Cancelled

A good parry mechanic is a kind of redemption.

In the face of a good parry mechanic, the grandest of bosses are equivalent to rank-and-file mobs.

You’re a monster the size of a building?

A screenshot from the V.A Proxy demo, showing the robot main character on a flyover looking out across an abandoned city

You’re the demonic manifestation of a protagonist’s mother issues?

You’re capitalism incarnate?

You’re wielding eight chainsaws at once?

A screenshot from the V.A Proxy demo, showing an aerial view of a post-apocalyptic world with a flying robot bird in the centre

I’m not just going to survive your onslaught.

I’m going todismissit.

Blocking is akin to maintaining a poker face while you’re being harangued by your boss over Zoom.

A screenshot from the V.A Proxy demo, showing the main robot character fighting with a huge robot bird

It is “nope” said so quietly that it shuts everything else up.

Perhaps predictably, the demo’s combat isn’t quite as majestic as the gifs suggest.

The lock-on is a bit impetuous, yanking you towards off-screen enemies.

The animations don’t communicate the combo timing as well as they could.

There’s a massive orange eye in the distance, peeking around a mountain.

If you also enjoyed the demo, developer Pyrolith has aPatreon.