Ninja Brigade feat. Jonah Weingarten

I finished the main game in one session. It took me around 12 hours to reach the ending and I had a lot of fun with it! The combat is tight, the level design is varied, and the world has a great atmosphere with a mix of action, platforming, and light exploration. There are tons of side quests and activities I didn’t even touch yet (fishing, village building, arcade mini-games, etc.), so I’m definitely planning to go back and explore more. The devs for sure will rot in hell for some of the normal enemies and some parts of the level designs What I really appreciate: after finishing the game, it lets you load your postgame save so you can keep playing and aim for 100% completion at your own pace. If you’re into pixel art, fast-paced gameplay, and games that respect your time while offering optional depth — this one is worth checking out.

I really enjoyed playing the Game - really worth it! I try to explain without spoiling ;) Difficulty: The Game itself is a bit more difficult which i definitely liked about it. One downside is that the difficulty within the rooms/obsticles vary in kind of extreme ways - some seem to be tough but are pretty easy to manage and others are so challenging that you could spend multiple lifes there - but overall it's pretty balanced. Through the many possibilities with upgrades and supplies you can even make the hardest fight into an even duel just by investing time to farm - so it's beatable for everyone at their own level Leveldesign/Music: Very nice and smart leveldesign. All the areas and their designs fit pretty good and demand backtracking for the Progress - which is a main point in Metroidvanias for me. The settings and the npcs fit very well and the designs are great (you might find some acquintance ;) - even though i still hate the frogs as enemies!!! The Music is just amazing, every track is a banger and i just love the cave sound and could listen to it for hours. Mechanics/Controls: I played with and 8BitDo SN30pro and it worked perfectly. The controls are smooth and and very precise. I never had any issues with controls or movement. The skills and mechanics have a cool features and i really liked that both forms have their individual skills. The Petsystem and the different skills offer multiple ways to solve obsticles and passages so the player has more than just the one given option to make progress - i think that is one of the best features in the game. Maingame/Sidequest: The game offers the typical Metroidvania mainquest (i won't call it stroy since there is just the main topic to beat all bosses) which already took about 10h for me (already knew parts of the game before). Besides that you can do several quests for achievements, collect many items for some visuals or companions, kill enemies for Upgrades (which is kind of necessary imo) and find/play many Minigames. Since you have to clear the game under 6h for an achievement i'm pretty sure the game with 100% offers about 30-40h so you don't even pay 1€ per hour and a good deal for me. In the end i can recommend this came to anyone who likes Metroidvanias an Pixelart. You can play it "hardcore" or take your time and get supplies to make it less challenging so it's a well balanced game for everyone. And the best for me: so many cute animals :) definitely one of my favorite Metroidvanias