Gravity Circuit demo playthrough (Next Fest Feb 2023)
1The trailer for this game quickly caught my eye; its Mega Man X/Zero influences are rather clear, and its mechanics looked promising.
The mechanics indeed do seem super-solid; in addition, the visual design is very clear, and the music and sound seem great as well. There's clearly plenty of speedrunning potential too, which will be entertaining to see (I have no plans of tackling that myself).
There are so many facets to the mechanics, however, that I feel like I'm severely underusing them, and failing to capitalize on all of them together at once. Since you have rather limited burst uses, I end up hoarding energy and only using it for healing/defense, which is probably a waste. It'll be interesting to see whether the full game can provide a smoother learning experience, as it might have a chance to introduce some of the mechanics more gradually.