VVVVVV has been in my backlog for a long time & finally decided to sit down & play it. I had heard good things throughout the years about the game & for 95% of the experience I'd say it lives up to that hype. The gravity shifting & later introduced mechanics are well executed. The soundtrack is stellar throughout. Its admittedly a moderately difficult game, but checkpoints are well placed enough that it doesn't feel cheap/too stressful.

There's 1 section I don't think it does well though... That being the mandatory escort mission midway through the game. It's a brief section (no longer than like 10 minutes if you make very few errors) but in that I found the CPU movement so inconsistent to control I actually looked up how long the section was & would probably have shelved the game if it had been longer than 15 minutes, but decided to power through realizing it wasn't going to drag much further.

I'm happy I stuck through, because this is a really solid and enjoyable platformer with some great ideas. But definitely would warn people about that section beforehand. Nevertheless, it's still a very strong recommendation for anybody who enjoy platforming games & want to play something challenging - but still feeling fair throughout