I was always fascinated by the simplicity of the game. You have one weapon (the bow), one arrow, you die in only one hit, but so does your foe.

It's this simple premise that makes me come back to Titan Souls. It's this simple premise that made me attempt to beat it in iron mode. A mode where you start from the beginning if you die, or in other words, get hit only once. A task I never would have dared to attempt in any other game. And yet, because of the simplicity, because every boss can be killed with just one well-timed shot in seconds, this daunting task seemed doable. The game is by no means easy, especially when you play it casually for the first time. And so it is great fun to learn how to defeat the colossi - that killed you countless times before - in mere seconds.

I really enjoy the world, the pixel art, the atmosphere, and the music of Titan Souls. But while the empty world does a great job of creating this melancholic, lonely atmosphere I wish there would have been some more incentives to explore it. Some hidden secrets somewhere. As it is, it is a bit too empty for my taste.