I was really excited about the game at first. To date, I think it's the prettiest pixel art game I've ever played - the backgrounds, character portraits, animations, everything is just beautiful. The music was also promising at first and really enchanted me.

However, the game has presented a few weaknesses over time. There are a lot of repetitive enemies, with slightly different looks but very similar behavior. Some of the levels are just too long and monotonous and don't offer much variety towards the end. My "main problem", however, was the difficulty of the game. Towards the end, I was so overpowered that I was able to beat all the boss fights on my first attempt and without any major problems. This is all the more tragic as these battles are really well designed. If the difficulty level had been a little higher, I would have had to tactically anticipate and learn every attack from my opponent in order to survive, which could have been a lot of fun. As it was, however, I could mostly just stand there, take hits and simply shoot until my opponent was lying in the dirt. There is also a so-called "nightmare mode", which might balance the whole thing out a bit, but I still have to try it out.

The side quests were also mostly rather boring and typical alá "kill x enemies" or "collect x items", only later did they become a bit more interesting when it was more about the characters. They were also quite well written. I was a bit surprised at how many rather "progressive" topics were discussed in this game. Everything from transgender issues to homo- and bisexuality to polyamory was addressed here, which I found quite refreshing (maybe a bit contrived at times but still nice to see).

Despite the weaknesses, I would recommend the game. It's a thoroughly well-made Metroidvania with a nice story, super nice art style and good music, you can definitely give it a try.