It's ridiculously polished and stunning audiovisually, especially for fans of this type of aesthetic. However, the gameplay and all the other content are mediocre at best when compared to the metroidvania genre it represents.
I enjoyed myself. Animations were phenomenal, it had a great soundtrack, and the gameplay was fairly tight. Story was quite emotional, and it drew me in enough to ask questions (one of which I definitely got right ;P).
It had a very 80s pastiche feel to it, and I appreciate that. I think there were some criticisms about that aesthetic, with it not being realistic, but it doesn't have to be.
I don't remember too many glitches, but the floppy board was bugged at one point, and I was able to use it outside of its intended purpose, which was actually kinda cool.
I don't know why, but I thought this was a Metroidvania? It sort of has some of that, with some ability-gated progression and collecting upgrades along the way, but there is zero backtracking (which is annoying, considering I wanted to try finding the First Memory disks) and no map (which some other reviewers said was a detriment, which is fair enough), but the fact it's not one is fine. That was an L on my part lol.
I definitely didn't expect what happened at the end. If you know, you know.
It had a very 80s pastiche feel to it, and I appreciate that. I think there were some criticisms about that aesthetic, with it not being realistic, but it doesn't have to be.
I don't remember too many glitches, but the floppy board was bugged at one point, and I was able to use it outside of its intended purpose, which was actually kinda cool.
I don't know why, but I thought this was a Metroidvania? It sort of has some of that, with some ability-gated progression and collecting upgrades along the way, but there is zero backtracking (which is annoying, considering I wanted to try finding the First Memory disks) and no map (which some other reviewers said was a detriment, which is fair enough), but the fact it's not one is fine. That was an L on my part lol.
I definitely didn't expect what happened at the end. If you know, you know.