Key Fairy

Key fairy is a incredibly delightful game, with a with soft yet raw artstyle, wonderful dialog, a very Very fun movement system, AND immersive and charming music. It's a simple metroidvania meant to exist by showing something being itself in the game itself being of a self, itself. . . sefl. It's in all around positive experience that should have you enthralled by its sheer whimsy and messaging; not even including the movement which has a lot of applicable moments to let you fly by like a bullet yet need you to just flutter about. Also there are plently of keys to be had, it IS in the title afterall.

I love the creatures and the gameplay

lush and mysterious, deftly dancing with enemies, and full of evocative writing that so efficiently drew me in to the depths of the forest. quiet until it's howling at the moon

I don't usually buy games I randomly happen to see on steam store page. This game was the exception, because of its unique style, music, atmosphere. And I'm so happy I did. It feels nice to play. To zip around the whimsical fairy tale forest. Talking to weird and funny creatures (who sometimes don't even know who they are). It's expensive, yeah. But a unique and interesting experience. I am, however, stuck trying to get the last key ancient key ([spoiler] I gave orb and a stone to crows, but they don't say what else they want, and I feel like I talked to all NPCs 3 times over [/spoiler]), and the game's attempt at help are.. not enough for me to figure it out =(

Key Fairy has been one of my most anicipated Indies to release this year, and the full game is as good as the demos have put it out to be! Key Fairy leans into the maneuverability aspect of bullet hells, letting you defeat enemies through identifying their attack patterns and defeating them through taking 'stars' that they leave behind. This unique gameplay loop makes it a surprisingly bulletless-hell, where the player has to get intimately close to enemies in order to defeat them. Enemies in each zone are often evolved version of past enemies- and each new encounter will kick your ass the first time you visit them. If you are into the dark souls-esque pattern of enountering weirdos with increasingly sporatic attack patterns, then you will find Key Fairy's learning curve satisfying. Speaking of enemy encounters, sometimes you will find two more more enemies teaming up in a room. These rooms are curated so that the enemies dont just come down on you with 2x difficulty, which makes those rooms some of my favourites in the game. The other, non-combat half of Key Fairy is conversing with chracters and absorbing the whimsy of what they say. Some of what characters will say will feel more comprehensible than some other dialogue, which is a consequence of initiating conversation with forest sprites.. One of my favourite encounters involves defeating birds in coats, and then encountering them later on asking for special objects. Fail to provide those items and they will insult you in a way that tickled me. There is no boring dialogue. The game in its entirety is about 6 hours long, give or take how long it takes you to adapt to new encounters, how much you care for some of the esoteric dialogue prompts, and if you want to get all of the achievements (which require multiple playthoughs).

Interested in artistic games that have a very unique identity and, in this case, for which the word "whimsical" really isn't overused? Then get this game and delve into a weird world of vegetation and star-headed cats, and enjoy having nonsensical but charming and funny (and sometimes "kinda deep bro" type) chats with the enemies that you calm down after dodging around like a thread-slinging/flash dashing maniac (sometimes you can talk to doors and trick them into opening instead of finding a necessary item) while listening to battle music that is equally demented as everything else while being amazing.