E3 Demo Feedback for the developer's team

Just finished the demo, pretty great so far.

Two things that I'd noticed was that the controls feel a little delayed, especially when you're jumping and Vedar's colours seemed really. . . slap dash. There wasn't really a unifying colour on her and it was quite odd to look at.

Just played through the demo. Gotta say it feels very solid so far. I felt like the delay when kick was different from the sword. Thats can be ok, but it felt more like a heavy weapon vs a light weapon. And DMG was not really that different between the two. Other things I liked are that when I equiped Kung Fu shoes, they showed up in the cut scene @ the boss fight. Very nice touch!

Some button presses did not feel like they were immediately recognized. Could be beta, could be polish.
Multiple versions of Morte (cannon) were interesting.
Fighting Amy's was annoying. Probably by purpose!
Heavy Weapon enemy was gorgeous. But ulitmately very easy to observe his pattern. Maybe he should have more than one? Hrmm.. It is early in the game though.

Absolutely love the menus, I feel like some of the tutorial stuff (which might be only during that first tutorial level, perhaps) is a bit excessive... Things like constantly showing the indicator when there is a treasure chest near you. Assuming there is going to be a "I've never played one of these games before" difficulty, I feel like that would be the appropriate place to put them. Also, as has been mentioned, there are some shader issues (with Miriam 'going through' the walls at the edges of some screens, and the boss looking... unfinished, I suppose?). As someone who ground to max level (1 exp per kill at that point) in SOTN, I'm so excited to get even so fleeting of a taste of this game.

Just finished up the demo. genemag nails a lot of the things I was thinking, so I won't restate all of that.

The animations look good, although it feels like there should be more transition animation between states (sword out to normal stance, etc). Additionally, although the look good several of them felt slow, turning in particular. On the ground Miriam feels heavy (see edit at bottom), always moving a little slower then it feels like she should. I'd personally like to see the turn speed increased and the slide lengthened. The jumps and landings also seem a little slow. Airborne movement felt nice and responsive though, and I had no problem dodging attacks or around Amys (Amies?).

Graphically I'd like to see a little more distinction between things I can interact with and the background/foreground. While Miriam and the enemies both seemed clearly delineated, I wasn't initially sure which crates and lanterns I could interact with and which I couldn't. This doubly applies to platforms and passageways between rooms. I had to backtrack a couple of times because I'd run clean passed a platform that blended into the background, or run away from a horizontal entry I didn't realize was open. This also came up during the boss fight as I wasn't sure which tentacles I needed to be worried about versus which ones were in the background.

I agree with an earlier comment that chests need more visual feedback when they open. Having to watch the lower left corner to see what I actually got isn't all that great when I would be able to recognize most items or class of items at a glance. The map is HUGE (in that it takes up too much space for the size of the rooms), although I'm not sure if this is a product of having relatively little explored, being stuck on the ship itself, or by design. Finally, I'd like to see passages that aren't currently open or can be opened indicated (at all, or differently) on the map. I spent a while trying to figure out how to get through the one section you have to blow open with the cannon from the other side.

I'll reserve judgement on tuning and technical issues as I'm unsure how representative this build is supposed to be in that regard, so I'll just list my observations. As many have mentioned the demo was very easy, even with control quibbles. I got the Fatal Error bug after fixing the resolution on the first attempt to start the game, though it worked fine on the next boot. There were several minor fps hitches, and while the frame rate never seemed to drop down past the low 50s, you could definitely feel it. The demo most assuredly does not require 5 GB of space (clocks in at 801 MB for me). (Quick edit for this bit after re-reading the system requirements: I currently am running an i5 @ 2.8Ghz with a GTX 960. I'm below on CPU, above on GPU. That said, the game generally ran fine outside of the above mentioned fps drops.)

All of that said, this demo is an excellent foundation for what the game will hopefully become. The whole of it felt right, even if several of the smaller components weren't where I would like them. It's very promising, and I can't wait to play the final version.

EDIT: Did a couple more playthroughs. I retract what I said concerning Miriam feeling heavy. In terms of actual movement she's quite responsive, it's just that the animations are slower than you're actually moving. There's also what feels like a long delay after a back dash, but only if you try moving horizontally. You can immediately hop after one. Personally I'd increase run speed just a smidge, lengthen the slide, increase the speed of the turn animation (though not the actual movement thereof), and remove the movement delay after a back dash. I also miss things like a dive kick or the sliding jump, but those may come in time.

Was really enjoying the demo though after a couple of minutes the motion of the boat swaying like a boat was giving me motion sickness. Had to shut it off and sad to say I couldn't finish the demo. I'm sure I'm a minority when it comes to this symptoms while playing though would be nice to have an option to not have the screen sway.

Good so far. runs like trash on my computer. Need a friend with a better computer.

Okay, so just played the demo for the first time. Some initial notes:

1. The team definitely captured the feel of IGA's Castlevanias.  That above anything else makes me excited for the final product.
2. The visuals are also fantastic.  Although it's obviously not a 2D sprite-based game, it never looks like toys on a stage like some other 2.5D games do.  Lots of praise for that shader.
3. Some may disagree, but I think the movement animation is great.  That moment where Miriam moves backwards a bit as she changes directions is a nice touch, all the more so because it doesn't actually decrease the responsiveness.
4. Not really thrilled with aim on the Right Stick.  I use the same finger to manipulate that stick as I do hit the Y button on my Xbox controller, making it very awkward to use.  If no Y shard abilities are directional, then it might be okay, but it seems more intuitive to aim with the normal directional controls than to have a separate control just for that purpose.
5. This is probably an early build thing, but currently Miriam clips through the walls.
6. Some of the platforms, the nets mostly, aren't immediately obvious(I had to check my map to realize I had missed the way forward).  Maybe a bit more contrast would be good for some of those.  On the other hand, it may just be something I get used to.  
7. Speaking of platforms, when Miriam jumps through passable platforms, she currently passes behind them.  It's nothing major, but it does look slightly peculiar.  It may be worthwhile to try a build where she passes in front of them and see if that looks better.
8. Finally, thanks to IGA, Mana, ArtPlay, Inti Creates and everyone else who helped to bring this demo to us.  I haven't been this excited for a new game in a long time.

My two cents playing this demo

1. I would like to swing my sword in all direction, not just diagonaly down.
2. I would like to cast the water blast in all direction just like fire, I dont understand why water isnt this way.
3. The flail head knight swing stops if your performing a midjump, making you waste mana for basicly nothing.
4. The armor or items you wear should reflect on your avatar in the inventory menu, the headband is cute but from far away its hard to see, seeing it in your inventory menu character would be nice.
5. More thunder and lighting effect in the enviroment would be nice, as for the inside of the ship it should also be darker, its to bright. a ocasionaly flash of the thunder would make the boat enviroment awesome.

Anyone reach max level?