Update 39 - A Video, Playable Demo, E3 & Galleon Minerva

Makes complete sense. IGA mentioned it in an interview a long time ago. Different gear effects different things. Like Boots can increase speed, head equipment intelligence.  Looked like her kicks are more snappy.

Fun Trivia - The boss of the demo is named Vepar. Excerpts from their wikipedia entry:

"He governs the waters and guides armoured ships laden with ammunition and weapons; he can also make, if requested, the sea rough and stormy, and to appear full of ships."

"Vepar is depicted as a mermaid."

Other than the gender change (though demon genders and/or pronoun use are often kind of weird) this seems spot on


Given that they are going through the trouble to use 3D models and have weapons/armor/etc. already change your appearance, it makes sense that those changes would apply to cutscenes too. It would make actually less sense if they didn't

I wonder if you can use Morte Pillars as platforms like the old Bone Pillars. I wonder if Amys curse like old Ectoplasms.

I see nothing wrong with the enemies being too colorful, we had that on the previous IGAVANIA games too

I can't believe how excited I am.

I see influences from all my favorite vanias.

Yamane's track:

I hear a bit of dawn of sorrow mixed with a sotn feel.

Sound effects:

The fire sounds and a lot of the other effects have that bassy bombastic sound that SOTN had and the sound effects to that game were so iconic so thank you everyone working on this.

Shards:

I get that aria/dawn souls vibe which is fantastic.

Backdash and movements:

SOTN's feel.

Seriously, you can tell its its own game but it's being influenced by ALL the right things and it looks absolutely beautiful to boot.

Thank you Artplay, Inti, Mana, and all involved. This game has the potential to finally dethrone the king for me but it'll still be hard because I like Dracula as the main villain and playing as a vampire.

While I agree we should be careful getting overhyped, I still think it's good to express how excited we are when we like what we see.

Get moderately hyped, everyone!

MODERATELY HYPED YEAH!!!!

they haven't sent out the steam codes yet, but if you want some more  info you should watch the stream on twitch that starts in another hour and 5 mins?

I think IGA and his army will release the DEMO when they complete their E3 show. So just keep patient, because you have to keep patient for another 1 year