Just when I think it can't get cooler, viral nuke-parrying Soulslike lets you parry the earth itself to avoid fall damage
Dec. 16, 2023V.A Proxy one-ups itself as the coolest upcoming game
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In its ceaseless mission to let players parry anything and everything, indie Soulslike V.A Proxy now lets you parry the literal earth to avoid fall damage.
You might recognize V.A Proxy from the gameplay clips thatfrequently go viralon social media, showing how players will be able to parry ultra-quick enemy mechs, a nuclear bomb, and evenGod itself, among other outlandish things. Next up is: the ground.
Developer Pyro Lith posted a snippet on social media to show how the move works. “While falling from big heights or doing ground slams, you can parry the floor to get an explosive jump that can stack with other movement options,” the developer explains in the Tweet embedded below. Parrying earth seems like a good way to avoid fall damage, but can also double as a stylish way to boost through the desolate alien world.
That’s in addition to the other movement options like, say, grappling across a flying mechanized leviathan. V.A Proxy seems to be reveling in the maximalism that attracts so many to the spectacle-slasher genre, but where does the game go from here? How many otherthingscan we parry before the novelty wears off? Is there even a limit? Probably not.
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that’s vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he’ll soon forget.
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