Font reflects gameplay
Gut reaction of a first review, but let clarify. The gameplay feels unclear as hell, as the feed back from some moves just doesn't feel the best, especially upon whiff and shield hit. The lack of sounds has a clear effect of making the attacks feel empty, then slightly jarring on hit. Why does hitting shields NOT have a sound??? Why does spartan's spear sweetspot have the exact same sound as a dog hitting you??? Whatt??? Also also, the effects of the attacks themselves also feel dissatisfying, you can especially feel this on spartan among... practically all the cast. The animations don't exactly help the case as well, alot of them feeling stiff and unclear at some points in time.
This is the full release right??? Why the hell isn't there a clear place for the tutorial? Why didn't the game tell me u have 2 up b's? Why do i have to find out that u can cancel attacks with the dash/jump without the game actually telling me this information? Sure, u can 'intuit' this stuff from the bots, but that REALLY shouldn't be the case. Also, where the hell is the training mode?! I ain't got another controller on me (dirty keyboard player here) and I tried to do the local play to do even a mockery of a training mode, but couldn't even make another player, lest be it's unclear, hence the beginning statement.
I saw another review comment on the airdashes feeling atrocious, and I do have to agree... like WHY IS THERE LANDING LAG ON THE AIRDASH?!?! WHAT?!?! It's a *movement* tool, why am I getting punished for tryna move?! Also the ground movement even WITH the dashes feels weird and sloppy, making the movement feel awkward and stiff.
Also, where is the feedback to killing/getting killed?!??!?! U get hit by an attack, teleport to the blast zone, and like FRAME 1(exaggeration but quite close) ur instantly respawned, even before the effect runs out?! Give the player time to breath mates! and WHY DOES RESPAWNING HAVE IINSANE LANDING LAG, WHAT?!! You can sorta drift after respawning, making it feel like u have control, then it decides that you *need* to be locked out of that movement for a questionably long amount of time, which feels *awful*. Then, going into the course challenge, you literally just disappear when going into a killbox (which honestly the floor don't look like a kill box gon be completely honest) and respawn. No fan fare, no sounds, nada, zip, nothing.... this is a finished product?! Streets be saying so, even though it's COMPLETELY not in a state to be called so. Why????
as a conclusion to this messy, angry rant:
- Animations aren't up to snuff to where they need to be in my opinion
- Sounds are missing everywhere that isn't a hit, leading to unclear gameplay and unsatisfying attacks, and hit sounds are also quite samey
- Where the hell is the tutorial on a FINISHED GAME
- Movement feels clunky/stiff (WHY DOES AIRDASH HAVE SUCH LONG LAND LAG)
- Lack of feedback on getting killed (you literally just unceremoniously disappear then reappear so suddenly it's jarring)
So, actually, lemme revise my opening statement, because I could at least read most of the text:
Font is clearer than gameplay.
