First of all if you are seeing this i highly suggest you play this game because its something unique that i havent seen much if any of the same.
This game is in my opinion really unique overall but first ill start with the graphics, they are for me very very good since i am not into realistic graphics and i really like pixel art this game just clicks to me when it comes to graphics animations are just enough not too much but not too little.
I played this and an hour just went by in a flash i think this just says that the game is good.
How the game controls? Well, its actualy pretty smooth it doesnt feel like there is a delay in the inputs and the controls are really good in my opinion and if someone doesnt like them well they can even change them.
Music was awesome in my opinion i really liked it and it fit the game well.
I love a lot of the mechanics of the game, how when you lose health even at the first enemy you encounter you feel like, that little 30hp you lost will doom you for the rest of your run because you do not heal between fights and i love that feeling. Gameplay is intense and i get so into it that i start to think that pressing my keyboard keys harder make my attacks stronger not every game manages to do that for me so this is a big plus. This game also takes a lot of focus and its really challenging making its completion a hard but really rewarding task as you feel the ultimate satisfaction upon completing it.
From a year ago that i played to be honest i expected more stuff to have changed but even though there wasnt as much as i hoped for it still was a better experience with new spells and some new mechanics some of my favourite being the nurses that you have to save and not totally accidentally kill like i sometimes did (nurses i think should heal 100 health instead of 50 just to make it a bit more rewarding but thats just me)and the campfires since they feel like a nice pause for the player (i would like to see more in the camping spot). Upgrades feel essential getting that good upgrade that you wanted feels awesome and they really enhance the gameplay. All the spells feel like they have a reason to exist and i dont think a single one should get buffed or nerfed my favourite spells were definetly the turret because its a really good in my opinion attack that gives u a disadvantage too making it pretty balanced in a nice way, i really also like the minefield attack because it pretty much guarantees damage if your oponents are moving and it is really helpful.
A year ago i said the paths in this game were pretty much the same and now i think that the same problem exists just in a bit of a smaller scale paths definetly need a change and my suggestion would be to make the top path an easy path the middle path a medium difficulty path and the bottom path a hard path. How would that affect gameplay? Well the idea behind that thought is that the harder the path is the more rewards you get so players can choose to start with the hard path to get good spells and upgrades early on the run and then switch to an easier path to not lose that much health or they can choose to just take the medium path for decent rewards and a decent challenge throughout the run. The flexibility of being able to change paths mid run is why i think this idea would work.
Last time i played this i also thought that the main attack needed a buff but now i dont think it does need a buff because i realised that its purpose wasnt to be a main damage output move so i would have it stay as it is.
The boss fights are challenging but after a few tries you can get their attack patterns in your memory and then its an easy fight. I think the boss fights are definetly good.
What i would want to see in the game also is maybe a coop and a training area where you have access to all the upgrades and all the spells to learn how they work / how to use them.
I really also liked that i did die a lot in this game but i never felt rage probably because it is so easy to just retry sinceu dont have to watch any 10 minute cutscenes or anything everytime you rejoin and the game is pretty fast paced.
I love the enemy / character designs.
Great game and i would love to see the full release :D
I played the game for an hour or so so i might have not gotten the full experience but i think i played enough to at least get some points about the game.
Hope you enjoyed my huge list of things that i liked/disliked about the game.