Just playing this game without any updates, I can see why people who played early before the patch said the combat is not smooth.
I played this game from PS+ and really loved it, so I bought the physical disc from a store.
It cost me 500 Baht (around $15). I played the game from the disc without any updates (Ver 1.00) to see the differences between this version and the latest patch.
I played until I got Violent Gale, and my god, Violent Gale feels really bad to use! It's so slow and you can’t cancel into martial arts, you have to wait for the animation to end before you can use them. Before you can pull that combo off, the enemy's panic state is already gone, and you get punished by the enemy’s hyper armor.
And almost every martial art costs more Ki. For example, the paired sword's Mumyo-ryu (R1 + Square) costs 1.5/4 of your maximum Ki, Kyoshin-ryu (R1 + Square) costs almost half of your Ki, and Niten-ryu (R1 + Triangle) costs double Ki compare to the latest patch. I could go on and on.
I can see why people use only normal attacks instead of martial arts—they simply use too much Ki.
The interesting part in this version is that you can bypass Violent Gale by pre-switching your stance and pressing R1 to perform a blade flash instead, or pre-switching your stance to perform martial arts. However, it is really hard to pull off because you need perfect frame timing for both.
And here’s another thing I noticed in this version
- accessory from blue demon only has one sub stat
- in this version they call “blade flash gauge“ Instead of “blood gauge”
- sub-missions icon are different
- some gear with Exquisite rarity doesn’t have sub stat, they only have set bonus
- Some sub stat have a different color (for example, ”attack+damage taken“ is always blue, but in this version, it is green)
- world map always have fog you have to go there to clear the fog first
- some dual sword thug has the same move-set like ninja they can use shuriken and run to you really fast
Sorry, English is not my first language, but I just want to share something I find interesting. I hope you understand. 🙏
If I notice anything different, I'm going to come back and update this post or maybe make another post.
Blue demon’s accessory only has one fixed sub stat
Not have sub stat only have set bonus
