If you're a metroidvania fan, I think you owe it to yourself to try out Ender Lilies. Hauntingly beautiful with an exceptional OST and world to explore. The use of choosing spirits you encounter as your attacks is not only fun from a thematic view but allows for a good bit of customizability to account for your specific playstyle.

The story takes similar approach to games like Hollow Knight and Dark Souls where much of it is meant to be pieced together by random bits of information gleamed throughout the world. I personally found it compelling to the point where I was more interested in finding a new note to understand more about what happened to this decrepit world than I was finding an actual new upgrade.

There are some performance issues when playing docked on switch, especially in some of the later large areas, but it still generally runs well for the most part. The only other issues I have with the game are rather small nitpicks in the grand scheme of things.

Personally, the game is a special one, and I really hope it can find success.

Reviewed on Jun 24, 2021


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