This was a shell of a good time and one of my favorite Shoals likes so far

Aggro Crab deserves so much praise for what they did with Another Crab's Treasure. This was such a well thought out and surprisingly well written. Everything from the art, to the gameplay, to the story all feels like the devs put so much passion and heart into this game. I saw an interview with this game's creative director that the team decided to make this a souls like that nintendo would have made and it sort of feels like that. We call this Crab souls but in actuality it's Platform Souls. I've never been to into platformers but this game got through that wall for me.

But I do think that this game's narrative is such a welcome surprise. No major spoilers but that game's last area is a bleached coral reef and if you don't get the game's message by the end you're being purposely dense. This whole theme is the point of every aspect of this game. The currency is microplastics. The shells you use are trash, your weapon is a fork thrown into the ocean, and every area is literally littered with trash. It turns what's supposed to be baby's first souls game into a vessel for a very important and poignant message. This game literally had me laughing and smiling and then considering my carbon footprint on the earth.

Aggro Crab deserves a lot of praise and I cannot wait to see what they do next.