[Sensuki's Suggestions #008: A Feedback in Combat Comparison: PE vs IE]

Not to be rude, but it does make me wonder how often the developers open up an Infinity Engine game when noting down necessary functions. Improvements have been made since this time but videos like this really highlight how many things the Infinity Engine got so right. Lots and lots of modern games don't even have this kind of combat feedback.

[Combat readability analysis - graphics]

I don't have any advice on how to fix it, but yes to everything OP said.

[How are people finding the beta?]

As one of those poor souls lacking the wealth to fork out £110 to get to backer beta tier, I'd be interested to know how much those who do have it are enjoying it, and why.

 

The 2D environments are great, the combat is beyond abysmal.

 

On a scale of 1 to 10, I'm enjoying the beta regret/10.

 

Obviously the ship has sailed, but I'd cancel my order to get even a quarter of what I pledged back. I'm hoping I can offload an unopened collectors for like $40 after release.

 

 

[Interruption/Concentration: Why?]

IMO the Health/Stamina split + DT + Deflection is already enough complexity for general attack resolution, adding an interrupt mechanic on top of that is just needless complexity.

Needless complexity seems to have been one of the design goals.

[Interruption/Concentration: Why?]

I second everything OP posted.

[The General Combat Thread]

The combat is unresponsive and clumsy, and doesn't feel like it has any immediacy. The attacks, when they land, don't feel "chunky" (see, Doom2 supershotgun, Dark Souls Zweihander, Getting hit with an arrow in infinity engine, etc.). The combat animations in general are sluggish and weak.

The combat math seems to have been made complex just for the sake of being complex. If I'm playing a single character maybe I'll spend the time to squeeze out every last modifier and point, when I'm dragging six characters around I want them to be basically point and shoot. The systems backend is making ad&d look simple and intuitive, think about that.

Perhaps most damningly, it's just not fun. It's so far from fun that if I hadn't already backed I don't know I'd bother to check back later to see if massive changes brought it up to okay. The problems go way beyond what could be improved with number changes and bug fixes.

[[Merged] Co-Op Multiplayer as some potential future stretchgoal?]

It's not a feature I'd use, so it would just be resources diverted from the parts I enjoy.