Mech Chip

Mech Chip is a simple "one-bit" metroidvania where you, a chip, discover new powers and abilities through pilotable augmentations. The game is good for a one night play, or a casual two sessions of fun. The mechs are extremely varied and thus offer dynamic play, movement, and attack options. The bosses are decently difficult and will take a couple tries to master, but sometimes limit your mech options though there are interesting mech-switch combos. Most of the bosses are a fun challenge. In all, Mech Chip isn't a purchase you'll regret, offering at least a night's worth of fun for a reasonable price.

Quick and neat mini-vania. I was honestly not expecting much as I usually don't care for this kind of graphic style (at least Gato Robato had some cute designs). Turns out, this game's actually pretty fun. It's got all the vania tropes that I enjoy - map, upgrades, things to shoot at and blow up, secrets and collectibles, all of that. The graphic style did grow on me as I played, and actually a lot of the pixel animations were nice and fluid, especially with the boss fights. Most surprising was the audio. The soundtrack is really chill, lo-fi, vibey, and really suits the visuals; and the rest of the sounds just have that good old-school 8-bit crunch. All in all this was a pleasant surprise.