[quote name='Strell']It interests me, but nerfing the guy I wanted out of the gate in a crippling way for something I'd describe as "his normal set of moves" makes the demo trash. I'm guessing no one played the demo, which is fair and good, since if someone already has the intention to play this, they'll jump in head first. That's fine. But the demo is horrible because Alucard - the big badass dhampeel - could move faster with a damn Rascal. That's a bad way to introduce me.
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The demo isn't very good for this game.
The speed works for the game, and really if the characters moved faster you would roll the levels even faster with Soma's and Alucards best weapons.
The game has some issues, Alucard spells all suck for the most part, so you would probably hate that fact as well. He's sorta a junky character until you get the Fist, Yatsuna, or Valmanway. I think the game would be overall much better if they nerfed the best weapons and spells and made all the other spells and weapons better.
The are a lot of odd choices, like Artemis shoes which you can buy being one of the best if not the best footware for the girls and why Alucards spells are absolutely terrible.
But, it is what it is... I don't see them making any changes besides bug fixes.
One other issue is that people who pick up the game now will play with mostly overpowered Charlottes, Alucards, and Somas. So those characters will just destroy the bosses and it will be hard to really play the game as intended. Castle crashers had this same issue.