Momodora: Moonlit Farewell

Very good game. Fighting feels good and fair, also there are mechanics which are unique. This game is similar in it's core to other metroidvanias but feels completely different in details. Story and characters are also cool and are very well made in my opinion. There are no tedious parts, usually there are shortcuts, and game saves progress after death so it is just runback, but before bosses there usually savepoint anyway. I really reccomend it.

I'd give this a 5/10, if I could select anything other than Yes or No then I would. Will write full review shortly.

Graphically it's yet another significant step up from previous game, but gameplay wise player still suffers from majority of uncancellable moves, which forces you to play extremely safe, thus very boring. There's a huge opening where you can deliver whole combo? Nope, you have to restrain yourself from such thoughts and slap them with your wet leaf once and run away to the cover, waiting for them to get, scratch their back, stretch and then finally make another move, otherwise you'll stunlock yourself right into enemy's hit frame. I heavily despise knowledge check games where you get so needed "knowledge" only after dying to another new unreactable attack just to throw you back to the checkpoint so you spent even more time for running to that particular place, watching all the unskippable cut-scenes and died again to yet another new unreactable attack (or dying to the same one if you didn't figure out what exactly developer wanted you to do, and of course, you have to do this blindly without any hints so you spent even more time). Is it hard? No. It's time consuming. Is it fun? If you like to navigate through mazes blind, then yes. Unfortunately knowledge checks are often the exact equivalent to it. In this game it's pretty much the same experience :/ How do one obtain knowledge? By LEARNING theory beforehand or they can throw themselves right into the action. That's where A LOT of knowledge checks are failing. Such videogames simply do NOT include first option and forcing players to spend their time bashing their heads against the wall until it breaks. And the problem is only worsen by flooding game with unreactable attacks, literally giving you no choice other than just dying to it and retrying again (afterspendingmoretimegettingbacktothesameproblematicpartfornoparticularreasonsincenobodylearntwhereexactlytheysupposetoputcheckpointsIguessbecausegame'stechnicallyalreadyinabysmalstatesof*ckitweball). Additionally, some enemies have desynced attacks, like big guy with butcher knife. His hit frame is right at the start of his attack animation, not synced to visual hit, or red orbs from one of "four cats" you'll encounter closer to the end of the game. You get hit even before they visually appear next to you. If you enjoy this type of games - good for you, 'cause this one's the same. Unfortunately, I didn't. Then why spending so much time in it? Long story short - I'm desperately trying to find something that will make me say "Yep, game's worth my time".

jogo muito bom, muito bom mesmo

Perfect metroidvania

**New-generation visuals, old-generation gameplay.** This is a rather unfortunate case of a game with a lot of visual potential being held back by its gameplay design. Whenever I wanted to reach a new area, I often had to go through long stretches of travel that felt somewhat uneventful, with little sense of discovery or surprise. A lot of the level progression seemed to rely on repeated encounters with similar enemies and relatively simple platforming sections, which unfortunately made the journey feel less immersive than it could have been. For a game released in 2025, I also wish there had been some form of fast travel between save points. If the routes themselves aren't going to offer much variety, being able to teleport between major checkpoints would have made the experience much more enjoyable. I think the distances between areas could have been shortened, or the routes could have included more interesting encounters and surprises. And if the game is going to emphasize fighting large numbers of enemies along the way, I would have liked to see a greater variety of weapons or combat options to keep those sections from becoming repetitive. The main story also feels relatively thin, which makes the emphasis on repeated combat a little harder to appreciate. If I'm mainly going to be fighting waves of enemies, I'd probably rather play a roguelike that is built around that kind of gameplay. Overall, I'd give it **5.5/10**. The art direction and visual presentation are genuinely impressive, and they are probably the strongest part of the game. **Despite all of that, I would still recommend it.** It's not a bad game, and there is definitely fun to be had here. I just think it falls short of what it could have been, especially considering how good the visuals and overall presentation are.

とりあえず普通でクリアまでプレイ 追加要素は未プレイ 一通りプレイした感想としてはゲームとしては楽しめましたがやや簡単な部類 難しければイージーでプレイでもいいがかなり簡単にクリアできそう 探索が少々難しい点と一度行った場所に戻る等がやや面倒 そこまで長いゲームでもないためサクッとプレイしたい方にお勧めです