• Youtube Link / Twitch Link
• Graphics : Fine
• GUI : Mostly fine but has issues, certain elements not working.
• Performance : Fine
• Music / Sfx : 
  • Music : Fine albeit a bit repetitive, could do with more variety.
  • SFX : Seemed Fine
• Gameplay : Controls seemed to have some issues on being input.
• Misc Issues : 
  • The graphical effect for the transition of selecting a level is pretty extreme and snaps back to normalcy at a breakneck pace , it looks a bit jank tbf.
• Notes :
  • Total time played was about six minutes due to the game hanging consistently combat.
  • Retro filter might need to be tuned down a bit, it feels a bit excessive.
• Final Thoughts : I'm not sure what to think from the difficulties playing it, if the game gets patched certainly let me know as I'll take a look at it again.

I tried Between Gods out(the browser version here on itch) and I love it. Wishlisted!

You took a simple concept of parrying, and made it into a short, enjoyable experience. I love it. I was a little bit confused sometimes as the spacebar would popup at the same time as I was instructed to hit a key to parry, and I got confused(I'm also bad at these type of reaction games so the stimuli probably overwhelms me lol). I also wasn't sure if the buttons on the top of the screen on the map were supposed to be clickable, but now I see they're essentially a "legend" for the map. Just took me some time to figure that out (probably a "me thing" and not a design issue).

Also, regarding tutorials, thank you for using images to explain how to attack or parry! It was super easy for me to understand the mechanics without some long, boring tutorial and a wall of text explaining things.

I especially like the music. I think it matches the theme of the game really well, and the announcer voice reminds me of old arcade games. I could definitely see this at an arcade, with me sinking coin after coin into the game trying not to mess up and get further than I did last time, haha!

Best of luck to you on your journey to release!

I'm playing the Steam version, and have wishlisted it.

I played for a while, beating the first god, and getting all of the 5 cost upgrades along with one 15 cost upgrade. I'll play more later after I check out more jam games. Overall everything feels a bit better than when I played before. Having some practice it was also easier to get into the game and start building up the character.

With the limited number of uses, I don't value weapons and armor much, and will favor amulets. I also favor passive amulets that last over consumables, but that is common for most games I play. I often favor attack amulets first, then parry. Max HP is low, unless there is a Bonfire nearby or I have some other way to heal soon.

When I went to the settings it showed the defaults in the fields, even though the game was not in full screen, nor at 1280x720. When I clicked on each it first switched to that default value, then I could change it. After that when I left and came back it showed the correct values. When the game started in fullscreen I did use Alt-Enter to switch out of it, so that is likely the reason.

I like the new popups you've added since I last played.

I got to the How To Parry popup and pressing Esc is not closing it. I'd just gotten a new weapon and wanted to double check something on it so was pressing Tab as things started, so maybe that caused an issue with focus. I tried clicking on things other than the button to get focus, along with pressing Tab again, but it did not get to where Esc worked. Clicking on the button worked fine.

With the need to go back to the menu regularly to get Masteries, the load time does feel a bit long.

I finally got to a Merger location with amulets to merge. The green button, that I assume is to Merge, is mostly under the Back button. Enough sticks out that I can click on it. After the merge, when trying to exit, I got the popup on merging. Both the Exit button and the Info button brought up the Info screen when clicked on. Pressing Esc worked to exit.

Great Master Shield says "Chance De Congelar Al Enemigo En Parry". Most of it was easy enough to understand, but I wasn't familiar with Congelar, so had to look it up.

I intentionally kept this review window to around five to ten minutes so I could reach more jam entries and give more developers feedback. I played on Windows 11 using Chrome, and focused on the page, onboarding, controls, presentation, and immediate hook.

First of all, putting a Steam wishlist button both inside the game and directly on the itch page is smart as hell. Sorry, but I will be stealing that lmao. The opening music is epic, the premise is immediately clear, and the artwork establishes the divine-rebellion theme extremely well. I also like the character designs, and even the locked silhouettes suggest that the rest of the roster has been designed with the same care.

The playable tutorial does a good job introducing the mechanics, although I repeatedly ended up on the character upgrade screen when clicking Start Game from character selection, possibly because I was moving too quickly, but it is worth testing. The character artwork initially looks great, but during gameplay the main character appears overly bright and loses a lot of the detail and readability present in the portraits. I am personally not sold on the combat controls yet, because the timing-heavy, stop-start rhythm feels almost turn-based while still continuing in real time, which came across as clunky rather than deliberate to me. I tested with keyboard and mouse, but the control scheme looks like it may feel much better on a controller or Steam Deck. Either way, I wishlisted the game and genuinely hope the release goes well.

If you have two minutes between divine murders, I would love a playtest trade on BEAT BAES. Different gods, same questionable combat decisions.

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