I kind of wanted this to be the last game I beat for the year so that I could start and end the year with Ninja Gaiden/Ninja Gaiden-likes but I have other games I plan on beating soon so lol. I do think I would have liked this more if I had played it before trying out The Messenger, because that game does so much to subvert its genre that it makes a game like this (just the platforming and action elements fine tuned as much as possible) seem worse than it actually is. Overall I think the game is just, really good, with my only real issue being that it starts a bit slow and sandbags, showing off its most fun and interesting ideas in the second half of the game. Also the movement until you start unlocking more and more stuff like sprinting can feel a bit slow but once you unlock your full moveset, the game feels incredible to play. Definitely worth your time if you are a fan of the genre.