Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

I found some of the mechanics to be nauseating. Regardless of that, I didn't think it was fun. Gave up in the rotating gear zone, which is where the nausea was worst.

If you want an immersive experience, creative gameplay, and fun puzzles, you'll have a blast with this gem.

This was a really good Metroidvania where you control a flying saucer and get all sorts of cool upgrades. The environment, abilities, and enemies all work very well together...and some minor puzzling even works your brain here and there just a bit, but nothing so much you would need a guide for. Took me 8 hrs to finish, but it was a very high quality experience. I would recommend this over most of the more marketed copy and paste AAA stuff that comes out these days. This is a game that knows what it is, sets out to do it, and masterfully sticks the landing.

I would recommend this game if you LOVE metroidvanias or you LOVE little spaceships (for some reason). The classic metroidvania formula is here, in a 4 or 5 hour experience. Collectables? Tons! Creative upgrades? Yep! Various enemies and areas? Absolutely! Great musical score? NOPE. (weakest part of the game) If you're kicking rocks looking for a unique metroidvania to fill your time, this will satisfy that urge.

[h1] O Insano e Distorcido Planeta Sombrio [/h1] [h2] Uma review de um dos melhores [i] Metroidvanias [/i] que já joguei! [/h2] [b] Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet [/b] é um jogo com titulo bem autoexplicativo: sobre um planeta insanamente distorcido e sombrio, e nele jogamos como o que parece ser um pequeno alienígena em um OVNI, em uma missão para acabar de vez com essas entidades sombrias. O jogo em geral é [b] escuro, uma atmosfera tensa, [/b] com [b] inimigos de matéria biológica [/b] prontos para te despedaçar, sem contar as [b] gigantes entidades [/b] que tentam te atrapalhar, e o chefões que mais marcaram os biomas para mim. As ferramentas também são [b] extremamente úteis[/b], se você consegue dominar elas e utilizar na hora certa, vai se dar muito bem! [b] As artes conceituais são lindas, a trilha sonora é fogo, sem contar os artefatos te mostram o desenvolvimento do vírus sombrio que infectou o planeta. [/b] Uma obra de arte para fãs de [i] Metroidvania [/i] como eu. [h1] NOTA: 92/100 [/h1]

Jogo nostálgico, joguei muito a demo no Xbox 360. FINALMENTE CONSEGUI ZERAR HOJE NO PC.

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is a genuinely impressive little Metroidvania that I'd been sleeping on for way too long — the art style by Michel Gagné is unlike anything else I've played, with that striking black-and-shadow aesthetic giving every creature and environment an eerie, almost macabre beauty. Flying around as a tiny UFO instead of a humanoid character feels fresh, and steadily accumulating tools like the buzzsaw and grappling claw kept the exploration rewarding. The puzzles never frustrated me, the boss fights have satisfying patterns to learn, and the whole thing wraps up in a tight 6-8 hours before it ever overstays its welcome. My only gripe is that backtracking to locked gates without fast travel gets a bit tedious, and the rewards for doing so — mostly concept art and lore clips — feel underwhelming. Still, if you can catch it on sale and enjoy Metroidvania-style games, this is an easy recommendation.