Dead as Disco

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in

This game has cool mechanics and is very creative, besides being barely punitive with early clicking. The game has a lot of qualities, hence why i'm putting it as recommended but I will not list them in this review. I'm doing this review because something disturbs me and I think the devs could make their game a lot more interesting and worth the money if they actually read my feedback and others feedback. I know this is an early access, but after playing the bosses I'm scared the devs will keep heading the boss fights way and not making an actual story mode. I read "story" in the corner of each bosses and expected not just direct boss fights that lasts 10-15 minutes, but more of multiple levels where you meet the boss at the end, open world, interaction to understand the lore. I expected chapters because there are four of them labelled as stories. Sure you get the lore and I won't spoil it for people wanting to play the game but it's explained in a very simple way. I deeply hope devs will either make an actual story mode where you can free roam, meet characters, encounter enemies you may be forced to fight or have the choice to ignore and in the end fight bosses if necessary; Or either make the bosses more level based with a progressive increase of difficulty until the boss, with each "level" clearly separated, lore and interaction in between and not just random spawning and the boss coming in the middle and then leaving... Please don't just label the boss fights as "stories" because the funny disco skull drops 15 lines of lore when you click the level. I don't think the boss fights are a bad idea. I think they look very cool but they are not exactly story telling. I think it'd be a good idea to add more bosses, not necessarily story-tied, but for the fun side of it. A separated idea to improve the game would be (optionnal or obligatory) introduction/tutorial levels for freshly unlocked moves. Personally I've been completely forgetting and not knowing how to execute new moves I unlock from the skill tree until doing random challenge levels. Another side note is: It felt very weird noticing the characters 3D faces are barely animated, especially Arora was awkward.