Nice game. Passed the whole campaign within 6.4h and extremely satisfied! That's 8/10

It has nice fight controls, impressive sound design and music, a huge variety of move sets and finishing combos for such an indie masterpiece. The tutorial is nice - the skill tree is slowly introducing player to the new mechanics and combos and lets the player decide which mechanic is needed right now. The visuals are nice! The particles, vfx - graphics overall is simple yet doesn't make you tired after hours of playing. Playing on gamepad feels nice, the controls are good and intuitive.

I didn't struggle with remembering and practising any combos on the playground - learning just a few combos lets you complete the game and I liked it. I understand I could use more and be a better fighter i guess, however, I enjoyed it so far! Gameplay levels have some "chase" chapters which let the player relief and change the gameplay a little between fighting locations. However, I wouldn't like to play these levels on my own again.

What's was bad or worse than expected:
1. This game feels the lack of sound and visual effects during cutscenes. It stands out because the game has some georgeous and unique locations with carefully VFX, fog and environment set up.
2. Some characters feel awkward and stand out too much out of the setting. I understand the usage of ready assets but knights, pillow fight and ?cyborgs? - it was weird
3. The revolver UX design is strange - I am sure ther is no need in changing the ammo type every time I shoot or "try to shoot". I didn't get the mechanic and this particular solution at all.
4. At first, I had an idea of trying to do 100% achievements here, however, there is a requirement to pass all the levels S rank AND also realistic difficulty. Since you can't start with this difficulty level, you must complete all levels 3 times and it will be tedious. There are 3 achievements on killing enemies. And I didn't find any marking of completing it at some difficulty.
5. Price feels too high for me, I've purchased it during summer sale discounts

Despite the numbered list I've attached above, I did enjoy it and will play more just to have some fun between work and just to have fun.

There is a huge potential for online AND local (couch) coop. This would be awesome. Maybe user generated content (maps) with steam workshop would also be nice.

It was fun, I appreciated that it didn't over stay over it's welcome. Played well on the Steam Deck.

3/5

Quick arcade combat fun but with a few downsides.

- graphics are blocky and are clearly reused assets, makes the game feel cheap
- keyboard controls are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, and WASD feels weird with the isometric perspective: pressing W actually moves you up and right on the screen
- achievements are a pain and very repetitive to obtain
- gameplay gets old quick. Good in small doses I guess.

If you like this sort of game, get it on sale.