The game is still early access so I’ll give it another try when it fully releases.
It looks absolutely gorgeous, some of the best pixel art I have seen. I love the assist system (Lea should be playable tho grahhh!). It allows for so many more good games to be represented, shout-outs to Wandersong. The soundtrack is certified playlist material too.
My problems come from the gameplay and lack of content. Coming from Rivals (the other indie plat-fighter), the movement is a little more stiff. I think this is largely because of platform interactions and tap-jump being really finicky. You should be able to drop through platforms out of an initial dash. It feels so good in rivals, and makes platforms more of a movement tool than a obstacle that keeps you in disadvantage.
Lastly, the game also looks too fantastic for its own good. The steam workshop has existed for over 8 months now and there’s still no character mods that quite match the base cast. In Rivals, the workshop mods blend pretty seamlessly into the low-res pixel art style.
I’ll be waiting patiently until some of these issues are ironed out in the future.