I finally got around to trying out the remake, and was honestly super disappointed to find out that they completely replaced the grab system with a seek bar with playback control? There's no more mashing, nor do grabs do damage over time the longer you wait...
This would honestly be fine if it was just
an option, but there's no way to disable this and just go back to the original games style. Which is honestly a shame, because the mashes getting more difficult the lower your HP got, and grabs getting worse or outright starting entirely
new grabs if you didn't break out in time such was a pretty core mechanic of the original game.
Stuff like the Fallen Fairy's parasite insertion or scene where if you don't get her off your face fast enough it does a ton of damage and can potentially lead to an insta gameover, or how the Bee can heal you but drain your SP while filling its own just don't really feel possible with this. And it's not like I'm opposed to the idea in concept, I think it's neat as an option for people who don't like mashing and want more control. But this just feels like they made the normal gameplay into a glorified gallery, while also adding an
actual gallery.
Maybe they will add an option to use normal DOT mashing again, but
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they made covering the topic seems like they don't have any intention to. If that's the case, I guess I'm stuck using the buggy original, which is a shame cause I was really looking forward to the remake. It just completely ruins the immersion and flow of the scenes, and if I wanted to use playback controls I would just use
the gallery, not battle.