In all my life of playing platformers and puzzle/platformers, this must be the second one I might not finish (the first being Montezuma’s Revenge on Atari XT when I was 6). Not because it’s bad; in fact, it’s definitely one of the best I played, with pleasant art and always evolving mechanics to keep you engaged. It’s just. So. Damn. Hard. Can you press X five times per second in exact intervals to a microsecond, for five seconds? The level of precision, hand-eye coordination and timing is, for me, insane. And yet, it does not feel unfair, like being swarmed with OP enemies does. It’s seriously, as the younger geerations say, a skill issue. It’s been lying on my disk for the last half of a year like a silent remorse, and I don’t know if I’ll muster the courage and will to make another attempt to git gud.
If you breeze through all platformers and want to really challange yourself, this is the best there is. If you want something cozy, wholesome, and relaxing like Ori, and were drawn by the cute art style, run away.