Mina the Hollower

Recommending it but be warned the game can be incredibly frustrating. I'm going to start with some complaints but I promise I do actually enjoy the game and don't need to "git gud." People will defend the game's difficulty but there are a lot of design choices around the combat that just outright confuse me. You can…

As with many critically acclaimed difficult games, the reviews are polarized between "This game is amazing" and "This is completely unfair and bad design". If you enjoy the challenge style of this game, it is outstanding. If you don't, you're probably going to be frustrated. The devs really go out of their way to de…

Okay, so I have completed the game twice now, collected every item, done pretty much everything I could in terms of stuff to grab. I still probably have like 60 hours left of doing stuff in this game. This is easily my GOTY thus far and I have extreme doubts it will be topped. The gameplay is immaculate, I love the…

I tend to swing positive on reviews when I find some things to criticize. I don't find difficulty to be a turn off for a game, but I think there's some things to be said. I think the advertising for this game kind of leans into Legend of Zelda but it's mostly a Castlevania game with an overworld map in terms of desi…

Link's Awakening DX, Dark Souls and Castlevania had a baby and it is magnificent.

A wonderful and charming metroidvania-type game that I'll most definitely come back to for a NG+ in the future, but one that nevertheless does have some glaring flaws. First, the good. The music and art are absolutely fantastic. Immaculate pixel art, world design, and aesthetics, and a soundtrack by Jake Kaufman tha…