One of the best feeling action 2d games I have ever played, with beautiful artwork and music to boot. I loved all of the locations, enemies, and especially bosses throughout my playthrough. I think the very large map will either be a downside or a huge upside depending on the player, and for me its somewhere in the middle with it feeling great for the first time through and kinda too big when backtracking. Still a great game despite the few rare flaws it has.