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You didnt use your skill tree lmao

Great vid. Thanks.

Also hit detection! OMG I got hit so many times and didn’t even realize it! I hate to say this but this feels like a super jank game I got from the depths of steam from some Chinese studio who sank the whole game budget on giggle physics. I’m sorry because the game is beautiful to look at but not fun to play. I’ve played every souls game out there and this feels like one of the cheap ones. Indie studios have shown what can be done and people aren’t going backwards.

The game is beautiful and you can tell so much heart went into it, but the fact that this was supposed to come out in a month is VERY concerning. This feels like a beta build put out in order to get feedback and make adjustments over the next YEAR. So much of what I played cannot be in the main game. I hate to say it and make comparisons, but Lies of P exists now. If you can look at that game and think that this is acceptable and fun gameplay, you will not find success. This game feels like potential. But it also feels halfway done. There’s a lot leading up to this point in the game too. It feels so amateurish and I was really excited for this game. But if it doesn’t get pushed back and reworked I probably won’t be playing it. This is about to release alongside Wukong. And will be torn apart if released in a state anything like this. I love parry games and I love souls and souls-likes. But the fact that this feels lower quality than Steel Rising (I like SR for what it is don’t get me wrong) is a major bummer. Thymesia clearly has a lower budget to this and feels 50 times better to play. The weapon scaling is all over the place. The move-sets don’t make sense and clearly aren’t original animations (when has a running attack come out slower than an a heavy attack?). Everything that isn’t a longsword is painfully slow, but then the parry mechanics need major tuning. Parrying just doesn’t feel good game-play-wise or balance-wise. Game needs time to cook. More enemy variety… ok I’ll stop. I was just really bummed about this one. Hope it turns around.

I feel like youre also there early? I havent found that area yet and im level 20. I farmed the lumberjacks for their mask which boosts status damage, paired eith the axe at level 4 and I just made it to Curtis. The parrying is terrible tbh. No point in parrying if they cant get stunned out of an attack sequence...even the fact that if I hit a larger enemy with a heavy attack they can attack me through my animation while im damaging them is insane to me. It feels like they struggled to find a direction for the play style. The player mechanics as they are reward an aggressive playstyle, especially with the awakened mechanic and infusing weapons via timed attacks.....but the enemy patterns are so DS3 and I find myself having to be more patient instead...dodge, hit...dodge, hit...and it does not mesh with the game feel whatsoever. They should allow you to regain health by hitting enemies after receiving damage like Bloodborne and parrying should be more worthwhile for the player. I also found that the path upgrades are pretty shit. None of them are useful for how the game demands to be played. Ive been following the development of this game for a year or so and I am hoping they receive the feedback and rebalance stuff because I find the game is really pretty and engaging when it DOES go well.

You have really carved out a nice niche for yourself in terms of being a "Souls" game content reviewer.

I wasn't impressed at all, this Souls-like is going to be forgotten a day after release.

You need to swap your weapon to a faster moving longsword or mace. Build up their unravelling machanic using dodging if you're using the correct build. It took me over a hour to get it figured out. The final boss bugged out so on my next run I beat these two on my third try. Great game once figured out. I will buy it once fully released.

Shits ass and easy

I see the issues but the demo does allow you to upgrade your weapon to like plus 3 but the mechanics are off and also remember it’s a souls like the game does reward you for grinding out an area and leveling up

I use knights monolith. Which I max out to kill those two knights. It took me a few try before I kill them. You parry or dodge. They just keep attacking. Hate it when you lock on the knight you got stuck on the corner and die or they block you from moving out of the corner.

How many times did you upgrade that weapon? I first fought these guys with the wrong weapon (not upgraded at all) said NOPE fuck that I'm not fighting these dudes, then realized I had the wrong weapon equipped. Swapped over to Stage Longsword +4 and beat them in like 1-2 tries. Based off how much damage you're doing it looks like your weapon might be underleveled for this point in the demo?

