Chrono Sword

Controls feel terrible and certain keyboard/mouse keys such as movement are unmappable at this stage. Combat feels really clunky. Needs to improve a lot to be deemed worthy throughout the early access. I'll check it again after a year, but at this stage it's a hard pass.

The game is not without its charms, but it is difficult to recommend. Gluttons for punishment might enjoy it. Presently, I am an hour in and up against the second boss, whom I am confident I can defeat, but trying to muster the will to do so. Debating whether to refund, or keep bashing my head against the wall that is this game. So, what are the problems? The game is pretty janky. Movement and combat are laborious. Dodging sucks. Blocking is hit or miss, and the targeting doesn’t help much; I have to keep remembering not to press the stick in any direction before pressing the block button, and even then, the facing doesn’t always work. The weapon variety, at least so far, feels pretty lacking. The rapier vs. sword and shield offers such negligible difference, it’s best to just take larger numbers. The lo-fi graphics are pretty cool from a stylistic standpoint, but combine with the isometric perspective to make world legibility extremely difficult. It’s difficult to decip...

Fun game overall! Here are my suggestions after appx. 4 hours, which took me to the first boss fight (i.e. second encounter with the Giant Spider) and then to the first elite enemy in the archives. 1. Walk speed is too slow. This affects combat mostly as there is a run option when traversing the game world. 2. Larger/heavier weapons like the Claymore are too slow to be effective (i.e. attack speed is too slow). Either speed up the attacks or increase the base damage by maybe 20-30%. 3. During the level up process, the player can't see how leveling up DEX increases the weapon damage. Since I see that some weapons have stat values that are supposed to be affected by DEX, I think this is a bug. Leveling up STR works fine. Other concerns are minor but here they are: 1. The shield doesn't rotate when you are blocking and moving your character. This isn't a huge deal as I've noticed that the shield blocks anyways regardless of the angle (as long as the enemy is in front of your char...

I like it so far.

Chrono Sword EA 6/10 Ok, I’m gonna recommend this one with some caveats. 1. It’s for soulslike junkies Or 2. Top-down action junkies This is certainly not the best souslike game I have played. In fact, it’s near the bottom of the list. I personally liked their original demos much more, but what can we do, we have this now. All the other reviews are basically accurate: 1. Layer Confusion - It’s hard to know where to go or what layer you’re on in relation to other layers. Explore basically every corner and attempt of a jump, usually multiple times as you will not just find random items, but key routes. Idk how to fix this one and it’s arguably the biggest issue. 2. Insane Spikes - There are 2-3 bosses with insane difficulty spikes. For the really crazy bosses don’t be afraid to try everything in your inventory. This didn’t bother me too much, but some will pull their hair out lol. 3. Boss Teleportation - The bosses can “teleport” through ANY obstacles. I ho...

The first 5 min is the time to choose if the player dives into the game or just quit. This one absolved them with full of arts and music. It reminds me the original Dark Soul but in 2D. More feedback will be appended

Would go with mixed if it existed... however, I am going with a recommend because the fixes needed are pretty simple and I'm confident the devs can make it happen. 1. Make the dodge effective. As it is, dodging is useless. 2. Fix the lock on. Right now, it just doesn't work. Everything else about the game feels great to me. However the two main issues add a level of jank that would be unacceptable if this weren't early access.