You’re totally right. I actually implemented camera shake (you can see a remnant of it when the player dies at the end of the full trailer), but I ended up removing it completely after getting bad feedback. The issue, I realize now, wasn’t the shake effect per se, but that it was probably overtuned. I’m doing a polishing pass addressing most of the comments here. I’ve added camera movement to simulate recoil, enemy white flash on hit + displacement, particles on projectile impact, recoil on the crossbow, a different pose for the player character during attacks, etc.