Gunmetal Arcadia Zero

I enjoyed this. It's a nice little Zelda 2 clone. I know there's only a couple people who actually like Zelda 2 but if you're one of those few, I think this is worth checking out.

Very good, but short. Gameplay is a lot like Castlevania Rondo of Blood. The art style and the cute fake CRT is solid as ever. So if you've liked Super Win the Game this will click too for sure.

This game is not inherently bad, however, it has inherently bad design choices. Example, there are enemy placements which make them hard, if not impossible, to be able to dodge and do a no hit run. There is not enough money in one run, unless you know beforehand, that you need lava immunity in order to not take damage in the final dungeon. There are flying enemies that make it extremely hard to not take damage and fall. There are enemies place specifically in some spots to knock you back into instant death spikes. There are enemies placed in such ways that they can hit you off screen for damage. The game wants you to take damage, and will go out of its way to do so. The lives system is, in essence, not even needed, as you can just continue anyway, only you lose progress. It's an artifact of the time it's trying to emulate, but without the actual punishment of no continues by virtue of having a save system. The game is short, very much so if you know what you're doing. Even without it, you will get maybe 3 hours, if that, from the game, more if you're going for beating it under 30 minutes and keep messing up. This is not to say it's a bad thing, it's just something to keep in mind if you're going to consider getting it. This is a very edge case game for me. I'm very slightly more on the side of a recommend, but I wish there was a neutral option to select.

This game really wants you to become a speedrunner.

The level design, jump height, and the bad guys who are balloons and drop chains with hooks, are the reason I did not have fun with this game. I got to chapter 3, and I entered very few rooms. Just a very meh game with some odd\bad design choices. It also does not tell me when it saves, which is annoying.

One minute the controls feel great and other times they are terrible and can lead to a cheap death. When you die, the game can send you far back. If you lose all 3 lives, the game can send you really far back.

Short and not terribly interesting. Go play this dev's "you have to win the game" or "super win the game". Those are quite good.