the more you play, the more special it gets.

it was a really special feeling as I finished the second ending of this game. I was just impressed at the sheer ambition of this game. its like living in a pot all your life and then at the end realizing there's a whole new world outside the pot. a massive new layer that's even more complicated and sparks even more curiosity. things you have experienced now need another examining through this new lens you have acquired. with every answer comes two new questions. if this game can require you to print out origami, how far is it willing to go and hide stuff.

definitely playing for the vibe rather than anything else. going into it more so chasing the feeling of playing a sixth generation action game late night in the dark. while the narrative i don't care about and the dialogue takes 5 secs of pause between every line delivery, what i do like is seeing how there's some stuff here and there, design philosophies that fromsoft still follows in some way

gameplay is trivialized by the fact that its incredibly easy to skip by just holding dash which keeps you in the air forever. i suppose it can be hard if you played with original hardware and had to use inverted camera controls with no way of changing it but thankfully i live in 2024 with emulators and controller remapping software that i dont have to suffer through that.

but i still liked it cos it was exactly what i wanted which was a mindless action game that's just fun to mash through and experience beautiful polygon vistas and weird music while doing that