This has been such a delight. It controls well, looks gorgeous, the bit tunes sound great, it doesn’t cost an arm & a leg and there is no filler content. What more could you ask for?

It’s a platformer with simple controls. Its focus is getting through obstacles without getting hit. One touch and you’re out, on medium difficulty at least. What keeps it engaging is trying to do flawless runs. They are runs where you have to collect all the bolts and beat the in-game timer in one go. The bolts are not hidden, they’re all visible but they can be placed in tricky spots. There are also 4 bosses which are very varied and fun to go through.

The game is challenging with flawless runs. I’ve died many times. This normally annoys me with other games but here it feels fair. It doesn’t cross the line of going too far and it kept me engaged. It took me 5.6 hours to get 100% flawless with all levels. I’m planning on attempting insane difficulty and get the 3 other achievements I’m still missing.

I don’t know what the experience is for players who just want to run through the game as quickly as possible. But this game is absolutely worth it for completionist players. The game also has online ranking with the best overall score if you’re into that.