Adventurous Slime

AVOID | LACKING | MAYBE | [b][u]WORTHWHILE[/u][/b] | COMPELLING | UNMISSABLE Adventurous Slime is a cute bite-sized metroidvania game. In the game, you play as a slime who needs to find and beat Lord Old Skull to help out some witches, and so off you go on your adventure. In terms of what I enjoyed, the art style is super cute, the music is charming and fits the overall vibe/environment, and the game allows for different paths to be followed. The game didn't overstay its welcome, but it still felt like a full experience. It was nice that enemy drops matched my status in the game (i.e., if I was low on health, an enemy was more likely to drop a health pick-up), but not in a way that felt too hand-hold-y. In terms of what is neutral, I found the boss fights to be very easy (I played on the default/normal difficulty), with the exception of the second boss which was like 17x more difficult than any other boss (for whatever reason, likely it's a me thing lol). For what could be improved, I sometimes felt like my physical attack was a little bit difficult to aim properly. It's an attack that moves in an arc and so sometimes it took several tries to get it to hit the way I wanted to to (and usually if I didn't get it the first time, I switched to using my magic attacks which allowed me to attack in more straightforward ways). I completed the game with 102% completion in just under 2 hours (my game file says 1 hour 52 minutes). In general, if you're looking for a palate cleanser and/or you want something that has the charm of a Kyle Thompson game mixed with the chill/amusing style of something like Dadish, this is a fun pick. Overall, I really enjoyed my time playing this game.