Thunder Ronin

Some questionable design decisions — the parry is too strong, the dodge, jump, and even regular attack are useless most of the time. The UI clashes with the pixel art aesthetic, and some sprites/hitboxes could use a bit more polish. Overall, though, it delivers what it promises!

It needs to be polished but it has potential

there is no exploring or story in this game so i won't talk about those things in the review. generally a nice combat game with a few flaws here and there. the tutorial is basically useless. since you dont really learn any mechanics that are valuable in the fights and you dont get to practice any mechanics on enemies. you just get straight into it, making the learning curve very steep at the beginning. i like the idea of the parry being the main mechanic of the combat system. also the charged attack you get from it is designed well and fun to use. i think some sort of progression for the charged attack could make for some fun interactions with the bosse. now a few things about the parry: - it kinda feels unresponsive. almost like you need to buffer it for a second. i wouldnt mind this if the attacks of bosses were designed according to it. some attacks seem too fast, so i just ended up predicting attacks rather than reacting to them. a bit more wind up for attacks or less buffer for the parry could fix this. - parrys are directional but it is very hard to see which direction you are facing. with a lot going on - which can happen in the fights - it is very hard to see which di…

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Played it on-stream and I love it! It's very difficult but not impossible, you just have to learn the timing for the parry and learn the different attacks of each enemy. Highly recommend.

I don’t know why this doesn’t get more love. If you’re a fan of boss rush games in Cuphead style this is the kind of immediate, repetitive, difficult game loop. I’ve been having a blast. Works on Steam deck. Mixed reviews? Complaint is game is hard. Yeah you saw what you were buying lol.