Such nice gameplay! i love it!
Reviews for "Shadow Arts"
It is pretty fun. The combat system is fantastic, but you can switch between the characters at will so it is easy to use one to block with one and attack with another. I would say anyone playing it should focus on blocking and heal when they aren't being attacked if they need to while keeping their guard up.
I take it you're a fan of Lightning Returns?
So, not a bad game. Could use a bit more going on out of battle and more customization options
I really like the mechanic of the game, but I think I ran into some glitches.
- After I beat the second boss and the battle ended, the screen went black. When I reloaded the game and tried to start the story up again, it just took me to the level with no Talia or characters and I had no control over anything except for the menu options. I even tried to go to the campfire through the options and the screen came up black again. This happened twice: once on Newgrounds and a second time on Y8.
- Unless you press something, you will continue to run right after the battle. Is this intentional?
- I tried clicking on the Survival button, but it doesn't work.
- Talia repeats herself in the second level right before the boss with the hammer (she says something about the camp. This line came up earlier on in the level.
There are also other problems that I noticed:
- There is no way for me to reset my save game except for emptying my cookies.
- You offer no way to customize the controls and I really feel like it is necessary for this game or the controls just need to be rearranged because the set up is extremely awkward (how is a player suppose to reach the arrow keys easily during battle if they have to keep their fingers around the IOP keys.
- There is no explanation behind what the upgrades do at the campfire (Does it increase the damage, decrease the consumption on the abilities, or something else?)
- During the second boss battle with the hammer, when I use the shield, it only defends against one hit from the hammer. Is this suppose to happen?
Still, I really like the game and would really like to continue playing it, but can you please address these problems. I look forward to your next game.
jujaswe responds:
Thanks for the feedback! I'm in the middle of fixing the aforementioned glitches/bugs.
I love the combat it's pretty fun but the heal doesn't really seem to heal me that much and I would like to see it buffed a bit, although it is pretty fun combat, the sudden change in playstyle throws me off a lot, and if it could charge while you're using it instead of having to wait for it to recharge while you're using something like the (kinda pointless besides healing) magic, so people won't suddenly have to change to a different tactic, still pretty fun
jujaswe responds:
Thanks for the feedback! Much appreciated