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So I watched the video, and it really captures a lot of the issues I had with the game, so I'll give you time stamps of the various issues.
1:33 = She comments on that is as close as I'll get to red. I noticed that issue too with the blonde hair color. I wanted a golden blonde, but the closest I could get is faded wheat blonde. A color wheel / color picker would help to address this.
2:49 = Typo; "i" is always capitalized.
3:04 = You'll notice that the waistband strap clips into the hanging cloth, while walking. Its less noticeable when jogging or running though. Might want to address that clipping issue, unless it is planned to do a butt slider later on.
3:29 = So here, you can see the healing potion in the environment. Notice how it is NOT currently highlighted. Also notice how we have no cursor either. Then, over a couple seconds, Exorcissa struggles to get the invisible cursor to line up onto the potion. Finally she finds the "sweet spot" and the potion gets highlighted at 3:32, and she gets the E prompt. Up to that point, she gets no prompt and no highlighting, despite being physically close enough to grab it.
4:00 = Watching from here, you can see the issue where the leg/ankle disappears last and remains there for a bit longer than it should.
4:19 = Not sure why we should have a draw command. We don't have a sheath to store the weapon in, when it isn't in use, it just floats in hammerspace, stabbing her in the ass every so often. It also looks super weird to have a greatsword wielded in one hand. She isn't partially buffed up with athletic muscles to wield such a large sword, so it looks really wierd. Like big buff guy in Skyrim, would struggle to wield a sword that size.
4:28 = Here is a good example of lootables blending into the environment. The bag is the exact same color as the ground, and if it was slightly more to the right, it would be basically invisible. As it is, it is so hard to spot that I missed it on my playthrough.
4:31 = Text is wider that the tooltip. If the tooltip was placed on the lefthand side of the lootable, you could have more space to put all the text.
4:49 = Here is a good example of enemies not having the same rules as the player. They have a stamina bar, that never depletes during the entire fight. Their attacks and abilities do not require stamina to use, leading to extreme unfairness.
4:51-4:52 = Exorcissa attacks the skeleton multiple times, and it is totally unfazed. Its not stunned or staggered by any of her attacks and immediately attacks after her last swing ends.
4:53-5:07 = Here is the parry mechanic in action. The parry mechanic that isn't explained anywhere. She takes zero damage from the parry, while the block she takes damage. So she knows this and never attempts to block, but performs a parry at the right moment every time. And so she takes zero damage during the fight. Me not knowing this tries to do a normal block and takes chip damage throughout the fight.
5:34 = This tooltip is pointless. Both Q and Hold LMB is covered in the first tooltip.
5:39-5:40 = Bug: Skeleton spawns in and floats towards the player.
5:43-5:45 = Exorcissa performs a dodge roll mechanic to approach the archer. The game never mentions a dodge mechanic. Also, while she is dodge rolling the archer never attacks. Now she knows again, that if she approaches normally, while trying to walk/sprint evade or block, she'll take damage, so she cheeses the AI with a dodge roll that no player knows about to get close to kill the archer. And the archer doesn't try to shoot her when she is so close to it. The issue most players have is getting close enough to do that.
5:59 = Exorcissa hits some wrong key combination to bring this up. I'm thinking she attempted to do a CTRL + LMB attack and accidentally hit the Windows key next to the CTRL key. Again, this command isn't covered anywhere, so she is effectively cheating at this point. This mistake nearly costs her, her life. All the more reason to not have a special attack on CTRL, but have it as some other key combination.
6:19 = Here you can see that a corpse is lootable. It has no highlight outline and isn't clear that it has loot on it.
6:22 = Here you can see that this corpse has no loot, as no prompt appeared. Again, no highlight and not clear it had no loot on it by just looking at it.
6:24 = Now this is how the highlighting should be. You see an object in the distance that is important, and its highlighted, so you go approach it and find out what it is. Now you could have this highlighting always active, or maybe only have it appear by turning on survival senses (ie Tomb Raider).
7:02 = Aims above the head, to the right of the skeleton.
7:04 = The arrow clearly misses the target, being that it is like a foot to the right of its skull, but then instant kills them. How am I supposed to get a headshot, if I'm not supposed to be aiming for its head.
7:41 = I've noticed this a lot throughout the video. All the melee skeletons have different health amounts, despite not wearing better armor or wielding better weapons. Have some consistent health bars, please.
7:48 = Enemy has pathfinding issues. Maybe those posts have a larger collision box than necessary or the navmesh is broken in that spot. Either way, look into it.
7:57 = Performs a jump attack and slides along the pillar until connecting with the target.
8:17 = I notice that its raining pretty hard, yet she never gets wet and her hair isn't affected by the wind. Probably an early development oversight.
8:34 = Who the hell is Pargonus? Shael is clearly our lover, but this person hasn't been introduced yet.
9:01 = Here you can see Exorcissa really, really, really struggle to get her invisible cursor to hover over the riddle, instead of the other objects on the table. That is me trying to loot skeleton corpses.
10:11 = So here, this is totally counter-intuitive. No one would think to bring objects to the book to solve the riddle, unless they saw the prompt while holding one of the objects. Most people would be looking for a receptacle or crevice to put the object into, or bring the object to the door, or manipulate the object in 3d space (ie like in Skyrim) to find a clue. No one would think that bringing the object to the book, that isn't even connected to the door via magical ley lines, would cause the door to open... which is exactly why I got stuck on this riddle.
10:14 = We don't actually put the hourglass in the black pot. Also, there is no black pot. This is a golden bowl with black liquid though.
10:40 = I don't do Patreon. However, if I find that I like it, I'll provide some monetary support and buy the stuff on Steam.
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However, due to the number of issues I have and clearly the number of hidden mechanics that only the developers know of, I think I'll wait till next release. I can't play a game effectively when I'm only taught half the needed skills to survive and play effectively. Exorcissa knows all the mechanics, and so she made it "seem" a lot easier than it actually is.
I also notice that Exorcissa NEVER uses the lock-on mechanic. I've tried to use it and it got me killed quite a few times. Again, she knows stuff that I don't. She also almost never uses the jump attack. So, before you release the next update, maybe watch your own staff play the game and see what tactics they use, and then try to create a tutorial teaching how to do them.
I'd play further, now that I understand the riddle, but due to a lack of understanding of mechanics and likely run into all the same issues I had before, I don't think I'd be able to complete this level anyway. Its a shame, as I wanted to see this brothel. Maybe have a scene gallery at the main menu?
