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Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus
Overall: The overall appeal of this game for me is twofold. The depth of the fighting between two good players combined with the possibility that the next version could be Live enabled drives me to want to become expert at it.Gameplay: I enjoy the fact that buttonmashers will be destroyed. The depth of the game only became apparent after having opponents that had also played the game for more than a few hours.
Two main issues I'd like to see dealt with.
1. The camera switch needs to be fixed. I do not think it is as bad as others have made it out to be though as it is relatively easy to understand when it is likely to occur.
2. Tick damage on damaged limbs. Apparently there exists the ability to have small amounts of damage "bleed" through when the blocker has sustained limb damage, but at ship-time for the game, they disabled this. I do not know why, but I think thats a great feature.
Graphics: I think the game looks great and unlike some, I LIKE the fast movement. The environments are great and the look of a floor that Exile has just pile-drived a skull into is awesome.
Audio: I enjoy the techno-asian feel to the music and the battle sounds are great. I also like the many voice-overs and enjoy the "cheesiness" of some.
Suggestions: 1. Live, Live, Live... That possibility is why I do not expect to tire of this game. The desire to be great Day 1 on the next version's release. And not just Live fighting, but Live updates. Once the whole community can fight one another, we will more quickly be able to determine play-balance issues. The idea that you could tweak damage and fix characters to make an even playing field would be amazing.
2. Fix camera view.
3. Add Tick Damage.
4. Two more characters for each clan.
5. Listen to the community about character-play-balance issues... So far, I do not believe that we, the community, has had enough time, but eventually, we will have pretty strong views of which characters are second(Or even third) tier. I do not believe that some character SHOULD be weaker. When Live comes, it would be great to see a nice even spread of usage rather than the 2 or 3 most powerful dominating the scene. Again, I think it is too early now to know.
Overall Score: 9.0 / 10
