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I'm so hyped for this game, should be a good breather when I have nothing left to do in animal crossing.
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One Step From Eden (Roguelike inspired by The Mega Man Battle Network series ) Announcement Trailer
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How different is the Steam demo from the new one? I want to check it out but I don't want to subscribe.
Oops! Misread that. Is the demo still on Steam? I see it in search, but don't see a link on the page.
Looks like it's gone from the page, but Google pulls this up: https://store.steampowered.com/widget/1007020. You can click on it and it should open up Steam and ask you to install the demo.
I've watched a bit of footage from the presumably near-final build released to streamers on YouTube, and it looks nice and polished. I still don't like the automatic buster though.
FWIW, I had the same experience with the demo, but after two or three runs the pace "clicked" with me. Dunno how well it will go when you have larger decks, but mostly keeping an eye on enemies and just getting a "feel" for the order of your spells was enough for me to beat all of the bosses in the demo/unlock all of the content. It's absolutely going for a more frantic, BN3 post game style, pacing but it's manageable after getting used to it. Obviously, I can't speak for the harder difficulties the final release has lol
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Also, the auto buster is not something all characters have, and the difference in their styles is pretty big
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That's good to hear, because the demo's pace was honestly pretty off-putting in an "I'm getting too old for this shit" kind of way. I still very much have it on my radar, but I'll wait for general impressions from people who aren't MMBN or action roguelike mavens. I love MMBN but never actually finished one, much less tried the post-game, nor have I gotten past the third floor in Enter the Gungeon.
Didn't know about this game but i love MMBN and if the impressions are good. I will take it on Switch
There's also Touhou Gensou Rondo which is a Senko No Ronde (top down bullet hell fighting game) clone with Touhou characters...
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I've played a little bit so far today, and this game is legit. It's like slay the spire hyped up on caffeine. So far so good!
How's the difficulty? Also, is the buster still fully automatic? As in there's no downside to constantly firing it by holding down the button?
Playing for a while, unlocked a couple characters. Speed is quite noticeably slower than in the demo, suppose that is reserved for higher ascensions. A lot of cool synergies and enemies to learn patterns, no successful run yet ):
I am also feeling that the reward for killing bosses do not outweigh giving them mercy and suddenly get double or triple assists in future fights, but it's early.
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Some enemies will attack back (in one case at almost unavoidable speeds) as soon they get hit, so holding down attack against them is heavily discouraged.
I am also feeling that the reward for killing bosses do not outweigh giving them mercy and suddenly get double or triple assists in future fights, but it's early.
The automatic buster is only one of 3 weapons that Saffron has. Each character has multiple loadouts, some that trade the free weapon for a permanent chip/card/spell.
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Some enemies will attack back (in one case at almost unavoidable speeds) as soon they get hit, so holding down attack against them is heavily discouraged.
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Seems pretty difficult to me so far haha. Looking forward to learning, but a lot is happening on the screen at all times.
Was a pleasant surprise to find my Switch Key in my inbox this morning. I had forgotten it was coming so soon! Can't wait to dig in to it.
Wow, Violette is pretty different. Getting free triangles if you have Ragnarok tho 🤔
Still could not beat the shopkeeper )):
Still could not beat the shopkeeper )):
If either of you have the Switch version, can you tell me if you can rebind buttons so that buster is on B with spells on Y and A? I vastly preferred that setup when I tried the Steam demo.
The game is fun so far. I wish there was some kind of narrative, even if it was a super brief thing at the start of the game since you just get thrown in but that's a minor complaint. The battles are good and it animates really well. Haven't completed a full run yet since it's pretty difficult.
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I've never heard of this game, but I am 1000% going to buy this after work. Thank you OP for bringing this beautiful looking game to my attention.
Really fun so far, pace is a bit too fast for me, both in general gameplay and in where Battle Network gave you time in between rounds for a bit of a breather to select your chips too. But still, lot of fun, starting to get the hang of it and adapting to the fast pace.
It's definitely fast, but I've been getting used to it as well. Wish the unlocks for characters and skins were described, but I also haven't been able to progress so far lol.
My biggest issue is it gets hard to quickly know which spaces are OK when under a volley of attacks, your field becomes too busy with warnings.
My biggest issue is it gets hard to quickly know which spaces are OK when under a volley of attacks, your field becomes too busy with warnings.
Press the detail button (square/X/switch Y) when selecting a character to see descriptions for their artifact, spells and weapons.
There's three important things about warning panels: one is that the red "aura" closes into the panels, so they are safe until the warning aligns with the board; two is that if you time it correctly, you can move through attacks (required to dodge through Shield Gal's blasts), if you are not on the screen, you don't take damage; three is that a lot of the attacks are very specific patterns and as long you don't get the timing too wrong, you can just move in the correct counter pattern and you'll be safe even if you don't know exactly what is going on (for example, Terra's diagonally bouncing projectiles never hit orthogonally adjacent panels, so you can do a single sidestep or a L shaped movement depending where you are to stay safe the entire duration of the attack).
The last two tips are classic Battle Network play, it's just memorization and practice :)
How does it run on Switch? I'm super leaning towards getting it on Steam but being able to play anywhere is appealing.
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I've played a few hours today and it runs like a dream, as far as I'm concerned!
Which wave attack? The fullscreen wave? For that you don't dodge, you get into the green markers while she is playing the song to stack shield so you can tank it.
No slowdown or anything? I saw a couple reports of that, and for a game that seems to have a fast pace, slowdown would be a huge letdown.
Does that mean we could see Battle Network / Starforce mods? :o
Ahhhh okay. I was dodging the notes the whole time! She's been my gatekeeper so far in the later rounds. Thanks!
Also, Gunner with the homing weapon is so damn good.
As for Switch performance, it seems like it runs smoother on handheld than docked. I've experienced way more judder/slowdown especially in the later levels when the action gets really intense. Saved my butt a couple times though!
Dodge red markers, get into green markers, they are either health or shield :)
I have no idea how complete is the modding feature, but there's no way that isn't the first thing people try to make.
Well, holy shit. If you open your folder between fights, you can select up to 2 brands to have better chance of getting spells from. If that was touched upon the tutorial, my bad, I accidentally skipped it >.>
I wondered what those question marks meant, now the spells having types makes more sense.
The tutorial is really poor. It's also extremely hard to take everything in on the big screen. I'll try play handheld later and see if that's any better but yeah it was a lot to take in and the bad visuals don't help. Battle Network is nice and clear (at least until you get to later game fights) and Slay the Spire lets you take your time and absorb everything. Not the case here.