E3 Demo Feedback for the developer's team

Disclaimer: I haven't watched the demo stuff and read a lot of the text on details, but as always, I do have things I want to mash on my keyboard about.

crocodile , To throw in on the stats discussion, I prefer them more as CON, MND, etc for a few reasons.

• A stat can affect more parameters than just a bump in the reduction of damage, i.e. DEF, so CON = DEF may not be an accurate replacement. Constitution could entail defense, but also HP, lessening of knockback, status ailment recovery speed, possibly even relating to the use of certain abilities, weapons or items (i.e. Miriam's constitution has to be substantial enough to withstand a certain powerful transformative ability that if acquired/done too early could sequence break, etc). I've no idea if they plan on implementing any of that, but it all could tie in to a stat, and attaching abilities and upgrades to the thought of a character's actual body/essence/mind makes more sense than usual actually in Miriam's case.
• That ties into my next point, it sounds more fantastical and interesting that way, to imagine that these things crafted with alchemy or found within Gebel's constructs are augmenting actual parts of Miriam's being - altering her body and mind. That thought is just more intriguing than the comparatively boring (albeit yeah, more simple) thought of, oh this magical cape I just alchemy'd with things has more DEF, guess I'm wearing that
• It can be obtuse and confusing how sometimes items etc can boost something like CON or just DEF directly, but I think that a press of the select button for help text could alleviate that, to explain that DEF is just a substat of CON, mana (heh) or x resistance is just a substat of MND, etc. A dynamic approach can easily be confusing, but I really lean toward liking things that are more obscured anyway. We are dealing with crazy occult stuff here, too, after all.

And this also kind of relates to my thoughts on the shard type names...maybe the conveyance from a difference in language is a problem, but I would err on the side of preserving their initial design choices/thoughts on when they conceived those words. The words themselves may mean more to them than the actual thoughts/language than is immediately obvious/be an artistic choice, in a way.

On to kupomogli, hi and welcome to the forum. Kupo!

I'd just like to be a little constructive here. Your posts are coming off basically just as "I am gud, so listen". In all of that so far, you've presented that you think backdash is broken, but the thoughts on why aren't as substantial as your promotion of your accomplishments.

My thoughts on movement are basically that, you're only going to be speeding through the castle after you are already familiar with its layout, enemies and spaces where it's otherwise even worth exerting whatever the execution is. Your first playthrough of any area, which is I think the most important experience that we're aiming to make the best here, will be more to assess or just enjoy the game, then learn optimizations like routes and movement. At that point, you most definitely want to move fast, within reason, because now you're not as worried about reacting to unknown enemies or terrain to hurt or otherwise impair your progress. That's great. As with SotN, maybe it's more effective in certain spots/later in the game to wolf run, wing smash, take something that's like the equivalent of a Luck Mode knockback to skip something if that exists lol, etc. Those dynamics are really cool for people that run the game, after they have already experienced hundreds of hours of playing normally and then testing such.

Also, romscout hahaha...I'm well, surprised you didn't know about the guy, as experienced as you sound. He's held multiple world records for these games, so I definitely wouldn't say he's "not a very good" speedrunner. He runs games live in front of over 100k people at a time, too, which takes a lot of guts. He even routed and executes SotN blindfolded lol (and also executing beating the game by manipulating values in the inventory screen D:), so...folks putting weight into his input here is certainly warranted. I don't think there's any one person I would feel safe to say knows more about the inner workings of IGA's games. His input would be flavored by his hobby yeah haha, but he would on a normal player level understand the importance of the main experience, like with what I was talking about above where most everyone experiences a game for the first time.