RUINER

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--There seems to be a 0 audience for this video game. My guess is that it is too obscure. --It, however, gets the vibes DAMN ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ RIGHT. It's a top-down shooter that's very high-octane. The skill floor isn't too high, but the skill-ceiling feels like it might be pretty in-depth. Aaaaaaaaaand then EVERYTHING goes downhill. --The game explains itself very poorly. A lot of it is trial and error. And this could have easily been fixed with small, clearly displayed dialogue blurbs, which would have gone a very long way towards making it more satisfying and accessible, without reducing the difficulty. --The constant screen glitches and flashing are an INCREDIBLE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ EPILSEPSY HAZARD. I am at high risk for it, so playing this is honestly stupid of me. The video/grpahics options have ZERO options to adjust this. This creates a huge accesibility barrier, which has likely prevented many potential players from enjoying it, or even endangered some who do. I do like this part of the visual style, but it is overused, and the accessibility and danger it poses should NOT have been ignored. It should be toned down by default, AND there should be options to tone it down further. --So I played the game a while longer. It seemed to be built with optimization for gamepad in mind. What does this mean in practice? Your guy will randomly stop shooting. Your dash won't work. Your ability won't cast. Keyboard inputs are CONSISTENTLY NOT GOING THROUGH. At first I thought I just needed to *git gud*, but nah. This is a constant issue, and plagues the game severely. There is also a "point towards objective" button, but sometimes it works, other times it is simply disabled. --After trying very hard to make mouse and keyboard work, but constantly experiencing lost inputs, I tried my gamepad. At this point I discovered not only that it is not supported AT ALL, but also that the game is marked "CONTROLLER SUPPORT UNKNOWN." What was your plan on how the players would actually interact with your game then, devs? Shake their fist at the screen going "why I oughtta" until a Sea Otter swims out of the screen, straight into their eyeballs (a symptom of the epi attack you've given the player with your excessive, flashing, glitching), and then they magically start enjoying the terrible inputs for this game? --The sound and the visuals are REALLY good. Some decent character design. Bosses are often reused and quite boring. The visuals are often unclear, and the glitching is overused to the point where it is a health hazard. The gameplay WOULD have been good if the controls were responsive. Either fix mouse and keyboard support, or introduce gamepad support for your TWIN STICK SHOOTER. --God I think can still see the lights flashing. +1 For music. +1 For visual design. -2 For overuse of otherwise cool glitching. -1 For repetitive gameplay. -1 For unclear visuals. -1 For needlessly obtuse gameplay. -4 For the frequency at which control inputs simply do not work. Player control IS kind of important for an action game. --All in all 3/10. Consider this on a 90% discount, and take your anti-seizure meds before trying it out.

开发者都不考虑玩家的健康吗？闪啊闪的红色，眼睛谁受得了。就凭这一点很多人就玩不下去。。。。

You know what? Despite not being the perfect game or even something I personally think is SUPER original, this is a solid game I routinely think about yearssss after playing it. So really like, maybe that's more important than it being perfect or a masterpíece of some kind. I had a ton of fun playing it and the design slaps hard. Certainly memorable as well given I'm writing a review this long after playing it lmao.

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looks very nice, and nice soundtrack but controls are bad, why does character stick to where you aim :(

This is one of the best games I've ever played

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