Roonerspism posted:

I just played through the prototype. I play a lot of tactical RPGs and consider myself very good at them. Familiar with MMO raids but never played them myself.
I beat Stages 0 and 1 in one attempt (barely snuck under what seems like a hard enrage in stage 1), then beat Stage 2 in two attempts (needed a practice run to fully understand the counterplay to Blaze of Glory)
I enjoyed it overall, I don't really have any complaints about the game mechanics. Here's some loose thoughts on things that were unclear:


I can't seem to find a way to figure out the current/max HP of summons, like Sumireko's barricades and the volcanic fairies.

The difference between the different kinds of boss actions (the lightning bolt, caution sign and retry arrow) in the turn order didn't really stick with me until halfway through Stage 1. The warnings that appear on the actual map and the way bosses always stick to one-second intervals were fairly intuitive, so I eventually figured it out.
--Maybe "Begins casting" actions should have duller italicized text or something
----edit: actually, the reason that this is important in the turn order is because it's when they lock in their aim. But a retry arrow looks more like "they're reloading this abillity" or something? hmm... not sure what I'd change it to
--The "Immediate" and "Finishes casting" icons look very different in the UI even though they basically mean the same thing when they happen

Because the boss HP bar is right there under the boss, I didn't really bother paying attention to the bottom-right. Only realized that there was important information there (e.g. the enrage timers) when I was almost done with the entire game.

Generally, the visuals are very clear (e.g. the boss WILL move to this spot, this attack WILL reduce this HP bar, etc.) but the text is sometimes ambiguous. A small but clear example: Youmu claims to be able to parry "attacks" (rather than "enemy attacks"), but Marisa's laser will still deal HP damage to her. You can see this in the damage preview.

SyntheticPolygon posted:

Yeah ok, but is Yamame playable?

Clarste posted:

Blaziken386 posted:

it's important people realize that's not a giant spoon


it's a spork

El Burbo posted:

Clarste posted:

Yuuma Toutetsu Species: Toutetsu Power: To absorb anything

A divine beast in the form of a lamb. Through greed and gluttony, she can swallow anything whole, physical or spiritual, organic or inorganic. Furthermore, by swallowing something she gains an understanding of it, and gains its power. Her personality also seems to be influenced by what she eats.

Clarste posted:

Controversial opinion, but I think the game should have a jump button so you can jump over things. Maybe also jump up to hit things? I don't know, just spitballing here.

Meeko posted:

The Fantasy maiden wars NG+ patch is confirmed to be released before christmas! No exact date was given.

Can't wait to take some of those super lategame units out on a rampage from the very start...

rannum posted:

This is the patch that also adds boss dialog for every character right?

Coxswain Balls posted:

What's the performance like on the Switch version of Luna Nights compared to the PC version? It's on sale for the same price on Steam and the Switch store so if it runs as smoothly on the Switch the portability would be nice over the holidays.