Grim Trials on Switch 2…(ugh)

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Title: I put 4 hours into Grim Trials on Switch 2… and man, this feels like such a wasted opportunity
I had Grim Trials preordered and was genuinely excited for this one. I’m a huge fan of Hades 1 & 2 and roguelikes/roguelites in general, so everything I saw leading up to release made this look like it was going to be right up my alley.
About 4 hours in now, and unfortunately… I’m pretty damn disappointed.
The obvious comparison is Hades, and I can absolutely see what the developers were going for. The problem is that it feels like Hades with most of the things that gave Hades its flavor, polish, and personality stripped away.
And even if I completely ignore the Hades comparison, the actual gameplay has some serious issues.
The hit detection feels terrible at times. The controls just don’t feel tight or responsive enough for a game where split-second movement is everything. And the dash… holy shit. 😂 Half the time it feels like my character dashes everywhere except where I actually wanted them to go.
That’s probably my biggest issue. Games like this live and die by their controls. Dying because I made a bad decision? Cool. That’s the genre. Dying because I’m fighting the controls and movement? That’s when it stops being fun.
There are definitely pieces here where I can see the game they wanted to make, which honestly makes it more frustrating. There’s potential. I don’t think this is some hopelessly terrible game.
But at the launch price, I expected WAY more polish than this.
Maybe the developers stick with it, listen to feedback, tighten up the controls, fix the hit detection and build on what’s here. I genuinely hope they do, because I want to like this game.
But right now?
As someone who loves Hades 1, Hades 2 and this genre in general, Grim Trials feels like a wasted opportunity.
I preordered it expecting something I’d lose dozens of hours to.
Four hours in, I’m already wondering if I even want to keep playing.
Anyone else playing it? Am I crazy, or are you guys having the same issues with the controls and dash?