Gorgeous art, great music, lots of cute lil characters with cool or creepy bosses to balance it all out, and absolutely bursting with content. One of the best cases of ‘bang for your buck’ ever! Nevertheless, I’d not say this game struck me as a masterpiece or left any strong impression on me. The journey towards the true ending was a great time, and it has a truly soulslike quality to the bosses where overcoming them after a lot of struggles feels extremely satisfying. It was a quality time, but it never went anywhere beyond that. I think the only time I felt something stir in me was in the city of tears (if that’s what it was called) and then it never quite managed to hit that again.

It reminded me of Dark Souls in that sense. Many claim it a masterpiece, and though I enjoyed it greatly, I never really saw what’s supposed to make it a masterpiece. It decidedly just comes down to what I look for in stories, worlds and in games as a whole, and that’s fine. I’m glad I got to enjoy the ride and I will gladly hop on again with Silksong, whenever that eventually releases.