Played through this one slowly over two weeks and really enjoyed it. The thing that sticks out most to me is the art style, which is stellar. The backgrounds are so varied and beautiful that at certain points I would just stop and stare.

Music is a highlight as well. Specific tracks of note are those that play during the "Escape" sections at each major goal and the music that plays during the ending.

The story is relatively simple but is nevertheless capable of resonating emotionally.

I more or less was fine with the gameplay. To be honest, I'm not that great at platformers, but I made it work. I liked the game's save system which allowed you to create checkpoints almost anywhere, at the expense of Mana. When I died (and I died ALOT), I could try again without needing to do much backtracking, etc. There were some moments that frustrated me (you don't get checkpoints during the escape sequences for instance), where I had to put in a lot of tries to get through, but it didn't break the experience.

Overall I'm glad I played the game; should've done so sooner, it's been in my Steam library for so long. Will play the Sequel sometime.