Posted on: September 28, 2022
yanex8
Verified ownerGames: 135 Reviews: 6
Good game, with limited scope
Bought this on sale and paid very cheap. It was beyond worth it, but at full price, there are many other action-platformers that far surpass it. Although it has markers such as "metroidvania" and "souls-like" on the store page, it can't hold a candle to games like Hollow Knight or Blasphemous (although the influence of metroidvania staples is clearly visible in moveset and enemy design, for example). It's more action-platformer than metroidvania: Instead of a big map, you have a hub area and from there you teleport to closed levels that have mostly linear exploration (biggest variation is either "closed door, follow the other path to open it" or "closed door with many mini-levels that each open one lock"). It's akin to the first half of Castlevania Order of Ecclesia, if anybody remembers that game. Gameplay focuses on completing the level and fighting a boss. Loot is random and upgradeable and there is also a possibility of remixing items propertires by completing mini-missions which is very cool. By 60-70% of the game, if you manage to synergize everything your character becomes a god but that is not recquired to progress, at least in the normal difficulty setting (which is very easy per se). Story is "OK" at best, with good voice-acting but not-so-good text. In general it's dismissable. The good: - Visually stunning, with incredible sprites and animation. This is clearly where the devs put the most effort and it shows. The GIFs in the store page don't lie, the game is exactly as shown. - There is some enemy variety so you don't spend the whole game fighting the same baddies. - Different skills and upgrades, as well as different movesets for different classes of weapons, make the gameplay always feel a little fresh. The bad: - Formulaic exploration and progression through the levels. - Lack of hitstun and graphic pollution causes many situations where you don't know what hit you. - Story is "meh"
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