action rpgs without character-specific leveling systems are fun, right. it's fun to be able to switch up your playstyle whenever you want, instead of having to accumulate and spend resources to respec or be forced to start a new playthrough, right? can we all agree on this and have it be the standard moving forwards. i get that it has a place in souls games and the like but god is it fun to be able to switch up tactics on a dime. really i just want more action games without them also being rpgs

gear is still stupid but i mind it less when it's easy to get, so long as "god rolls" or whatever are not a prerequisite for interesting content

[for the demo]

red flag when your only two female characters are designed specifically to appeal to the kind of indie airhead who wrote them

however the movement tied to the cards feels v good! could see the puzzles requiring strict solutions / less player expression than i'd like as the game goes on, but using purify to jump around obstacles was enough to sell me on the idea