Early thoughts on the game:

This was so worth the wait between 3 till now.

Graphics: You can see how much work went into the environments feeling atmospheric and awesome. Enemies feel at home with the different area locations. THE BACKGROUNDS are phenominal. I loved Momodora 1 - 3, but this game with only 2 hours under my belt, feels every bit better than its predecessor, in the same way that each game has felt more and more its own, and as far from a cave story clone as you can get.

Music: right from the main menu splash screen is spot on.

Gameplay: Is it hard - Yes? I feel challenging is more appropriate. But the balance is more towards generic enemies do a ton of dmg per hit. Not insta kill, but enough that you should always attack first and see if their not hostile later.

Thank you to the developer for including a SotN style map. This was my only problem with Castle in the Darkness, so much so that I spent 3 days making a map for the community. So I appreciate it to no end that it was part of development.

Everyone who contributed to this games patreon, thank you.

This is the metroidvania game that we have all been waiting for, and I need to get back to playing.