Dancin' Divas (SAGE '21 Demo)

I think it plays very well for a demo!

Pros:
- Fun graphical style, reminds me a lot of Battletoads
- Lots of voice acting per character which is hard to get all setup
- Each character plays differently a la Final Fight/Streets of Rage
- Music was very fun, there's a very nice presentation overall
- Any beat 'em up with grabs is a + for me
- I like the variety of moves you have


Critique:
- SoR-style grab lacks i-frames, often you get punished for accidentally grabbing an enemy. Although the forward throw seems to work a lot better than the back
- Second boss fight two punishing? Incredibly quick changes means you basically just have to jump attack between huge damaging and fast moves
- Attacks lack a lot of reach, you have little vertical space to your hits and little horizontal space (even for the Zan-girl),
- Often full combos won't connect with each other, inconsistent hitboxes maybe?
- You're probably already aware of the stage bug that doesn't save your character if you game over, so if you game over, switch a character, and move (in my experience it was always stage 3) to the next stage - you just get your original character
- The DP (down up) and the side attack didn't seem very useful? You couldn't combo into them and the side attack often left you open.

whoops, this is where you can review stuff. I already said this in the comments but
oh well Imma post it here anyways

Came for the cute girls, stayed for the gameplay + character design.
I love this game, hands down (or is that hands up?)

Pros;
-the MIDI music is great
-Voice acting was unexpected but welcomed
-Animations are minimal but that's what makes it express more weight to attacks
-cultural representation works for the characters' special moves [e.g. hina's gong move]
-enemy names are Whitty
-the bosses being Halloween themed is awesome
-everyone's screen clearing move is creative
-I had a big stupid smile across my face the entire time I was playing
-THANK YOU for not having to reset the whole game when you lost all your lives
-short cutscenes, more gameplay baby
-sofia busts a move during her special attack which makes her best girl

Cons;
-with the car chase, you can camp in the bottom and not get hit by barrels
-it would have been cool to go through the holes in the walls [e.g. the robot breaks the wall at the starting level and after you beat it, you can walk to the wall to access a secret level or shop]
-that's it really.

Hope this review was helpful!
I wish you the best of luck