E3 Demo Feedback for the developer's team

Another small suggestion. Miriam should have a subtle breathing animation in the menu rather than being frozen.

I think that was the complaint, but that it stemmed specifically from the fact that the (voiced) dialogue carried emotions which the game's visuals manifestly failed to reflect.  That failure seems to have been largely owing to a terribly misguided stylistic direction, perhaps stimulated by dev timeline pressures and laziness.

On the topic of Miriam's reaction to the boss enemy, I've tried visualizing what kind of reaction would work in this case, and nothing does.  Her default face expresses calculated seriousness.  Even so much as a slight squint of the eyes would imply things about her persona which simply do not exist without the expression.  If IGA or whoever's in charge of this aspect of the game doesn't want any such thing implied, then their current approach was the correct one.  Maybe it's easier to guess that the non-expression could be thanks more to the fact that the entire demo effort is effectively a work-in-progress.  Personally, I feel that the demo was specifically coordinated to be as fully representative of the final product as Inti Creates could make it, and that every other task was put on hold to help make it happen, so that when the game finally ships, there would be zero chance of hindsight remorse, the way there very definitely was with MN9.

Good idea! Waifu Inspector CONFIRMED...

Thanks for the demo! I've played through it a couple of times and it definitely got me excited for the final game!

I have a couple of comments and things I'm hoping will be fixed in the final game:
- support for 1440p resolution
- unlocked framerates (seems to be capped at 60 fps at the moment)
- more balanced gameplay? Some of the monsters throughout the level seems to be too easy, while the final boss in the level is really hard in comparison.
- don't know what the scope of the final game is (how many levels/bosses/etc.) but I'm hoping there will be a feeling of progression, throughout the game, so that every level doesn't feel the same
- hopefully also a great variety in types of monsters, that you'll face throughout the game
- monster graphics/textures more polished? Some of the monsters seems to have been drawn quickly and doesn't look as polished and/or fleshed out as the main character and the final boss. Here's hoping that every monster and character in the game will receive the same amount of polish and care, so they all end up looking equally awesome!
- more variety in the music? Different moods for different scenes of the level? Better samples and/or live recordings? Some of the music seems to be a little too much MIDI / cheap synth-sounding imho.

I'm aware that this is an early version of the game and that the final version will probably be really awesome! There's also a lot of things I love about the demo, so all of the above is just meant as constructive criticism based on my experience with the demo.
Looking forward to playing the beta and the final game once it comes out!

This ^^^ 

Hey! Thanks for the feedback. This piece stood out to me, and I wanted to speak on it a bit...

To me, this really sounds like input delay. I'm thinking something hardware-related is slowing the speed at which the game is reading your inputs. This could be: a controller not optimized for PC or functioning through a converter, your computer's monitor, the PC itself, or even possibly a combination of these 3 things. I'm a fighting game player myself, so I'm sensitive to this sort of thing, and what you're describing sounds exactly like input delay caused by (usually) something outside of the software.

I would look at trying a comparable side scrolling game under similar circumstances on your PC and see how that compares, and also trying to run the game in 720p resolution so that it may function better.

I'm now wondering if a lot of the slowness/responsiveness feedback I've seen is actually the same sort of issue...

genemag I know what you mean, though it doesn't sound quite like what he was describing as a detriment to his casual gameplay and finishing the demo (slower response and movement rather than dropped inputs). I don't think that an input buffer is per se that much of a necessity or so much an integral part of just playing the game, as it had sounded from his post. It sounded like a constant rather than canceling into other actions.

He could have been experiencing that for sure, but I wouldn't say it's 100% since input lag is definitely a thing on many non-gaming monitors or TVs, up to 60 ms or so. Add to that say an iffy wireless controller/converter and a PC that might be struggling, and the game would definitely not feel right compared to say, standard DSvania or SotN.

I noticed that too! A very minor detail but it did look pretty bad in my opinion =/

but you can clearly see a size difference  betwen her feets with her normal attire and the kung fu shoes, and they looks specialy bad in the boss intro cinematic, they almost seems clown-shoes..or sora shoes from kingdom hearts