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This game randomly popped up on my Youtube feed a few days ago while I was watching videos of We Who Are About To Die, so I checked it out and even though it looks really barebones and rough around the edges, it was interesting enough that I decided to give the demo a try. I'm a huge fan of DBTS (it ranks up there as one of my favourite games, especially when using HazardX's Xtended patch), so naturally if there's a non-VR game like it, it would pique my interest.
Some videos:
There's a demo on the Steam page which I gave a whirl, clocking in about an hour and a half of playtime. Despite being in the very early stages of production, it's surprisingly not bad and I'd say it's got good potential. You get weapons like the sickle, scythe, hammer, and spear to screw around with. Here's a short summary of how it's like:
- You use weapons simply by holding LMB/RMB and moving it the mouse around. You can dual wield or use weapons one-handed, which adds more power and accuracy to your swings. It's very DBTS-like especially if you have experience with its VSIM mouse controls.
- Because of that, there's no dedicated block button. You have to block based on your and the opponent's weapon attack trajectory.
- Thus, if your opponent actually hits you with force with a heavy weapon (eg a metal candelabra) while you're holding a knife, it'll be almost impossible to parry.
- Yeah you can use objects like candelabra and stools as makeshift weapons. It's pretty cool because something as seemingly useless as the candelabra can help you to force enemies back.
- Combat is meaty. Dismemberment and disembowelment are a thing. You can die in 2-3 hits.
- It's a bit hard to control atm because of how "swingy" hands can get, but the devs have said they're definitely going to make combat less like swinging a lightsaber. Perhaps more weight will be added to weapons?
- But that said, no weapon outrightly dominates, at least from what I've played. Spears for instance are very powerful but if the opponent manages to get past the spearhead, you need to quickly whip out a secondary weapon. Knives and sickles are very fast killing tools, but you have to get close to an opponent to deal the killing strike.
