Ato

This is definitely a hidden gem among metroidvanias. It's got beautiful visuals across diverse biomes, an atmospheric soundtrack, and satisfying platforming and puzzles. It's got a ton of boss fights and generally avoids having too many regular enemies, which I actually enjoyed for a change as I could focus on soaking up the atmosphere as I coursed through the world. The puzzles are pretty average, and the atmosphere and platforming are what I enjoyed the most. There are plenty of difficulty options, and there's always a save point before every boss. The map is also great and it shows the locations of areas where there's still something left to collect (except scrolls), and if there's an adjacent room you're yet to discover. It's only got a couple of minor flaws. One is that the boss rush is locked behind 100% completion, and there's no item/ability that shows you where you can find scrolls. I missed one somehow and it'll be a slog to track it down. Another minor issue is the endlag after your dash, which stops you dead in your tracks for a moment after executing it. You can circumvent this by immediately jumping to preserve your momentum, so why even bother including the endlag? It just makes it more annoying because now you have to hit two buttons for every dash to maintain the flow.

game if the most unique boss figths that ive ever seen, each has its own gimmick, the puzzles are fun and not that challenging, theplatthe forming sometimes is strange becouse of some imput lag, the simple art style is charming and esential for knowing whatsomithing does instantly

相见恨晚的好游戏，致敬作者R.I.P. 前期得去适应极其难以掌控的后摇和抓钩操作，正反馈拉满。 中等难度7小时小体量精品，各种设计可以让玩家感受到作者对游戏的爱

Ato is a pretty good metroidvania. You are getting some nice abilities to work with, you have a lot of different enemies to learn and actually nothing feels really unfair. Some stuff feels clunky, but that's a game choice I can live with. This clunky stuff comes mainly from the little pause you are doing after nearly every move. You are hitting? Fullstop, if you are not in the air. You are dodging? Fullstop, if you don't jump again. You are doing a homing attack? Again, fullstop. It's something you have to get used to, but that's really fine and I still think the game is good with it. But what really annoys the hell out of me are the achievements and those are the only reason I give this game a negative recommendation. If you don't care about achievements and you just want to play a nice little metroidvania, go for it. But if you want to get all the achievements, this game checks nearly all the boxes for annoying achievements. Difficult-related achievement: Check Difficult-related achievement you first have to unlock with one playthrough: Check Speedrun: Check Find random stuff: Check Play the game in different unfun ways (no dodge playthrough - don't collect X playthrough[s] - Hardcore Mode and so on): Check The 100% achievement is fine, because you can see missed stuff on the map. Just not random stuff like visions. I'm still trying to get the Hardcore (One-Hit-Mode) achievement and I will get there, but it's super annoying. Achievement OCD is a disease, yeah...

2d只狼——只狐，美术有点廉价又反而有种特色，看起来有点像对马岛的部分场景。游戏很冷门但是挺有意思的，社区没人，b站没什么视频，太可惜了。玩法是类银探索+boss rush，路上基本没有小怪，推图是跳跳乐，难度还是不高的，打boss有种见招拆招的感觉，不过目前我只会用平A和蓄力斩。另外看大家都说作者因抑郁症离世，我查了一下ds，它说是网络谣言，我也不确定真假。

The demo is very clunky when it comes to jumping compared to the full game so if you are worried about that before buying it is fixed in the full game.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ this controls tightly, with interesting boss battles and an inquisitive world design that elegantly intertwines the story with metroidvania exploration. Seriously, DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS!