if this game gets a multiplayer mode i will personally come kiss the developer on the mouth

Shady Knight is a game I _wish_ I made. It unapologetically leans into "finding the fun". It has an economy of design whereby every affordance of every game mechanic is well explored and polished. In other words, that crazy, over the top sequence of tricks you're thinking about doing? You can probably do it.

I can't count the number of times I've had to catch my breath in this game. When time slowed down after my first bouncepad jump with the bow, I had to stop playing for a second because of how good it felt.

If you love movement shooters, this is an obvious buy. If you loved Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, and played it multiple times because you were enjoying it so much, this is like a distilled version of that one's already excellent combat. If you are interested in game design, and want to see how much play you can create with only a few verbs, this is also for you. If you're a skeptic about first person melee mechanics, this will show you how you do it right - not by trying to simulate close quarter combat strictly and accurately, but by painting an expressionistic fever dream of a mid-fight adrenaline high.

Arcady, tricky, high skill ceiling, great for speed runners and style kings. This game makes you feel alive.

Possibly the greatest first person movement I have ever experienced <3 The amount of attention to small details is insane, it's suuuuper worth the price!!

Hey, please add workshop, endless mode and multiplayer, ok?

Overall, i recommend the game. However there are MAJOR issues i feel that make the game *very* frustrating, as opposed to difficult. I'll delve into it all through various paragraphs below

Firstly, i want to preface that this has been my most hyped game for a good year, and i was excited for it even before that. The demo was very fun, so my hype for this game was at an all time high. Sadly, in it's current state, i don't feel it's quite reached the levels i hoped it would, but the good news is that, if cptnsigh decides to look into my critiques, the issues i personally feel the game has can be remedied. The things i love about the game will be at the bottom, as i want my criticism to be the forefront of this, so that it can hopefully be addressed in some way

I have made it through to the "Cold Blood" level as of writing this review, which for the unaware, is the third chapter in the game. And unfortunately i feel everything after the first area is flawed, difficulty spikes feel way too inconsistent. i have accidentally SSS'd a level (in chapter 2 to be exact, don't remember the level name), while spending about an hour to not even be able to S another that came right after it. Difficulty is all over the place, and i wanna explain why i feel that is

Issues:

Firstly, Spiders... they aren't fun. as another person said in their review, in the demo they were fairly manageable. here though, their attacks vary widely in aggressiveness and in the heat of the moment, i tend to have difficulty differentiating normal and explosive spiders, sometimes leading to a cheap, annoying hit. may just be me, but i feel there needs to be an easier way to tell these two apart, and they need to have more consistent speed.

Next up, I feel the hitboxes on a lot of interactables are way too small. Way too many times have i touched a rope, just for my character to i guess be ever so slightly off (even if i'm sure i touched it), leading to me missing the rope and falling to the abyss, which of course, is a hit, or even a death

Next up, the game does not really do a good job of explaining most things to me. Some things get a text pop up explaining them, other times, the only way to get an idea of how a thing works is to just mess with it, or sometimes manage to come across a pictured hint on the geometry of a level. in a game that i'm trying to speed through levels to maintain both momentum, as well as my Rank Meter, making me need to stop to look at an image and puzzle what it means isn't a great idea in my opinion. maybe it's done this way to incentivize playing the game slowly the first time around, and once you know everything, going back through and SSS'ing the levels. but that hasn't been particularly conveyed to me. though this could entirely be my fault, i may be missing something, if so, hopefully cptnsigh will reply and correct or inform me

Finally, momentum. It feels wildly inconsistent. I can't even put my finger on why exactly, some things that i do slow me to a crawl when they otherwise wouldn't. And on the contrary, dashing to weapons feels like it throws me way too far. many of my deaths have been getting flung off the map by just trying to grab a weapon. Again, maybe i'm doing something wrong? I fully intend on continuing through the game and will revise this section if i feel i'm improving enough for this to be user error

Reasons it's worth getting:

Apart from the aforementioned issues, the game is *very* tight to control. All the little animations added to weapons, from swinging to throwing to deflecting/parrying, make them extremely satisfying to use. Every weapon is fun to use, and feels weighty enough that when you hit enemies, the way they react will never get old. The physics systems are very satisfying and the ways they complement the gameplay add a lot to the overall experience

Art style is one of my favorites i've seen from a recent game release. This is for sure a unique and good looking game, and it performs extremely well. no complaints with the art style, visual quality, and designs of the game

Music is very well done. Not much to say on it other than it's great, the music during "The Lancers" is definitely my favorite thus far. Cannot wait for a soundtrack release, will be buying when/if it comes to steam

Overall, even with the issues i presented, it's still my indie game of the year. I love it and see myself 100%ing it's achievements, but would love for my issues with it to be addressed first. I feel the core of the game is absolutely amazing. i just hope the kinks can be ironed out. or i'm having a skill issue lmao

grapple hooked off a chandelier and drop kicked a spider into a pile of barrels
broke the barrel over a knights head, slidekicked him off a ledge, took his sword, then threw it three floors up into a tiny wooden pallet so I could trampouline off an archers head and use the sword as leverage to get to the end of the level, skipping several enemies along the way
10/10

it reminds me of a game like ghost runner but more about fighting, and more importantly has ragdoll physics

Medieval Ultrakill

While I havent played much at time of reveiw, on day 1 this game is definitely worth buying HOWEVER there are multiple bugs i have experienced, though they are usually just wierd physics or wall clips (and sometimes visual bugs.

Its called medieval ultrakill for a reason.

excellent game, the combat is sick as hell
the only complaint is it's very easy to get lost in some levels and get stuck
so perhaps a way to be shown how to progress if you need it?