Predictors

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Game seems quite decent at a quick glance. Will definitely be returning later to fiddle with it a bit more, especially since the dev is actively updating and improving the game. Grabbed it on sale for a price that was practically a rounding error, so nothing really to be unhappy about as a whole. Will likely be returning to this review later to provide more detailed feedback, but a quick run through the tutorial and one game session did reveal a few areas that I think could do with some attention. First, and mainly, tooltips. It's not immediately obvious what anything does, and the visual indicators are fairly subtle. Repeat gameplay probably solves this, but it's not ideal that I have to wonder what an item does. Sure, I see it on the bar next to skills--sometimes. But did it add something? Is it just an extra upgrade? Does it matter more than the skill upgrade itself? And the permanent-progression equipment selection--what do those do? The difficulty slider seems simple enough, but what does it actually do? A lot of simple questions are left unanswered in the short-term, simply due to information not being presented clearly, or at all. The other main standouts I noticed were the enemy movement and the... Vampire enemy, is it? The tutorial indicates that you should try to predict enemies, avoid their attacks, and land your own. But at baseline--unclear if this changes later--enemies seem to all have a higher base movement, with no limitations, and they behave erratically at best. I don't see any tells/telegraphs, and it essentially turns fights into a slug-fest. There's nothing wrong with that, per se, but it makes me wonder if I'm missing something and, due to lack of clear information, a simple understanding of game combat just went right over my head. This leads into the Vampire, that seems to heal to full HP regardless of the damage dealt to the player. Simple solution is one shotting it, but I imagine, again, there's some intention of preventing a hit. But I'm failing to see where this can be done reliably, and this can result in a strange situation where you simply can't kill a non-threatening enemy due to lack of upgrade "points" to spend for more damage. As a whole, I enjoyed the bit that I played, but I can see the experience becoming either frustrating or boring more than anything else, just due to little oddities like the above. So I plan to come back to the game later after it has had some time to grow a bit more. ....Definitely worth the price, though. If you like what you see in the videos, just grab it. It's cheap enough.

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