This game has done the impossible, it uncrowned Super Metroid, this is the best metroidvania ever made.

I have to thank easy allies for spotlighting this game, i would have just placed this game into my wishlist and waited for the next steam sale, this is gem, a game that can go toe to toe with titans like the new zelda or horizon.
Even if this was a kickstarter don't treat it like it, because this has AAA quantity and quality, it's a bucket full of great ideas, it takes the best things about the original dark souls and adapts them into the metroidvania style, it's never too similar to dark souls like salt and sanctuary, it knows were its best to drop the souls formula, get back to metroidvania, to just get back to souls when its necessary.
The implementation of the mapping system is fantastic, a 2d game needs a map to be explored fully because you don't have many points of reference in two dimensions, the clever thing here is that the first time you enter a new area you actually have to go blind, without a map, later if you manage to find the map of the area you can look at it but it's not complete, you have to explore and draw it, and the only way to draw it is by getting to a save point, this may sound confusing but it works marvelously, you feel like you are actually exploring and you have to choose if keep going blind looking for a new save point or getting back after a while to save and draw the locations you've been into. The areas to explore are really big and they are amazingly made, with paths interconnecting the zones, and areas that can be discovered the first time in multiple ways, a la dark souls 1, a thing that has never been made in metroidvania before and it works exquisetly.
The controls are so fluid and responsive, bosses are really different and well designed, the game is challenging and it makes every mistake feel like its your fault, animations and artstyle are top quality with a dark malinconic atmosphere that is the stage of a sad but great plot.

I want to reiterate, don't think about this as "the next good kickstarter", this is not another guacamelee or axiom verge, games that were good 10-20$ metroidvania, the content here is 30h+ for the true ending with more than 140 unique enemies and many different locations to explore. Don't skip this.

This game has done the impossible, it uncrowned Super Metroid, this is the best metroidvania ever made. I have to thank easy allies for spotlighting this game, i would have just placed this game into my wishlist and waited for the next steam sale, this is gem, a game that can go toe to toe with titans like the new zelda or horizon. Even if this was a kickstarter don't treat it like it, because this has AAA quantity and quality, it's a bucket full of great ideas, it takes the best things about the original dark souls and adapts them into the metroidvania style, it's never too similar to dark souls like salt and sanctuary, it knows were its best to drop the souls formula, get back to metroidvania, to just get back to souls when its necessary. The implementation of the mapping system is fantastic, a 2d game needs a map to be explored fully because you don't have many points of reference in two dimensions, the clever thing here is that the first time you enter a new area you actually have to go blind, without a map, later if you manage to find the map of the area you can look at it but it's not complete, you have to explore and draw it, and the only way to draw it is by getting to a save point, this may sound confusing but it works marvelously, you feel like you are actually exploring and you have to choose if keep going blind looking for a new save point or getting back after a while to save and draw the locations you've been into. The areas to explore are really big and they are amazingly made, with paths interconnecting the zones, and areas that can be discovered the first time in multiple ways, a la dark souls 1, a thing that has never been made in metroidvania before and it works exquisetly. The controls are so fluid and responsive, bosses are really different and well designed, the game is challenging and it makes every mistake feel like its your fault, animations and artstyle are top quality with a dark malinconic atmosphere that is the stage of a sad but great plot. I want to reiterate, don't think about this as "the next good kickstarter", this is not another guacamelee or axiom verge, games that were good 10-20$ metroidvania, the content here is 30h+ for the true ending with more than 140 unique enemies and many different locations to explore. Don't skip this.