I call this "situational bullshit" where in any game you have this with multiple mobs, most just get past it by luck, but in actuality, you have to kite and make calculated approaches to avoid them doing things you don't want them to do which I hate, it creates RNG difficulty and unavoidable deaths

This section was terrible. You are not rewarded enough for parries. Its almost to the point of useless, even though they have made this part integral to the game. Unless they fix then I won't be buying this game. Wait until you get to the second boss!! was an absolute joke with how spongy he was.

I have just done this.

Very helpful... After seeing the vid and trying a dozen times I finally manage to kill tust beast ☺

I had 2 goes and left that right alone. I made it to the 2nd boss but haven't gotten it yet. It's way too hard for an early boss. I don't think I'll buy this game.

I beat the two guys today and it was really frustrating. I love soulslikes, it's totally my thing. I love tough fights, no problem at all. But these two are just unfair and I don't know what the developers were thinking. And then, after I must have tried 30 times, I finally got it. And what did I get as a reward? Nothing at all. Literally nothing. These guys are even optional because you can open the door behind them. That's why I was so happy to get a great reward. And I got nothing. Very disappointing!

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The game looks great but the balance seems to be a bit out, I was going to buy it but now I am not so sure. When a game feels like a slog or a grind I just don't enjoy them. Its also pretty confusing, I cant find any description for the elemental status effects: Vis, Fatuo, Gratia, Malanno and then there is the status power: Dizzy, Wicked, Radiant, Sick... What do they do? Reduce your chance to ??? Hit, dodge, reduce healing?? I need more info! The "Compendium" menu item is not active, I would expect this info to be there.

I have a litany of issues with the demo but the particular spot you highlighted is one of the most egregious. The thing is, multi quick parry is a thing in this game. The reason I know this is because in this very level there are magic enemies and the boss of the area that use multi target projectiles that follow each other. And you can multi parry them to build up stagger quickly. My guess is that either it’s a hit box issue or they’re just playing fast and loose with what can be multi parried. And I was using a colossal great sword. So that duo fight was fucking frustrating. I don’t mind budget AA Souls likes. I think even the most jank ones bring something new to the table. But this is definitely a major issue that I hope that address in the final game. There’s also the item consumption issue and the mask lines resetting to 0 at resting points. That one makes absolutely no sense lol

Thank you queen

I seen u play Wo long so im pretty sure it's a skill issue 😆

Something looks off about this game, but I can put my finger on it. Maybe stiff? Unrefined? I don’t know. Anyway, I subscribed

This is the second boss they claim to “worry” about.

Skill issue

We arent doing any damage, and its insane. Parrying should be optional... not required, thats 1. For 2, attacks are entirely tooooo slow! You can be hit with several arrows trying to hit an archer with a guts like sword. Magic and arrorw spam is unbearable.... we have no projectiles like that. Lets not normalize FORCING IMPOSSIBLE DIFFICULTIES, but normalize great balanced gameplay. Our weapons need to do real damage at reasonable speeds. The part right here in the video, I just now skipped that.... I said IM NOT DOING THAT! If it takes too many deaths to get through, its needs work. Thats just facts... we can all win and make a "HOW TO" video... but after how many attempts and fails.

dude is just dodging backwards and pressing L2 tho

Great video.

Not sure if anyone's mentioned this, but there is a bug (on PC at least) where after defeating an enemy, you are shown the number of souls that they dropped before adding to your current total, if during this window you pick up an item then you don't receive the souls, so by the end of the demo you are artificially at a lower level than you should be

Its way too wonkey I got stuck in the walls like 4 times during 2 fights

1:37 Tarantella 🎉🎼🎭

Is there a way to change the settings? For keyboard the game forces to use alt to dodge and I can't figure out if it's possible to change it

This is waht happens when you don't "overtune" your fights like Fromesoft does. Hell, this is what happens when you don't even tune your fights.

