i definitely spoiled myself on metroidvanias by playing super metroid/metroid dread/hollow knight first, cause everything else feels clunky and poorly-designed in comparison. couple cool bosses and the shard mechanic is interesting in theory, but with the predictable story, slow movement, uninteresting enemy design, annoying rpg elements and some unintuitive progression (getting the rng shard drop to move through water, fuck that) i didnt have much fun with this game at all