I think this game is held back by the fact that so many other good (better) metroidvanias exist. It feels very "on rails" compared to something like Hollow Knight or Astalon: Tears of the Earth. The designers were afraid to let the player get lost.

2018

I like this game. I like a lot of things about this game. But strangely, the more time passes, the less I like it. Weird.

Fails to be a good horror game while also failing to be the RE4 clone it wants to be.

The world's best menstrual horror game.

It's one of those bloated AAA games that's going in the opposite direction of where I think video games can and should go

In the past I might have given it five stars, but I've played AM2R since then.

Finally, something that begins to deliver on the promise of the world of Pokemon.

2021

The world of this game draws me in in ways I can't explain. One of my favorite metroidvanias.

Throw a bug in a lake! This is somehow simultaneously the best strategy game and best puzzle game ever. It strips strategy games down to their bare essentials, yet miraculously is never as dry or boring as that sounds. The variety in mech squads, stages and enemies is consistently clever and imaginative, and the random elements that are present were perfectly crafted to keep the game feeling fresh to me over 100 hours later. It was a stroke of genius to realize that creating the best strategy game experience is not about eliminating luck entirely, but about directing luck in the right way. One thing I really like about this game is that it feels timeless, like it could have been released in 1996, 2005, or 2020. This game probably could've been released on SNES and it would be just as much of an all time classic.

I honestly love the art and music, but it's a glorified clicker game.

Look at me I'm a grimdark catholicore metroidvania

Would probably have 5 stars if Bloodborne, Sekiro and Demon's Souls didn't exist.

It's not perfect, but it still holds a special place in my memories.