Pros:
+ Really unique concept for a metroidvania
+ Some good potential for speedrunning
+ Atmosphere, aesthetic and music are all on point
+ Pretty good story for a small indie game, and the cliffhanger leads well to the sequel
+ Fun and memorable characters
+ Excellent and reliable autosave system
+ Unlike its sequel, ores are a bit more randomly generated which makes subsequent playthroughs subtly different
Cons:
- Apart from the aforementioned, there isn't much interesting to say about replaying the game
- Quite short and is dragged a bit by sections where you have to manually climb back up the mines to empty out your inventory
- Due to the game being short, the upgrade system feels a bit wasted since you get quite a lot of extra money just in case you die and lose resources
- Extremely small hubworld/open-air region
- Final boss' origins aren't ever really properly explained
- Unless you're really a fan of the franchise, there's really no reason to come back to this game as its direct sequel does practically everything better. If you want to try Steamworld in general, Dig 2 and/or Heist are the best games to do that!
+ Really unique concept for a metroidvania
+ Some good potential for speedrunning
+ Atmosphere, aesthetic and music are all on point
+ Pretty good story for a small indie game, and the cliffhanger leads well to the sequel
+ Fun and memorable characters
+ Excellent and reliable autosave system
+ Unlike its sequel, ores are a bit more randomly generated which makes subsequent playthroughs subtly different
Cons:
- Apart from the aforementioned, there isn't much interesting to say about replaying the game
- Quite short and is dragged a bit by sections where you have to manually climb back up the mines to empty out your inventory
- Due to the game being short, the upgrade system feels a bit wasted since you get quite a lot of extra money just in case you die and lose resources
- Extremely small hubworld/open-air region
- Final boss' origins aren't ever really properly explained
- Unless you're really a fan of the franchise, there's really no reason to come back to this game as its direct sequel does practically everything better. If you want to try Steamworld in general, Dig 2 and/or Heist are the best games to do that!