This review contains spoilers
I LOVED this game and it's one of my favorite games I played this year! A cute, hand-drawn and short Metroidvania sounded right up my alley. The combat, while basic was tight and engaging, and exploring never felt like a chore with all the different areas, backgrounds and enemies. The characters, like Snoot, GreyBird and Goba were witty and funny and brought a smile to my face whenever I saw them. The OST is incredible and catchy and i would buy it in a heartbeat if it ever came to Steam or SoundCloud (I have been listening to it on YouTube though). The art is gorgeous, bright and colorful.
The only minor grievances that I have are that the story and lore could have been a bit deeper and some more things could have been explained, and I wish the characters showed up more often. They were a bit of wasted potential. In some boss fights I expected GreyBird to help out, that would have been cool. I also felt like the ending could have been better, it felt VERY rushed.
There is little to no buildup to GutGhoul's bossfight or any implication that they were the leader of the three great beasts. In the bossfight it seemed like random bosses were picked to use the attacks of. I thought that GutGhoul was going to possess GreyBird or Snoot and hold them hostage until the fight where they fight against you, something cool like that. Something felt off about the supposed sad "Iko gives up for some reason until Goba deus ex machinas" scene. I don't know, there wasn't really a struggle and it failed to impact me emotionally.
It was wayyy too easy to destroy GutGhoul's core. It would have been cool if the core was the final final boss fight and all your friends helped out (I know I keep bringing this up but it's a good idea. It would also ease Snoot's weird "okay I actually look up to you" change by maybe having him refuse to help out at first but starts fighting after cheers from GreyBird and Goba).
Overall, the ending felt very rushed and underwhelming. I wish it was grander.
However, I don't think all of that distracts from the great parts of the game too much. I can't get enough of Kyle's games. I'm going to play Sheepo after this game and then excitedly wait for Crypt Custodian. Speaking of Crypt Custodian, I noticed that one of the boss fights looks strangely similar to Pluto, the main protagonist of Crypt. I don't think that's a coincidence... :)
The only minor grievances that I have are that the story and lore could have been a bit deeper and some more things could have been explained, and I wish the characters showed up more often. They were a bit of wasted potential. In some boss fights I expected GreyBird to help out, that would have been cool. I also felt like the ending could have been better, it felt VERY rushed.
There is little to no buildup to GutGhoul's bossfight or any implication that they were the leader of the three great beasts. In the bossfight it seemed like random bosses were picked to use the attacks of. I thought that GutGhoul was going to possess GreyBird or Snoot and hold them hostage until the fight where they fight against you, something cool like that. Something felt off about the supposed sad "Iko gives up for some reason until Goba deus ex machinas" scene. I don't know, there wasn't really a struggle and it failed to impact me emotionally.
It was wayyy too easy to destroy GutGhoul's core. It would have been cool if the core was the final final boss fight and all your friends helped out (I know I keep bringing this up but it's a good idea. It would also ease Snoot's weird "okay I actually look up to you" change by maybe having him refuse to help out at first but starts fighting after cheers from GreyBird and Goba).
Overall, the ending felt very rushed and underwhelming. I wish it was grander.
However, I don't think all of that distracts from the great parts of the game too much. I can't get enough of Kyle's games. I'm going to play Sheepo after this game and then excitedly wait for Crypt Custodian. Speaking of Crypt Custodian, I noticed that one of the boss fights looks strangely similar to Pluto, the main protagonist of Crypt. I don't think that's a coincidence... :)