Wow I really loved this game. It felt great to progress and get better at the game not by getting powerups but instead having a character difficult to control and get better at controlling noodle. I had so much trouble wrapping around bamboo and constantly fell off, but I kept trying and by the end of the game I had no trouble.

I liked the level design. I got most of the coins and bubbles?, and the challenges around them were pretty fun. It's great that they were optional though, having as far as I can see no actual impact on the game, so they are just there to get if you want to. The additions to gameplay like water, fire and wind were all interesting.

I also really enjoyed the extra creatures and their animations, even though they had no actual impact on the game, it just made the world feel alive.

The only real complaints I have is the camera is kind of shit, though that was never much of a problem because of the slower pace, and that it was too short, which isn't really a bad thing in my mind.