/vr/ - Retro Games

Why are the spells in this so terrible? The two Spirit spells are really good, but literally every other spell (excluding transformation ones) sucks.

>Dark Metamorphosis
8hp per hit, only on bleeding enemies (which aren't that common), and only if the blood touches you. 8hp is basically nothing after the very beginning of the game, and a lot of great weapons (like the Holy Rod) don't even let bleeding enemies bleed.

>Soul Steal
Pretty solid damage and a decent heal... IF you're on a screen with a shitload of weak enemies and candles everywhere. Anywhere else it's dogshit. It's also the trickiest Spell input, and the pickiest, not to mention the absurdly high Mana consumption. The ONLY practical use of this spell in the entire game is Granfaloon, and that's one of the easiest bosses.

>Hellfire
It's crap, plain and simple. It does mediocre damage, takes too much start up time to be a decent evade, and takes so long from input to cast that you're never going to hit anything mobile with it, and the things you WILL hit can just be damaged a shitload more in less time with your sword.

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