The controls are sooo sluggish...

[AcidSweat]

Wanted to pick it up at humble bundle, so I tried the demo. You seriously pay 25 euro for this game?

[Summoner]

The controls are great, responsive. Maybe you don't like games where you have to commit to certain moves as not all of them can be cancelled in Blasphemous.

[Mango Tree]

Game is great!

[Frostbite]

Fanboys to the simping, as always. Lmao.

Yes, the controls are extremely sluggish, if there are more than 1 enemies on the screen, game doesnt even attempt to read half of your inputs. I mean its either that or most of our animations have a 5 seconds invisible "recovery" phase at the end, while the enemies can just spam everything endlessly to their hearts content.

In all honesty, game runs purely on "christian" memes and literal-godlike graphic/visual quality. Rest of it is utter trash, gameplay especially is vomit inducing.

[Rainbow Jack©]

The only time the controls feel sluggish is in the Strife and Ruin DLC, which is an optional 5 Course Time Trial Parcour, for which the game was not layed out, the rest is pretty responsive.

As for Humble, if you don't own everything else already, Hollow Knight, Bloodstained and Blasphemous each are easily worth 15 Bucks on their own.

[creocoder]

Yes, seriously.

[ダミアン]

The game was relatively cheap a few days ago, wait for it to be cheap. Also, the controls are similar to a Castlevania, hard to play, but they are ok to play.

Not your cup of tea, but it is good.

[AcidSweat]

Originally posted by Rainbow Jack©:

The only time the controls feel sluggish is in the Strife and Ruin DLC, which is an optional 5 Course Time Trial Parcour, for which the game was not layed out, the rest is pretty responsive.

As for Humble, if you don't own everything else already, Hollow Knight, Bloodstained and Blasphemous each are easily worth 15 Bucks on their own.

I have none of those games and I'm not interested in them. The deal is great, you get many games for real cheap. But I don't see the point of stacking the library by the games I'm never gonna play.

[Roshambo]

Spelunky = bad game 2 slow 2 clunky

Spelunky 2 = gud game not slow or clunky

ROFLMAO

[Richie]

Demo definitely does not do the game justice. Not sluggish at all IMO. Like every game with progression, once you get upgrades your combat and movement improve. There are literally upgrades for acceleration of inputs, attacks, combos, and AoEs to suit your playstyle. I run mostly mobility beads and the movement feels great to me. Sounds like skill issue for a lot of the negative comments lol.

[AcidSweat]

Originally posted by RichieRong:

Sounds like skill issue for a lot of the negative comments lol.

Classic answer from offended fanboy.

[JÀŸ]

Skill issue

[creocoder]

Originally posted by AcidSweat:

Originally posted by RichieRong:

Sounds like skill issue for a lot of the negative comments lol.

Classic answer from offended fanboy.

This answer is classic because it contains the bitter truth. But you can keep thinking that there is something wrong with the controls.

[Antorius]

Originally posted by Frostbite:

...if there are more than 1 enemies on the screen, game doesnt even attempt to read half of your inputs.

Can't say I've ever encountered this before...

Note: I play exclusively with mouse and keyboard.

Originally posted by Frostbite:

I mean its either that or most of our animations have a 5 seconds invisible "recovery" phase at the end, while the enemies can just spam everything endlessly to their hearts content.

There is an end animation or recovery phase after moves (though it's pretty darn short for the basic attack and jumping), and this indeed prevents spamming buttons. Everything must be done sequentially, with intent. But this does not mean that the controls are sluggish. Stand still, then perform a move. Was there a delay? Once the animation is finished, perform another move. Was there a delay? My experience suggests that there is not: the move is executed immediately. This is best illustrated by chaining the dodge-slide (e.g., in Albero, outside).

Note that the same post-move delay applies to enemies as well, e.g., the sliding candle-bearers in Mercy Dreams take a moment to recover, as do the bi-sected X-throwers leading up to and in Jondo. This can be exploited.

Originally posted by Frostbite:

In all honesty, game runs purely on "christian" memes and literal-godlike graphic/visual quality. Rest of it is utter trash, gameplay especially is vomit inducing.

Well, you can't please everybody. This is basically the only Metroidvania I've been able to get into, so far. :D

[Mr. Beartato]

I had zero issues with the controls, don't understand in what way they would be sluggish?

It doesn't allow for animation cancelling, sure, but that doesn't make it sluggish or unresponsive in itself.

If anything I thought the enemies were sluggish.

[AcidSweat]

Originally posted by Mr. Beartato:

I had zero issues with the controls, don't understand in what way they would be sluggish?

It doesn't allow for animation cancelling, sure, but that doesn't make it sluggish or unresponsive in itself.

If anything I thought the enemies were sluggish.

I have no doubt that the game could be fun, but after some other games with 2D perspective like Spelunky 2 (which a different genre I know) or Mr Sun Hatbox, Blasphemous feels like Castelvania on NES.