this game it feels hit and miss, which unfortunately is making my enjoyment lessened since it makes me feel like I am just fighting RNG as opposed to learning the timing

I've tested that enough to know it isn't a skill issue. This is why I changed my build to not depend on it ...Others have too.