So I went into this thinking it would be within the Metal Slug territory gameplay wise, and im having a really hard time adapting.

The movement and controls feel really clunky, like how you lose momentum and the screen stops every time you jump. Or trying to crouch and picking up something instead.

Ive gotten up to the first boss which I found the first time then was wandering around lost trying to find again, but I died fighting it because I was backed into the corner and there was no way to get past him? The roll doesnt have enough iframes to bypass large or multiple enemies so I dont really get the gameplay. It seems like its one of those games that, especially with the weapon crafting, just plays kinda broken until you make some ultra OP one shot weapon.

Couple other points to make:

The Gears style reload just doesnt make a lot of sense here, it only worked in gears because it was faster and you were typically chilling behind cover. In a game that you are jumping around and picking up stuff / rolling etc its just kinda janky to have this reload system in. It would be better at least if you had to press the reload button instead of it going into the reload automatically after empty.


Enemies touching you hurts you,
this is just a taaaaddd out of date game design yeah? so melee is more or less useless, and with the small jumpy enemies its this hilariously awkward dance to try to line up a shot before reload or getting touch stunned.


So am I crazy? am I playing this wrong, or expecting something different?

Just not feeling any type of gameplay flow which is important to me in a 2D platformer action game