it's too frustrating for me

[mcb]

I know I'm a big whining complainer but this is so brutally difficult. I simply cannot beat this game. I know it's easy to dismiss and say "just git gud scrub" but please understand that not all gamers are on your level. there's no difficulty adjustment, and after losing to (what I assume is) the final boss probably 50 times I'm so sick of this game. I wish the game would maybe recognize that I suck and maybe give me an extra heart or something. Or a cheat code. idk I just really wish there was any way this was less annoying. this is not a game for casuals AT ALL. I was enjoying the great music and story and unique take on the gameplay elements but now I actively hate playing this same boss fight so much. I don't see any light at the end of the tunnel or satisfaction or gratification of beating this boss fight. I'm just straight up unhappy.

Also I still have no clue what an ACTION TRINKET is in my wardrobe. there's no items that can be put in the slot or any description on what that's about.

[DieGo]

Hey there. Did you try equipping some trinkets (up to 5) from your wardrobe? You can get 3 trinkets from all bosses: one for beating the boss, one for beating the boss without losing hearts and one for beating the boss without typos. There are trinkets to give you extra lives, more speed, and some other bonuses at the cost of your final score. Action trinkets can be used by pressing SPACE during the fight.

[DieGo]

As an example you could use Red Shoes from Level 01, Holy Tonic from Level 05 w no hits and Megaphone from Level 06 w no hits.

01x02 Red Shoes - Increase your movement speed. -25% score
05x02 Holy Tonic - You regain 1 heart after each battle phase. -35% score
06x01 Megaphone - Your range is higher. -30% score

You would still have two open slots, but you also reached 10% score total. In this case
you could equip a "bad" trinket you can handle in order to equip yet another "good" trinket and still be over 0% score total.

You can read about all trinkets here
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1859743673

[FruitLord]

I'm in the same boat about it being too frustrating. An "easy" mode that cuts some of the bullets would be nice. Or the ability to use a different key than shift. I see many use spacebar and it sounds way more comfortable to use for movement.

As for trinkets, I never see anything equip in the "action trinket" slot. It just puts stuff on the right side. Additionally, it says you use spacebar to activate in battle but how do you actually swap between them and get them to show up? The guide linked doesn't really give any of that info.

These are my 2 complaints: game needs a better method of movement and better instruction in general.

[jacksaman]

i need help game is way too hard, i need cheats or something

[Setorrs The Lollygagger]

Originally posted by david:

i need help game is way too hard, i need cheats or something

I got the game with the current sale that takes off a big chunk from the price, but had to put in a request for a refund. I like hard games, not frustrating for no reason games like this.

[Teie]

Originally posted by DieGo:

As an example you could use Red Shoes from Level 01, Holy Tonic from Level 05 w no hits and Megaphone from Level 06 w no hits.

01x02 Red Shoes - Increase your movement speed. -25% score
05x02 Holy Tonic - You regain 1 heart after each battle phase. -35% score
06x01 Megaphone - Your range is higher. -30% score

You would still have two open slots, but you also reached 10% score total. In this case
you could equip a "bad" trinket you can handle in order to equip yet another "good" trinket and still be over 0% score total.

You can read about all trinkets here
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1859743673

Like I've said in the other topic, one major improvement might be of use.
-> Smaller hitbox for the main character like in the real bullet hell games.

This would simply make the game a tad bit more fair, especially for those who can play bullet hells. Why would I unnecessarily need to move away from my safe spot and try to avoid every attack running in circles when I can effecitievly dodge those attacks with some precise smaller movements a.k.a 'shift' movements?

The fact that you can't do this might lead to some pretty weird situations later on. Like, the punishment for mistakes grows exponentially the moment your book flies away to the other part of the screen but the pattern of the attack does not allow you to safely retrieve it back in time only to reset 2 lines of text. That's brutal. And I can kind of relate to those who dismiss the point of using the trinkets: they are supposed to be additional items to make an initially balanced gameplay either easier or harder and not outright punish them with score to the point of having almost none left.

I really like the idea and creativity that went into this game as well as its brutal difficulty later on, but I have to agree that some minor adjustments like the aformentioned hitbox range can do miracles in terms of balance.

[Snajper315]

rebinding shift with space in my keyboard settings was gamechanger for me, now after 2 months of playing (lol) i have only beholder boss left to beat

[Pilsky]

Originally posted by 76561198072094217:

Originally posted by david:

i need help game is way too hard, i need cheats or something

I got the game with the current sale that takes off a big chunk from the price, but had to put in a request for a refund. I like hard games, not frustrating for no reason games like this.

Yeah its frustrating because it's hard... Doesn't sound like you like hard games. I hit my table a few times finishing this game but nevertheless found it enjoyable

[grom9985]

Without any trinkets first 4 bosses defeated on the first time. Others took me three trys except egzorcist showdown this taken around ten attempts.