This is by no means a bad game, it's just very mediocre. You really have to be thirsting for a game to play to play this, because I can think of a dozen better games to play or just wanting to start up something in my backlog instead.

The movement feels fast and good, until you climb something which is way too slow. But nothing you do in this game feels very impactful. The combat doesn't really feel like you're hitting much and whenever you enter an area it is respawned with trash mobs which are so boring to fight that I'd rather just run past them.

It looks far more spectacular in the trailer than what it feels like playing it. AGain, it's not a bad game, it's just has no pull for me.

As a metroidvania, this game aged rather poorly; Maybe I feel this way due to playing it right after doing 4 other excellent games in the genre; But overall progression, map design and such just felt lackluster and weirdly padded, with exploration being punished (such as a rather easy sequence break that will make you miss the solo fight and miss out on an important upgrade until much later).

Doesnt help that 90% of the abilities you unlock are basically new fancy ways to trigger switches/open doors and not new ways to traverse the levels or fighting enemies (no, elemental sword effects dont count)

Feels like it would be a much better game as a traditional level based experience.