Afterimage

A chill metroidvania which is focused mostly on exploration. Visuals are detailed and varied, music adds to the atmosphere but is not al that memorable, and there is story and worldbuilding but I checked out early on. For combat you get a variety of weapons (and magical staffs for magic attacks), but for the most part they feel functional but very stiff until you unlock more attacks with them. You can equip two weapons at a time which allows for mix and matching, but outside the daggers and scythe combo (with most moves unlocked) most combinations just didn't feel like a proper match. I can't say much about the magic attacks, since I forgot I had them most of the time because they felt rather weak...to be fair I also never geared towards magic. There is a lot to explore and to mark on your map to come back to, but half of the time you get out of your way to do a short platforming challenge to get money, equipment, or a substantial amount of time you get a teleport potion. The latter genuinely baffles me, because that has to be one of the most mundane rewards for going out of your way, because you are spending time to get a teleport potion to save yourself time from backtracking...? Mix and matching equipment can also be a lot more tedious than it should be, because you don't get a proper oversight of what the different mix and matching does to your stats compared to your prevous set. Personally what took me of the pacing the most is the ambiguity of where you are supposed to go next. I don't want a metroidvania to handhold me on where to go next, but if you unlock a mandatory for progression teleporter in an inconspicuous location which you forgot to mark it should have been marked by the game. Most important locations are marked and I completely forgot about it...So I brute forced areas which the game told me it iwas too difficult for my stats dragging the pacing down even further. When I rediscovered the teleporter I was overleveled and all the subsequent bosses in the next area where dead within a few hits, so I got robbed from those battles as well making it feel just a bit worse. What drags the pacing down as well is that if you want to explore most of the places and check if different places you marked can now be unlocked you will need a fair amount of teleport potions which drains your money fast (though the game is quite generous so for stuff you want you will have enough most of the time, but if you are an explorer like me you'll run out eventually) a nice QoL would have been to unlock free teleporting at some point just so I don't have to grind for money for the moments I feel like exploring more. The [spoiler] True final boss/ending [/spoiler] is locked behind a quest line in new game plus. For how much I might have enjoyed the game I genuinenly don't care enough about the story nor the game to spend more time on it. Also shame on the developers for doing this, arbitrarily locking away content for a meaningless extension of gameplay. TLDR: Nice enough metroidvania, wished it had some more QoL and better rewards for exploration to respect my time more. Perfect game to binge watch something on the side, I would have dropped the game halfway if I wasn't watching something else.

I started playing Afterimage with some doubts after a friend recommended it to me, but I ended up genuinely surprised by how good the game is. The movement speed feels great, the gameplay is smooth, and the combat is satisfying and responsive. As you progress, you unlock new abilities that make exploration more interesting and rewarding. The world is amazing. The progression feels natural and never forced. One of the things that surprised me the most was the story, it may seem confusing at first, but by the end everything starts to make sense and comes together nicely. I highly recommend this game to anyone who enjoys the metroidvania genre, and also to players who want to try this type of game for the first time.

Good game. I really wanted more Metroidvania and picked this up on a whim. The map is insanely massive. However, each area feels distinct and unique. Entering a new area felt rewarding to take in the new ambiance and style while slowly traversing and unlocking shortcuts and new paths. Difficulty felt like a nice sweet spot and bosses had clear sufficient tells when they were going to attack. Exactly what I was looking for in a Metroidvania style game.

这怎么说呢，可惜了这么好的美术和女主哈 不过这么便宜的价格拿到这样的体量其实真的很不错了，无非就是有点...这些怪都这样了冲刺还不能有无敌么，也没有把主角的抗性拉的特别高 以及这个神奇的传送和存档，传送居然是要喝药水的，就是说让玩家体验好点这么难吗 武器也是及其单一的攻击手段，咱都这么单一了还不能跑打

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量大管饱这一块，难度不高，有挺多场景和任务都设计得很有意思，虽然有些缺点，但是也挺不错了。

地圖大到有夠誇張 完全不知道要往哪邊走 不是把地圖無限的放大然後隨便塞一個不知道為什麼要在這邊的BOSS就算是做好遊戲了 兩段跳跟蹲下滑踢這麼重要的移動技能塞到超級後面才給是怎樣