Free Step Dodge

In 8-1 the 1st time I reached the trident demon I was like "MY HEALTH BAR IS IMPETUOUS" but he killed me and my 50% health with 1 single throw, such despair. On the 2nd attempt at the demon I just paused the game and watched TheIKEDIH's playthrough on YouTube to beat it lol. The rest of the stages were like a walk in the park compared to those two. What was your hardest stage sir?

Dayyuuum fresh hard? Wow, you got quite a pair to do that lol, you abused Drunken Twist though right? Try 8-1 without it, i dare you, its the most demoralising thing in a videogame XD.

7-2 is insane, you pretty much have to launch enemies to separate them as much as you can, you're not beating that stage otherwise lol, the samurai is actually the easiest part imo lol, you should have weapons available and he's fairly easy to predict at a distance.

Oh god 8-1.... You're lucky you got a trident demon dawg, those guys are pushovers lol, but the stage follows the same rule of thumb in the game, separate and conquer, 8-2 is pretty dumb as well lol.

7-2 and 8-1 are the hardest stages, without a doubt, Azel was also pretty ridiculous, badass, but ridiculous lol.

Bruh no DT? Do you hate me? I'm just gonna use the other drunken punches which have the same properties m8. Is there even anything considered "cheap" in a game where you face 8 enemies at the same time who kill you in 3 goddamn hits and on top of that they resist HUNDREDS of your attacks?

The samurai and the demon were technically the easiest parts of those stages, but they caught me off guard because I haven't met them for such a long time.

yo try this on 8-1: in the second part, run to the left corner of the map, all enemies will line up perfectly. Unleash Shaolin Blast. Watch those fuckers get rekt one by one. Everyone should experience this legendary moment at least once in their lives.
Sir I have to thank you for reminding me about the sweet awesomeness that is God Hand, otherwise I would've not completed my run: SENSEI, ONEGAISHIMASU!

Nah dawg, remember? Its hard, ball-bustingly hard, but fair lol. You aready have a high crush set to you by default, up dodge triangle, it just comes down to memorising attacks and learning frames, i make it sound easy lol, but i've beaten this game more times than i can remember lol.

Haha, oh trust me, i've done it m8, once i even used Gameshark to play a Double God Hand Gene run and it was deliiiiiicious yo lol, Double Shaolin Blastin' all your troubles away XD.

Hey man, i'm glad, its probably top 3 best games ever for me and i'm always recommending it to other people, the day a sequel or spiritual succesor is announced, i'll be able to die a happy man. You also seem to be the only person here who knows the game so, i commend you, good sir.

Not 100% convinced about the fairness man. Increasing the difficulty in God Hand kinda does it in a fake way, the damage received and dealt differs, Gene gets gimped, but constant Level DIE is actually cool though.
The randomness of fruit drops and the sometimes atrocious targeting system also contribute to making this game "unpredictably hard".

But my biggest issue is that you can't always dodge every attack coming at you.
Let's say that someone throws an hat to you, you avoid it correctly by ducking constantly, and then a second enemy at the same time does an attack that can only be dodged by backflipping, so you backflip and get hit by the hat because that dodge is not fully invincible.

If you "tech roll" to quickly wake up from the knockdown caused by the hat, another backflip will happen and the hat will hit you again! And if you don't tech roll for some reason the developers decided that you will receive additional damage!! The game isn't being fair with you, because it fucking hates you!!!
Yes you can actually complete every stage in the game with no deaths, but not before several attempts.

I still love it, one of da best games evar made.

Well, yes and no, while the game can be all kinds of stupid when it comes to difficulty, the game has you equipped with everything you need for the whooole adventure from the get go, that's what's so awesome about God Hand, for example, did you know the Roulette Wheel also works as the lock on button? Not a lot opf people know that or even use it.

Think about it, Gene targets the nearest enemy making them glitter and it also slows down time, you couldn't ask for a better tool in a 3D beat em-up.

Then for the dodging issue, all dodges have their specific use but then there's a 4th dodge a lot of people overlook, your forward dash.

Guess what, you notice how Gene ducks when you start dashing? Yeah, that acts like a forward dodge, only that it also allows you to bolt out of any situation lol.

And then for the teching, there's a tradeoff you see, If you don't tech you get a fully invincible wake up attack that is assured to beat out any attack, you just have to sacrifice 5% of your health.

d00d, trading is always bad in this game. It's like trading a missile up your anus for a banana peel thrown at your enemy, fuck that.
Yes I know about the roulette wheel targeting, but I'm talking about targeting close enemies, sometimes I just want to finish off that one mofo with little health left after a suplex but the targeting won't let me. Plus it's not usable if you don't have at least 1 orb.