Some of the reviews of this game made me think that there'd be like, some insane difficulty spike that'd sour the experience, or parts of the level design that'd REALLY make me wish I had a crouch (seriously, why isn't there a crouch?)
I finished it blindly with less than 80 deaths in a few hours. That difficulty spike never came, every single one of my deaths felt like my fault for being overzealous with my dashes.
What's the problem? Sure, it's not very original. Sure, it pays homage to the NES games it's inspired by, maybe a little too closely sometimes. But wasn't that immediately evident from the screenshots alone?
It plays fine. It controls nice. The music sounds good.
Didn't particularly care for the story in this one, but the cutscenes were well-drawn. I don't think it was trying to be a deep narrative to begin with, just a reason for you to stab things. And so, stab things I did. I enjoyed my time with it.
I guess my standards aren't very high these days, but sometimes "enjoying my time with it" is really all I'm asking for.
I finished it blindly with less than 80 deaths in a few hours. That difficulty spike never came, every single one of my deaths felt like my fault for being overzealous with my dashes.
What's the problem? Sure, it's not very original. Sure, it pays homage to the NES games it's inspired by, maybe a little too closely sometimes. But wasn't that immediately evident from the screenshots alone?
It plays fine. It controls nice. The music sounds good.
Didn't particularly care for the story in this one, but the cutscenes were well-drawn. I don't think it was trying to be a deep narrative to begin with, just a reason for you to stab things. And so, stab things I did. I enjoyed my time with it.
I guess my standards aren't very high these days, but sometimes "enjoying my time with it" is really all I'm asking for.