I wanted to like this game. It had nice art and the screenshots looked intriguing. When the game booted and I saw the initial animated cutscene I was impressed. It was nice with decent voice acting but immediately the main gameplay was a disappointment. The movement was very slippery and had a lack of control. Getting a good momentum took time and could easily stop with any touch from the environment. There's a trick system that has no depth or variety and comes down to just mashing the jump button in the air to gain 'cool points' that serve no purpose. The upgrades override each other which only allows you to have one at any given time. You can choose between a quick dash, melee attack, or projectile attack. Even with the the projectile being very unreliable and hard to aim I do think the experience would have been better allowing all 3 at the same time or at the very least giving a button to swap between them when collected. The environments are fine but empty feeling. I believe there are multiple paths you can take but not much desire to investigate those options as there doesn't seem to be much reward for exploration. The in-game dialogue is completely broken at times. Either cutting off early or not making any sense at all and that's if you can even read it with the color of text they selected that camouflages with the scenery. The first two of three boss fights were pitiful. It just came down to sitting near the boss and rapidly hitting the fire projectile button until it was dead. Occasionally refueling or repositioning after getting hit. The final boss did have a fun new gameplay style. The super sayian-style endless flying and impactful dash was fun but there was no obstacle besides the time limit so there was no sense of danger. Considering it was a final boss I would expect it to be a bit more of a challenge. It's a short experience, roughly 30 minutes total, being the beginning of a presumed series. Thing is even with it being an overall negative experience I think that future iterations can improve upon this. There's something there. I like the characters and the small amount of story that we got. I just feel that where it's at now is not worth the short amount of time it takes to play.

Reviewed on Feb 24, 2024


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