My final unpopular opinion after watching the demo
Here is my final unpopular opinion for the game. My final verdict. NOTE that I have over a hundred games in my Steam library and Sparking 0 feels like a perfect game to me, so I don't feel pressured to love or buy this game despite being a big fan of Bleach.
I saw the actual demo gameplay. And I absolutely don't care for it because of the Nerf swords making their health look massive.
Watching Ichigo land dozens of slashes that would gore Byakuya ... is too off putting.
In Bleach, sword strikes are fairly lethal.
My proposal for my dream Bleach game. Make health pools on the smaller side. But give a big stamina bar to blocking. Dodging and vanish attacks will also be important but cost energy.
Now you still potentially get your long fights, but it looks natural. Also, messing up your timing gives the game a more unique almost sudden death feel. Taking slashes should make you panic as your health drops fast!
Some characters who have poison or explosives would have small DOT or a percentage of piercing damage.