Used the pool status effect and was level 26 jumping and attacking with stage ultra great sword for the win btw weapon was +2 Aspect of Curtis (got from second boss) Treats used Path of assassination Preparedness Poised stride Layer of thorns Supreme focus Tis but a scratch

The part where you're fighting those two spear dudes is optional you can ignore it and just open the gate and fight them later. But it is extremely weird that they put that there when at the time your level is nowhere close to handling them. 🤷

Basically: Demon's Souls > Pretty nice, but not all that balanced. Dark Souls > 'Almost' perfectly balanced. Dark Souls 2 > Went into a different direction and it came with both good and bad. Dark Souls 3 > A bit overtuned, IMO. Focus on twitch skill and exploits is a bit too big while actual methodical play seems to take a bit too much of a backseat. Elden Ring > Waaaaay overtuned to the point of it just not being a lot of fun before even reaching the halfway point because they went all in on the Dark Souls 3 design ideology. This game > Made by someone who thought Elden Ring wasn't quite overtuned enough.

Optional boss. Get a key and move forward to the final boss of the Demo.

I really think this bad and frustrating game design should be highlighted more in reviews.

Are Remnant Games Hard? Well it depends alot of the Players skillset, Soulslike experiences, Shooter vs Melee and so on, the biggest Mistake in my Opinion is, alot of People with no Soulslike experience start on Veteran difficulty and get wrecked, Remnant has the same formula like any other Souls Game, its called learning Curve, some Players are better on it and other arent, its not the Game's fault, its maybe the lack of Patience most new Players to the Genre just cant handle, then, we all know Shooting under pressure is way more difficult than just hack and slay, if someone just isnt good at Shooting in General he will have a hard Time in Remnant especially on the harder difficulties, those are Reasons to keep in Mind before Picking up those Kind of Games, Remnant 1 and 2 are Great Games but you have to understand that you just cant running around and have a easy Time from the beginning, especially with no Soulslike experience, thats just dont how it works, I would say if you start Remnant II on the lowest difficulty or Veteran its Easier than Souls Games ( if you know what you are doing) , on Apocalypse its Harder because almost everything can 1 shot You, Bosses can be way harder than Souls Bosses, because of the modifiers they can have, all i can say is, if you have patience, if you like to create Builds, if you like solving Puzzles to create your Builds, Remnant 1 and 2 are great Games.

This game was frustrating af. Good creative style but... frustrating.

Its clunky but I loved the demo, hopefully they can improve it, but it really gave me the vibe of the old DS1 back in the days. Its clunky but you love it. Obviously cannot be compared to ER etc

This game definitely has balancing issues. They need to rework the status ailments and the whole buff/debuff thing. I noticed this while fighting the first boss. He has this super long range spear and you fight him in this tiny ass church with columns where you can get stuck, and on phase 2 he would kill me in 2 hits when he enchanted his spear. Also, I was using the ultra gs and the first light attack of that weapon is as slow as a heavy, it's insane. The camera follow needs some work as well.

The thing about Kai playing, it got my pleb friends wanting to try. There’s no way in hell imma make the game harder for them by gatekeeping. I telll them I’m going to drop them all weapons, drip and please use summons.

If you hold down the start button you can Retry

Elden Ring's pace is PERFECT. I do not want to see FromSoftware making "hack and slash" games that some of these goons are wanting.

I think the problem is people trying to say that "souls-like" it´s a genre... because it isn´t. Dark Souls is an Action RPG. And what makes that Action RPG a "souls-like" has never been clearly defined, I believe. So people just take what they kinda feel define those games and if they see it repeated somewhere else they run with it. But it is weird to see everyone referring to everything as a "souls like" just because it´s difficult.

There is a lot to like about the game but im slightly disappointed by the slow and sluggish combat. mix that with most weapons feeling too similar without any type of weapons art. i think Lies of P ruined my expectations for souls likes. Every single weapon in that game has a unique move set. also is it just me or do enemies take FOREVER to kill?????

Ima wreck you!

Ok so even worse is the game breaking bug that closes all shortcuts opened and makes you untangle all save points as well as the church boss just standing idle.. My whole save is broken, i contacted them personally and nothing, they didn't even acknowledge me lol... Im not paying for clank jank anymore.. Im sick of parry games with no weight.