Fun game in the style of point and click puzzle adventures. I think the language translation is interesting, but doesn't quite go as far as I'd like it to. The game flirts with some ideas like changing Subject/Object/Verb ordering, how to represent plurality, but is limited by the fact that glyphs are usually 1:1 translations. The last world was really frustrating too, since they present a cool language system where words are comprised of other words, but the translation in that area is done in a flash and it doesn't do anything with the idea.

Aesthetically I think the choice to do a fixed point of view works really well and makes for some interesting "shots". The graphic style is fine, kinda flat but it works well enough. Music is similarly suitable but nothing mind blowing.

Plot and theme wise, I enjoyed the idea of connecting different cultures. The ending sequence very cleverly communicates to the player a key theme of the game completely wordlessly, maybe the best part of the game.

Oh yeah, and like everyone else has said the stealth parts were wack.

Look no shade if you loved this game as a kid or whatever but as an adult I found the writing to be god awful trope-y anime bs. I hate the dialogue, I hate how every single text box has one of like three different dings to indicate emotion, the plot is somehow contrived/full of plot holes yet completely predictable, only a couple character designs manage to be good while the rest are either bad or outright offensive, the "puzzles" do not require you to use your brain and instead force you to trial and error things you couldn't possibly know beforehand... I dunno man. how is this so highly regarded?

hits my dopamine receptors like a freight truck. the obvious comparison is zachtronics, but this is more about math and logic versus a zach-like which might be more about the spatial engineering aspects. this also has less freedom to do interesting things - ideally you come up with a short list of perfect axioms and be done with it. so it's just overall more math-y and less engineer-y with all that entails

a slight annoyance i have with it is the progression system, i wanted to build rules with variables from the beginning but couldn't and was forced to make a bunch of subpar rules and later clean them up which was annoying

Very much my to my tastes, aesthetically. The bullet hell sections are a good twist. There was an attempt at a story... Unfortunate that they did character design so well for everyone but the final boss.

I'm glad the meta-progression is limited here, instead of endless upgrades you're eventually going to have to make upgrade builds to use instead. Overall the game seems more intended to be played and done with than other games in this genre, though I still think the core gameplay that isn't bullet hell ends up being a little meh and too reliant on standing in place while you see how well you chose upgrades.

Absolutely blew me away. Best 3D platformer movement I've ever experienced. Works great as a Metroidvania, the sense of exploration is really great and since the atmosphere is great and your movement is inherently fun, it's never a pain to have to go anywhere. It's pretty open-ended too, you aren't railroaded all the time like in actual Metroid. And honestly, it feels like the intended experience of this game is to accidentally sequence break at several points, which I love. This game makes you feel like a 3D platforming genius and I fucking love it.

I have just a couple tiny, tiny knocks on it. The music is kinda meh and loops quickly. And the final boss / ending was extremely underwhelming, felt like kind of a letdown after such a cool game to have an easy beat down boss. I would have liked some sort of final epic platforming challenge.