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This one kicks ass. Want to play a more combat focused tunic that doesn't involve solving a language?

Está gucci pero sin pretensiones tampoco. Recomendable.

So cute and full of character that I find it hard to be too critical here. Most of my nitpicks stem from the combat and the writing, to varying degrees. I was reminded a lot of Tunic while playing - lots of Zelda DNA, a few splashes of Dark Souls here and there. To that end, I think a few of the combat encounters are designed with a Souls-like eye for challenge that doesn't particularly suit the speed of the game, although that could just be me.

Writing-wise, my feelings are mostly positive with a couple of niggling concerns. The capitalist critiques present in the narrative are more than welcome and add a nice degree of flavor to the game, and I quite enjoyed a lot of the dialogue from the wide cast of characters you meet on your travels. But there are a few places - namely the boss fights - where characters and context feel a bit too sketch-like, and so the impact of their stories was more muted than I'd like. Plus I didn't know that this was a pseudo-sequel to Titan Souls, so the true ending landed like a total thud to me after all the work to get it.

I feel like I'm sounding harsher than my actual feelings here, because on the whole I had a total blast here. The developers crafted something with a real flavor here and I'd love to see what they do next - either a direct sequel (which I would gladly welcome with this world) or a new experience that takes the lessons from this and builds on them to make something truly excellent.

Deaths door is a perfect 3d platformer, with fantastic combat, boss fights, puzzles, level design and world design. Deaths door souls-like combat is tough but fair, with well designed upgrades that feel rewarding and useful. Bosses feel tough but easy to master, leaving a rewarding feeling close to the from-software standard. Deaths door's level design is amazing with each area feeling unique and interesting, with the puzzles feeling not to difficult but satisfying. Deaths door after credit content is also well done, with neat secrets and a fun boss fight. I love this game and recommend it to anyone who plays video games in general.