Reviews for The Blind Swordsman

[zqmfbg]

Maybe I'm just horrible, but even with headphones, I can't seem to even get past the first enemy. I've tried attacking, blocking, whatever, when he's in front of me- and I've even tried turning around completely even when he's "in front" in case he's behind but after countless attempts I keep dying. Is there some timing issue I'm missing or something that's keeping me from playing the game? I have a dynamic headset and I'm not an idiot, so I don't feel like this should be unbeatable :/

I see the potential for a great game, and after reading comments I can see people have progressed further, but without a tutorial of any kind, I am simply unsure of what to do.

[EqualPlatinum]

Very good idea but as others have said it technically doesn't work well enough to play effictievly. It was too hard to tell where the enemy was

[MisterJ666]

Hi Evil-Dog and everyone involved in this game,

I've been studying sound design for a couple of years now and it's refreshing to see something experiment with audio to this full effect. I hope you continue to do so in your games as I think it's a very important part to games.

I did enjoy the concept of really listening for the voice to get your timing right. I just think there are a few things you could have done to make it a bit easier to play. Bear in mind my headphones aren't fabulous but I'm sure you want your audience to have a range of different quality headphones.

Firstly I think it was hard to know when you were moving. Because the players footsteps mixed in heavily with the enemies it was hard to distinguish between them. Perhaps a visual cue like a keyboard glowing when you pressed each button will help with that sort of thing.

I also think the non diegetic music was a big distraction trying to listen to the diegetic noise of the fight. To avoid it sounding empty you could some natural ambience of nightlife wildlife or the wind blowing etc; to still get the tone your going for.

However I think this was a very creative project and a great concept. Wish I could work on something like it some time!

[keeton52]

I like the concept but unless you have headphones with good 3D sound, it's a bit too much.

[ponyfan231]

really hard but I gusse bean blind not that easy as it looks