This review contains spoilers
Nice version where you can choose EU, US or JPN-version but beware that either region will be default depending on where you live. In CotM there is no difference between US and EU but be careful not playing the included SNES game on EU-version.
A great detail I noticed a bit late is that you can open a super nice bestiary and item encyclopedia from within the game so thanks to that you don't really have to check up things on your phone which I hate having to do.
Cotm is game with an original and quite original and nice weapon system locked inside a quite frustrating card-collecting system where you only can get cards, armour and items from enemies; and the frustrating thing with CotM is that the drop rate is extremely low.
You almost never find any potions and you can't sell any duplicant items for money and buy stuff.
However, the level design is not that bad except for too much repetitive collecting of Mana and Health pools.
The bosses are quite fun except the last boss.
(No one mentions this but The twin dragons are easy if you go all the way to the left/right and then slide underneath after baiting their head slams)
The music is good although much are older remade songs.
Since it is a Koji Igarashi made Metrodivania (or as they call it "Igavania") with simple but punchy pixel-palette and good responsive controls it is highly enjoyable and thus a 8/10 game in my book since I like simpler metroidvanias. But the bad drop rates and some simplified and boring level design has CotM fall to a 7/10 at its worst.
A great detail I noticed a bit late is that you can open a super nice bestiary and item encyclopedia from within the game so thanks to that you don't really have to check up things on your phone which I hate having to do.
Cotm is game with an original and quite original and nice weapon system locked inside a quite frustrating card-collecting system where you only can get cards, armour and items from enemies; and the frustrating thing with CotM is that the drop rate is extremely low.
You almost never find any potions and you can't sell any duplicant items for money and buy stuff.
However, the level design is not that bad except for too much repetitive collecting of Mana and Health pools.
The bosses are quite fun except the last boss.
(No one mentions this but The twin dragons are easy if you go all the way to the left/right and then slide underneath after baiting their head slams)
The music is good although much are older remade songs.
Since it is a Koji Igarashi made Metrodivania (or as they call it "Igavania") with simple but punchy pixel-palette and good responsive controls it is highly enjoyable and thus a 8/10 game in my book since I like simpler metroidvanias. But the bad drop rates and some simplified and boring level design has CotM fall to a 7/10 at its worst.