Lost Ruins

I payed nothing for it and that is still to expensive! Absolute GARBAGE!

it have permanent death and only one life. enemies do massive damage and is nearly impossible to kill.

Totally unable to control by keyboard and mouse. I hope I could delete this game from my libuary.

There is nothing new here. It's just another Metroidvania-like game, with the usual Anime aesthetics. And, of course, Anime comes with the usual sexualized sprites, obviously targeting teenagers. Animations are annoying. Characters dance like strippers literally every single second they don't walk or attack - which I'm guessing is just another silly attempt to attract teenagers. So typical... and even if you like that kind of animation, it will get old very quickly, as it happens all the time, the exact same way. Graphics are ok. Nothing special, but if you like pixel art, that's probably the best part of the game. Sadly, even that is ruined by the silly animations. Sound is... not worth mentioning. Combat is barely passable, as it gets old pretty fast. No, thank you. Honestly, it's hard to find something nice to say about this game. The final verdict is a very generous 3/10, and that for the pixel art only. Do not waste your money on this, even when it is on sale.

But the game is creepy as hell. As in, it makes you look creepy as hell, more than you probably deserve in a saner world, but in this one, you do NOT want to let your female co-workers know you played this; they'll start looking for ways to get you fired. Heck, you probably don't want anyone to know you bought this. I only did because it had a "basically okay" rating on Zero Punctuation. I would have dropped it down to two stars for creepiness, because figuring out what you're supposed to do can be really frustrating your first playthrough. So basically the challenge can be summed up in two parts: learn what combination of items is best for a given area, and figure out boss patterns. The right combinations of items can trivialize situations that the wrong combination can make unwinnable. In fact you'll be switching out items so often it really made me wish there were more slots just so I didn't have to go into the menu every few screens. There's not a lot of variety in your attacks, and you're going to be really hesitant to use magic or consumables, possibly more than you should be. That all changes once you unlock Boss and Witch Modes. In boss modes you switch out between 3 sets of attacks on the fly, something I wish the base mode had, and it feels like you just have more variety in what you can do in any moment (also, the dialogue is actually entertaining). In Witch Mode, you start out somewhat stronger than in base modes and end by just blasting away anything in your way with total ease. Assassin mode is a lot like the base mode and I kinda got bored with the game after trying that out.