Combine Sekiro and Risk of Rain 2 and you're pretty close to this unhinged open-world game's Steam Next Fest demo, which I was only kind of into until I parried the ground

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The demo for V.A Proxyis rough around the edges.

There’s very little direction or guidance perhaps intentionally so it’s easy to feel lost.

The new V.A Proxy update is pretty cool but my combos still suck compared to whats possible.

I’ll probably post a better one later today.

#VAProxy pic.twitter.com/AmKFxuneWROctober 15, 2024

The glue that holds V.A Proxy together is parrying.

Games like Sekiro treat parrying as a core defensive maneuver.

V.A Proxy approaches it more like a law of the universe.

Your superbot parries as naturally and effortlessly as it sprints, and theclangof nailing the timing is always fantastic.

The high point of my demo was one early boss with an energy bazooka, so that bodes well.

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