9 Years of Shadows

Hugging a teddy bear gives you strength <3 Some games give you an OP ability and it's just for the final boss. This game gives you an OP ability that you get to use throughout the whole end game while cleaning up loose ends and 100%ing the map Very enjoyable metroidvania that should be in every fan's collection.

So much missed potential. Meh story, meh map design, Mary Sue protagonist, boring boss fights. I played this in anticipation of Mariachi Legends but this was more a warning than anything else

Excelent gameplay. Quite good ost. Excelent graphics and character design. I encountered 2 bugs. One at the end of the first sequence, I couldn't go past a dialogue, and the other one, the same exact bug, at the end of the last sequence, when Europa is grabbing the kids hand, pressing A woulnd't do anything. Quick traveling should be free because there is just not enough money in the game to buy all the upgrades without heavy grinding (I grinded a considerable amout of money, still I was like 800 short for the last upgrades, which is A LOT, and I 100% the map). The story is sadly non-existant: there a is curse in the castle, you must destroy it. That's it. Just a little plot twist there but not much more.

Что хочется выделить в 9 Years of Shadows: 🔸 Классическая метроидвания: вместо оружия — разные доспехи и стихийный урон 🔸 Прекрасная пиксельная графика — глаз радуется 🔸 Приятная и ненадоедающая музыка 🔸 ~10 часов на прохождение (можно закрыть сразу на платину) Единственное, к чему могут быть вопросы — сюжет. Но в таких играх он и не главное. Он есть, он неплохой, он очень драматичный — и это в пиксельной-то метроидвании! 😅 Из забавного: в игре куча отсылок на греческую мифологию, и это выглядит очень уместно. Если вы любите пиксель-арт и метроидвании — проходить мимо нельзя! ⚡ 8 доспехов Зевса из 10!

蛮好玩的一款类银城，美术也不错，手感稍微差了一些，差强人意吧，就是体量有点小，15小时左右就几乎全收集了，算是一款不错的小品级类银城，而且买cdkey的话价格也很便宜。

Art is nice, but the combat and exploration so far is rather meh. Balancing your HP, or shield, and attacks seems like a nice idea in paper, but I find myself having to disengage with combat every now and then to hug that bear because your shield and HP are extremely low.

Perdí 3 horas de juego por no haber usado los pianos para curarme, ya que es lo unico que el juego considera un checkpoint. Usar atajos, desbloquear poderes o reliquias, vencer jefes o minijefes NADA de eso genera un checkpoint lo cual me parece un diseño terrible. Además es un juego muy facil, por lo que uno no los usa tanto y no se acostumbra a generar checkpoints. Me niego a repetir 3 horas de gameplay, una pena terminaré viendo el final del juego en youtube.

Very good MetroidMania, with two strong points : Boss and artistic direction. I firmly recommend !!

美术和特效救不了系统缺陷的典型，跑路跑得我犯恶心，那电梯动画就不能再短点吗？

Overall I'd recommend the game. It's a nice metroidvania, however I was not a fan of a core mechanic of shared energy\HP bars. The art style is great. Sadly there were bugs - some forced me to restart the game, some were just annoying. Still, it was an enjoyable game.