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Oh, the other thing I found is that there is no indication of how many of an enemy you have killed for a quest (i.e. quest progress). So, if I take a quest to kill 3 Dullahammers, then I should be able to see somehow the number of Dullahammers I have killed and how many I have left to kill to complete the quest. Right now, you just have to count and remember to know when to head back to collect the quest completion award.

well i saw the tweet about keyboard not being supported on this demo and was left scratching but i still had some hope considering i owned a steam controller but that also wasnt supported and the game is unplayable with both methods of playing. would like to give feedback but sadly until i have a way to actually pass the menu im afraid i have no comments on the actual demo

I have a few pieces of feedback in this wonderful demo:

1. When there is dialogue, the in game text does a weird thing where the text doesn't move on the the next line until the words are out of the text box. Only then will the words indent to the next line. It's a minor annoyance but a polishing request.

2. The mini map has some customization features that are all great except you can not zoom out as much as you should be able to. Doing the max zoom out of the Galleon Minerva mini map still leaves a big empty space on the bottom half of the mini map screen. The Zoom out should make the map take up the whole space, or centered in the middle if not.

P.S.A. The Steam discussions on matters is a very.....'rough' read, proceed with caution.

A bestiary is a given in the final version... right? Most of the monsters are going to drop shards, equipment, items, and materials for crafting so I figured that I didn't even need to mention a bestiary as a feature to add, but if a bestiary is not in the works, you must reconsider

I few more tidbits of feedback after a bit more of playtime.

1. I would really appreciate a Japanese language option - not just the voices, but the text as well.
Not sure it's possible at this point, but it's something I'd love to have.

2.  So, I went back to the starting point in the Minerva, and seen Johannes there was really odd. I mean, you supposedly already made land. It might be funny if he quipped something about what he's doing there, but you can't even interact with him - he's just part of the furniture.

3. It was mentioned a lot in an earlier thread, but having  the save room in the Minerva look exactly like those in the castle is a bit jarring.

4. PC games normally have lots of settings - not just graphical settings, but volume controls for voices, effects, BGM, etc. I know there's a strong possibility they'll be there for the retail version, I thought I'd mention it just in case.

I would much rather it be an option than removed entirely. For all I know it would be useful in some parts of the game. But at the same time I'd love to turn it off for screenshots or immersion's sake during areas where its not that big a deal, like right there.

Yeah totally fine with a toggle as I said maybe there's a specific reason for them but for immersion sake I would love to be able to turn it off because those areas could look even more pretty without having Miriam's shadow ruining it.

Also I'd like to mention I'm loving all the weapon variety but I've noticed a lack of unique sound effects for them. Like for instance the Gram visually looks really cool ( big arse red sword ) but it sounds like any other heavy sword. I'm sure there will be weapons with unique sounds but it'd be cool if more of the unique looking weapons had a tonal change in some way.

Liked the demo, but still I got some feedback and thoughts that I hope are useful, I know some of there are still a work in progress, but still:

Dialog:
- Mouth movement, animation and detail of the 3D models looks awkward. Animations and models can be polished and make it look better, but to be honest, I would prefer a portrait or an image maybe based on their concept art maybe?, both could either change based on the dialog or be static and have the gameplay models move or act (?) as some Castlevanias did in the past.
- The transition into dialog is way too long as well as transitioning off of it, meaning that talking to Johannes or Dominique to do some shopping or alchemy takes too much time, so I end up mashing "Start" to get past the dialog windows as fast as I can. This could be fixed by adding some meaningful "acting" in the background or simply making them shorter, at least for vendors.
- Font lacks... flavor? and makes it look generic. This could be fixed by either changing the font, adding shadows or whatever makes if look as part of the dialog bubble instead of something pasted on top of it (I'm obviously not an expert)

Audio
- Would be great to have an option to enable Japanese (couldn't find the way some people know from E3)
- When attacking, the voice acting is either too long or too loud (or both?), and that makes it a bit anoying pretty quickly.
- (Might be intended) Some of the enemy audios of enemies are too loud while other more important ones are too low. For example, the flapping of the Aellos is usually to loud, while the bone throw of the Bone Morte can be barely heard, so puting these two in the same area, would be annoying, especially if one is attacking you from off the screen.

Gameplay:
- Some animations feel clunky or sluggish, like in the case of jumping, sliding, attacking and turning back. For example, in the case of jumping there is a jump and fall animation, with a quick-ish transition between the two and about a second of hover which makes it feel kind of weird.
- The background feels empty in several places, whether it is lack of foliage, weird or unpolished textures, a very empty background image or one that doesn't synergize (?) with the rest, etc.
- (Some of these might be intended) Some monsters have kind of a weird behavior, for example the Aello flies around for quite a long time before rushing to you out of the blue or throws the Gale at you if you ignore it too much. Another one is the Sabnock that always walks about 3-4 steps and would end up like trying to touch you before even thinking of launching an attack when you were in range about 1-2 steps away.
- It would be great to have a quick way to swap the type of bullet you use with the guns or have it as a second weapon, because while I don't have issues to go into the menu to change Shards, equipment or using potions, I feel a bit frustrating to have to go into the menu to change the type of bullet because you are wasting your good bullets in environmental objects or weak enemies. You could also make it a very common drop, get rid of bullet quantity, or get rid of bullets... just something that will make it viable.
- Loved the way Head, Scarf and Accessory equipment slots affect the way that you look (my Nerdy Elven Pirate will tell you so), but I would love to see the body armor get some visual representation, it could change the color palet, give you some color effects, add little bits of armor or get you to look more armored/badass the higher the level of the armor, doesn't have to be something big, but a little something would be great.
- Some enemies are small, slow and their colors blend easilly with the background. They are not too hard to spot, but hard enough to be annoying.
- The downward diagonal attacks that some small/medium weapons have (like daggers, boots and some swords) fells awkward to pull off, although I didn't even remember it existed.
- I guess the damage numbers are not correctly resolving some damage resistances, because I was able to kill a monster with 2 Summon Bat (Grade ~4) of 19 Damage, but a Spear attack that did 43 damage was not able to kill the same type of monster.
- (Probably a work in progress) An explanation of the effect of each stat or "Parameter" would be great.


Overall pretty nice, but there is room for improvement.

Best regards!