It's really fun to swing your sword around in a virtual environment, the surroundings are ok, and there are a lot of different challenges to spend your time with. I think a lot of people will have a lot of fun with this game.

But I want to specifically adress HEMA practitioner or enthausiasts.

This game might not be what you want it to be. The physics are realistic in a sence that you have to hit straight and have your blade roughly aligned. But there is no feedback on the quality of your cut. either you did it right or you did it wrong. This is especially noticable with tatami cutting. Since the purpose of cutting the rolls is to get feedback on how stable your swing is and how well aligned your sword. So a binary option is not going to give you that.

The physic simulation is also just not up for the job. There seem too much lag and a little wiggle with the sword. You can cleary see this in the settings, where you see the handle through the blade, and the handle is tracked better than the sword. Also every now and then, the sword just glitches through.

Since the controllers have less weight to them and the balance is in the center of the hand, there is a lot of rotational movement when swinging, that wouldn't be there irl. This is of course expectable but it would be awesome if the game had some stabilization build in to emulate momentum.

Also, since the game has only katana's I really missed my back swings, because of course kantana's have only one edge. This really limited the speed en elegance i'm used to, especially with the fruit challenges.

Also the game would have greatly benefitted from a free tatami roll cut mode. having you practice and play around with multiple cuts with different move types, or chainging movements together.

Overall it's an OK game, just leaves a lot to be desired if this is what you were waiting for.

It's really fun to swing your sword around in a virtual environment, the surroundings are ok, and there are a lot of different challenges to spend your time with. I think a lot of people will have a lot of fun with this game. But I want to specifically adress HEMA practitioner or enthausiasts. This game might not be what you want it to be. The physics are realistic in a sence that you have to hit straight and have your blade roughly aligned. But there is no feedback on the quality of your cut. either you did it right or you did it wrong. This is especially noticable with tatami cutting. Since the purpose of cutting the rolls is to get feedback on how stable your swing is and how well aligned your sword. So a binary option is not going to give you that. The physic simulation is also just not up for the job. There seem too much lag and a little wiggle with the sword. You can cleary see this in the settings, where you see the handle through the blade, and the handle is tracked better than the sword. Also every now and then, the sword just glitches through. Since the controllers have less weight to them and the balance is in the center of the hand, there is a lot of rotational movement when swinging, that wouldn't be there irl. This is of course expectable but it would be awesome if the game had some stabilization build in to emulate momentum. Also, since the game has only katana's I really missed my back swings, because of course kantana's have only one edge. This really limited the speed en elegance i'm used to, especially with the fruit challenges. Also the game would have greatly benefitted from a free tatami roll cut mode. having you practice and play around with multiple cuts with different move types, or chainging movements together. Overall it's an OK game, just leaves a lot to be desired if this is what you were waiting for.