Cave Story+

(NO SPOILERS) Summary: Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games. ------------------------------- What is in the game: A medium-length Mega Man-style game with multiple endings. You wake up in a cave and discover what is going on. It has tough combat and a nice art style and story. ------------------------------- Thoughts: Note: I have played once and gotten the normal ending, and am now going for the good ending. I really enjoyed this; it feels really unique, the combat is fun, the graphics are great, and the music is phenomenal. The story was simple but good; it was fun to keep up with through the levels. Short, simple, and sweet. I recommend it! ------------------------------- Mid PC Optimization: This should run fine on anything. ------------------------------- Time to Beat: ~8 hours for one playthrough. ------------------------------- Price: ☑ Buy it full ☐ Wait for sale ☐ Don't buy it ☐ Free Its fun, and an indie get it full price if you can. ------------------------------- Graphics: ☐ Amazing ☑ Good ☐ Average ☐ Bad ☐ Awful Note: There are 2 graphics options, Old and remastered. I used remastered. With sharp visuals turned on, it looks really good; don't use the smooth stuff the screenshots show it's terrible looking. The art style is nice, and all of the characters look nice. Environments all feel unique, and the enemies look good. This game inspired Undertale's characters visually, and you can really see it when you start playing. ------------------------------- Gameplay: ☐ Very Fun ☑ Fun ☐ Meh ☐ Bad ☐ Awful I believe this is classified as a Metroidvania; idk, I never really play them, but I really enjoyed this. I played on classic difficulty, and it was challenging but fun. Death wasn't infuriating; it felt like I just needed to get better. Well, it was infuriating sometimes because they liked to put cutscenes before bosses, and sometimes it lets you skip them faster, and sometimes it doesn't. All the weapons I have used are fun and feel like they have their own uses. The objectives are straightforwardenough. The platforming feels good once you get used to it. The bosses are really fun to fight! Overall, a really fun game. ------------------------------- Music: ☐ Amazing ☑ Good ☐ Average ☐ Bad ☐ Terrible ☐ None Note: There are 3 options for music, Old, Old Remastered and New I used old remastered for my first playthrough and am using old for my current playthrough. I think both are great, though I'm leaning towards old music a bit more. Old music sounds more like NES music, while remastered music sounds kind of like SNES music. Either way, both are really good and have some bangers. I love the song Mischievous Robot; it's really good. Every song just fits the moment. ------------------------------- Bugs: ☑ None that ive seen ☐ Not impactful ☐ Negatively affects gameplay Don't think I encountered a single one. ------------------------------- Side-Notes: None