(abandoned at clinger winger)
man i dunno i actually kinda fucked with this until clinger winger came along, savestates are peak technology but not even they can help with that level. otherwise yeah its balls difficult and not very fun but god could this have been like actually really good if it wasnt like that. i love the way the game is constantly throwing different things at you in terms of gameplay, its just a shame that it had to be so ballsy and precise and focused on masochistic difficulty bc this had so so much potential in my eyes

if you think the gameplay/controls are bad you're weak lol. chaining together moves as a means of traversing to new areas and just constantly moving in flips and tricks is such a fun and awesome way to control a video game character and combining that with such stealth and action-heavy game design is like the perfect combo

in a world where art is being referred to as "content" and is constantly overflowing us, it's no surprise that getting over it is remembered as a dumb twitch-bait game that got really popular and then sorta fell off over time, probably because something new appeared and grabbed everyone's attention until that too died off. nowadays, art is disposable, and seemingly only consumed because everyone else is consuming it so it can be a topic of discussion for at least a short while. the tiny nooks and crannies of it go unnoticed, no one bothers with exploring and appreciating a piece of art's delicate intricacies, because, who the hell has the time for that now? what fool is going to go through a game like getting over it in its entirety, hell, who's gonna bother getting halfway through, when there's so many better ways to use up your time? i think this game understands that, interestingly. it acknowledges your freedom to do whatever you want with your time, and that if you stop caring about finishing this game, that's valid, but at the same time, you're not gonna get rewarded if you give up. the willingness to give your effort to art will result in the art giving back, and it's so, so worth it if you do.