Last game I played in 2023 woo
What a year for games, it's so fucked up how many GREAT, not just good, but GREAT games came out this year, this one included
This game is another one of what feels like a million gorgeous indie games that came out this year, the tilt-shift effect fits so well here and makes everything look so pretty
Liked the juxtaposition between light and dark throughout the game, like when you first step into the light with all the white flowers after spending the whole first of the game in the dark during the night, and how the same flower field is burnt to a crisp later on, love it
The platforming was very fun, and the Näcken chase sequence was maybe my favorite section of the game
All the boss fights were fun and engaging
Gameplay was kinda repetitive i guess, it's all just platforming and hiding behind stuff to either not get caught or not get blasted by light, but at the same time it never got boring to me, could see others having a different opinion on this though
At the end I feared they were going to blue ball me and not play hall of the mountain king, but thankfully they did and it was a great final boss
Seeing all these nordic folk tales in a game this good also means more to me as a norwegian, was really cool to fight all these mythical creatures I've heard about since I was a child and that are so interwoven into our culture
All in all this was a great way to end 2023, this was like my 10th 9/10+ of the year and that feels like it shouldn't be possible but there really have been that many great games it's crazy