What an incredible and weird little game. Definitely one of the most unique survivorslikes out there. There is a TON of content. Way more than it seems at first.
The basic gist of the game is that you must move to attack, and that stopping movement will cause you to use your heavy attack (assuming you have one.) This plays out differently for different weapon types, of which there are six(?) basic groups: Swords, guns, staves, shields, lances, and bows. Each weapon within a given class shares the same basic traits (e.g. swords give you a slash attack, guns make you shoot a bullet, etc....) but with a unique twist. For example, one sword might launch projectiles while using the walking-slash attack, while another might attack in a full 360 around your character, and another might give you a damaging aura around you. The end result is that the weapons actually feel surprisingly different even when they have the same basic function.
By the way, there are a TON of weapons to unlock. Most of the locked weapons need to be unlocked using a slot machine type deal (at least, I think it's random?) where it appears to give you a procedurally generated character. I have done this like 10-15 times and I'm STILL getting new weapons. It's awesome.
The character design is clearly amazing here, but the enemy gameplay design is legitimately one of the best in this genre, if not flat out the best. Each enemy feels genuinely unique. In the first level you can just spam heavy attack, jumping into crowds to easily clear them, but very quickly you will run into enemies that HEAVILY punish you for trying this strategy. It forces you to dance around the battlefield in a way that feels incredibly satisfying. Successfully dodging through a field of projectiles as you pick off each enemy feels incredibly badass.
The game does need some work on the mechanical side. The menus are really not great/not keyboard friendly, the in game mouse controls are really awkward, and there are some balance issues (heavy attack granting a temporary shield is super OP, always pick this upgrade!!), but I'm kinda in love with this game. GIVE IT MORE THAN A COUPLE RUNS if you buy it. I was not sold at first but decided to keep unlocking content and now I love the game. Go for it!
