Reviews from

in the past


One of the best soundtracks I've ever heard in game. Amazing 2D graphics. A sword-wielding character instead of the usual vampire killer. Full of quotable, memorable dialogues.

Genre defining, and they perfected it on the first try. Tons of weird little secrets, items and weapons. Some of these items are borderline useless but when you find out their niche use or some obscure interaction they have you feel like a genius. No metroidvania has felt as rich with content and fun mechanical interactions since.

Some obtuse puzzles hold it back but it manages to satisfy with a wide range of items and abilities. Halfway through the game the game world undergoes a drastic change which isn’t really designed. Will finish this area someday but I gave up after about an hour.

o jogo que me fez começar a jogar videogame

I think the high esteem this game is held in, maybe raised my expectations a bit too much, but this is a fun time. Maybe if I'd played this before the advance games I'd have enjoyed it more? It does seem like a lot of this is recycled in those games. Not just the game play, but everything from the areas to the bosses were very similar if not the same.

I liked the music, some of it was really good, I could've just left that particular screen on and chilled out. The voice acting is pretty notorious I suppose. What is a man etc... Pretty standard for the time I suppose.

Certainly one of my favourite types of game to play through in recent years. Not sure why I've left this one so long though, considering I've had it for ages.



Curto demais, muito divertido mas não tem nenhuma dificuldade (e se tem, pega a crissaegrim)

It's impressive how much the team got right on their first attempt, but there are still a few minor quirks and annoyances that make me prefer Aria to it. Mostly small things like how a lot of the platforms in the inverted castle are placed in such a way that they're barely out of reach of your double jump so you need to use the mist or bat forms to get past them, how the wolf form is kind of useless outside of running through the game's handful of straight enemy filled hallways faster, or how most of the bosses are complete pushovers when compared even to some of the tankier normal enemies. And even they were stupidly easy once I found out about the moon rod's special ability. I know that fully exploring the game didn't help this, but even then I only finished with a completion percentage of 192.6%, so there were probably a few things I missed.

Level design: 10\10;
Gráfico: 10\10;
Gameplay: 10\10;
Diversificação: 8\10;
Trilha: 10\10;
História: 10\10;
Fator replay: ?\10;
Motivo de não zerar: Perdi meu save quase no fim do jogo e dasanimei, mas irei zerar um dia.