MIO: Memories in Orbit

If you liked Silksong or Nine Sols, you'll love this. I'm a big fan of platformers, metroidvania, and Soulslikes in general, and this game scratches that itch. It's also way less dark than most, and has a very cozy feel surprisingly, almost like Ori and the Blind Forest but less Disney. Definitely give it a try.

playing this game is like playing a super epic movie it's so dramatic and emotional at the same time I love all the different abilities and the way they feel different from any other game and all the bosses were super fun to fight the story is amazing the music is just so perfect I absolutely love this game

A jucy game

Very good game. Fun, not repetitive, engaging and just hard enough.

A very cute metroidvania, with a compelling and interesting art style. Many people my not like the decision of lousing health at certain story points, in my opinion it flows well into the overall story and helps underline the urgency of the story. It was a brave decision which paid of in the end. The combat system over all is very dynamic but leaves room for adjusting certain modules, since there are why to strong combinations. All in all a very cute game.

Genuinely a phenomenal game. Absolutely loved the worldbuilding, the environments, the movement, the artstyle, the music, all of it. Would absolutely recommend

恶意满满的，劳没做够可以来玩

MIO: Memories in Orbit is what I want to see more of in the metroidvania genre. I want to see games that aren't afraid of trying something new, even if it frustrates me so bad that I have to put the game down for a few days. I want to finish a game and be grateful that I experienced it, staring at my library and wondering how anything else is going to give me that same feeling. The most shocking part about it all is that MIO isn't a fresh idea on paper. Metroidvanias with beautiful visuals, cute characters, atmospheric soundtracks, and dying worlds feel like a dime a dozen nowadays. What makes MIO stand out to me is how willing it is to sell its world by including so many unconventional gameplay elements. Unlocking fast travel? Unusual. HP? Weird. Healing during combat? Almost nonexistent. The entire map itself? Idiosyncratic. Surprisingly, I almost always found myself coming around to these design choices. The HP loss mechanic has been a huge point of contention among players of this game. I initially found myself hating it because it made exploration feel overly punishing. But as I played more, it really grew on me. I found myself at (essentially) the same number of HP throughout the entire game, and it allowed for an open-ended experience that maintained its difficulty the whole way through by keeping that number consistent. That's just one example, but I went through this same process of acclimation with other major mechanics as well. You get the idea. The only thing I haven't really come around to is the small moments that do just feel like active time wasters. I'm talking the uneventful runbacks, the inability to fast travel between the top and bottom halves of the map, or that one wind puzzle where you have to loop all the way around if you missed the tiny hole in the wall. The most frustrating moments I had playing MIO were usually from tedium rather than actual challenge. It's the biggest slight I'd give to the overall experience. With that being said, it's an all-timer for me. Not every single experimental choice hits, but they all culminate into an unforgettable experience. This is a title I'll certainly be thinking about for years to come, and sits in the upper echelon of the metroidvania genre for me.