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I liked this game enough to re-buy it on Steam for Steam Deck portability after having already bought and finished it on the Xbox when it first released last year. It's kind of superficially similar to one of the isometric Zeldas like Link to the Past but pared down and more combat-oriented, without much in the way of puzzles etc. Combat is simple--you have a sword attack, a defensive force field, and a dodge roll and that's it--but it makes up for it with a nice bit of challenge; it's not super hard but the sword attack has a slight delay between swings that can leave you vulnerable if you miss the enemy, the force field can only stay up for a couple seconds at most, and the dodge rolls don't have i-frames, all of this adding up to mean that you really have to be aware of all of your surrounds and pay careful attention to your timing and positioning which keeps things interesting.

On top of this it also has a pleasant soundtrack, a nice art style reminiscent of Stardew Valley, and just a lot of charm and heart in general. It's also only 4 or 5 hours long (my playtime says 8 hours at the time I'm writing this but I'm really bad about setting my Steam Deck down while it's still running and wandering off and forgetting about it so 3 or 4 of those hours are AFK) so I see myself replaying it a lot over the years as a bit of a "comfort food" game. I'd really recommend it to anyone who likes these sort of indie games.

No exaggeration, one of the best games ever made. You boot it up and then suddenly six hours of your life have disappeared in an instant.