Really fun and pleasant action/adventure game that's very similar to Hyper Light Drifter, which is a pretty good game to be compared to. One of the biggest strengths is definitely how varied it is, the game never lingers on anything for too long. That does end up making the runtime a little on the short side, and I think I still would have enjoyed a longer version of this game, but the pacing here is excellent.
The combat is very nice feeling, if a bit simple. There's nothing really unique to it, but it's still engaging and a bit challenging. The upgrade system is a little weak, you just get some minor and not very interesting stat boosts, I thought the alternate weapons and upgrades to your abilities were much more interesting but at least in my playthrough I didn't really get those until late game. I feel like it's a bit of a misstep how fun the last of your four main abilities is with how late you get it in the game, there's still a lot of optional exploration at that point but the main part of the game left after you have your full set of abilities is fairly short. I also would have liked the final mountain area to have a bit more exploration like the previous ones, it felt kind of lacking in comparison.
The art and music here is really excellent, the environments all look great and are very creative, as well as the characters being memorable and having really nice animations. The soundtrack is surprisingly good, it's a little understated at first but I found myself humming the songs a lot between playing. These tie really well into the story and world, which were pretty interesting. I don't know if the story would have held my attention as much in a longer game but it was good enough for the short length here. I do think some of the individual characters worked better than the main narrative did, I really enjoyed the sub-story of your companion as well as your main enemy throughout the first of the three main sections of the game, and while they tried to do a bit of the same later I didn't think those landed quite as well.
Really pleasant experience overall and especially easy to recommend when you can play through it in just a couple days. I don't know if a sequel to this would really make sense, but I hope the devs make some sort of spiritual successor at least, I could definitely go for more of this.
The combat is very nice feeling, if a bit simple. There's nothing really unique to it, but it's still engaging and a bit challenging. The upgrade system is a little weak, you just get some minor and not very interesting stat boosts, I thought the alternate weapons and upgrades to your abilities were much more interesting but at least in my playthrough I didn't really get those until late game. I feel like it's a bit of a misstep how fun the last of your four main abilities is with how late you get it in the game, there's still a lot of optional exploration at that point but the main part of the game left after you have your full set of abilities is fairly short. I also would have liked the final mountain area to have a bit more exploration like the previous ones, it felt kind of lacking in comparison.
The art and music here is really excellent, the environments all look great and are very creative, as well as the characters being memorable and having really nice animations. The soundtrack is surprisingly good, it's a little understated at first but I found myself humming the songs a lot between playing. These tie really well into the story and world, which were pretty interesting. I don't know if the story would have held my attention as much in a longer game but it was good enough for the short length here. I do think some of the individual characters worked better than the main narrative did, I really enjoyed the sub-story of your companion as well as your main enemy throughout the first of the three main sections of the game, and while they tried to do a bit of the same later I didn't think those landed quite as well.
Really pleasant experience overall and especially easy to recommend when you can play through it in just a couple days. I don't know if a sequel to this would really make sense, but I hope the devs make some sort of spiritual successor at least, I could definitely go for more of this.