the movement mechanics are impeccable, that's for sure, sliding, jumping and flying around is super fun, relaxing and fluid, and this is also due to the immaculate level design that is also present, wonderful

speaking of the gameplay, the bosses are extremely inspired by shadow of the colossus, one of my favorite games, and it even manages to transform its main mechanics into something specific to the game that blends in with the rest while being fun.

the game is also visually excellent, with unique and vivid boss and character designs

but the praise stops there

the story is mediocre at best, being ridiculously poorly told with slow and pointless dialogues, not to mention being very obvious, bland and conveying the message of mourning in a terrible way. this also includes the stories of the npcs, but they manage to be much better than the main one (even if they connect very poorly with the latter)

the main character is an insufferable, dumb pain in the ass, who only becomes a decent person in the good ending, which is the only possible ending for the game, since the bad one is extremely counter-intuitive and poorly done

the combat is simple and ok, but it's too easy and feels more like a hindrance to the game than something to add to the experience

and the soundtrack is decent at best, unremarkable and completely agreeable

it's a game that you'll have a lot of fun playing and you'll be fine relaxing, but it has obvious flaws.