Hi! I have had two strokes and the mobility issues that come from that. There’s a story mode with greatly increased timing windows that helped a lot.

You need to play this.

It is profound.

I would say it's really not about reflexes at all, and it's actually timing based dodge mechanics. Anyone who says reflexes is incorrect imo. Good reflexes can allow you to avoid learning the mechanics, but that's really it.

I'll give you an example:

While driving in the USA, at a red light at a four way intersection, the stoplight will typically turn green after a certain amount of time. Each stoplight is different, and assuming there are no other indicators, trying to go exactly when it turns green is a reflex (unless you memorize every stoplight pattern in the country).

In Europe, when stopped at a red light, it will actually give you a yellow light before the green, giving you an indication that a green light is proceeding. It's no longer reflexes and is now timing based, which is more predictable.

Expedition 33 is the latter timing based situation. Some enemies are more frustrating than others, but they typically telegraph their moveset (that you learn over time) and then you try to time a dodge or parry. For the first hour or two of gameplay it's more important because your stats are low, but as you progress it becomes less critical.

To summarize, you really don't need good reflexes, and you don't need to nail the dodge mechanics to play and love it! It's just helpful to dodge a few times when possible, and once you learn it it's actually quite gratifying i think.

I'll add south park and wrestlequest to this list

I was hearing people talking about innovative brand new mechanics with the QTE parry system. I was so excited because how could it be new? What could they possibly have done? And its basically Mario RPG super hard mode.

If I remember correctly, parries and perfect dodges have the same timing window. It's just that messing up a perfect dodge still leaves opportunity to regular dodge, which is safer than parrying by far.

It's more of a rhythm game anyway.

It’s hyperactive turn base. It’s even LSD turn base if you are quick enough on your choices (and the personna style UI permits that).

Forgetting about everything else that makes it a goty, the gameplay can be hella gratifying if you play fast and manage all the timings correctly.

I don't usually play them either, but do it. Its a really phenomenal game

Reconsider that position, try the game for a few hours before committing to buying it.

I’m not into turn based games either, but this hits completely different.

The brief QTE damage modifiers, parry, and dodge mechanics make the gameplay much more active/involved than your typical turn based game. People describing it as a rhythm game are spot-on - these systems all integrate with the music in a way that makes it incredibly satisfying when you’re nailing it.

Each party member has their own unique and interesting gameplay mechanic and they can be set up to play off of one another, adding a really cool element of strategy that, again, is really satisfying when it all comes together just right.