Twilight Monk

*BOSSES- are dummy easy if you're patient enough on early to mid game, mid to the last half have some cheap aoe blast range with additional damage with NO HEALING on use (1 Revive pot avilable) * STORY and characters are simple and bleh * EXPLORATION and upgrade progression- might be the best part of the experience Although you have to progress abit more to get double jump and dash, so early game pretty much at the mercy of annoying bats and projectiles after doing jump attacks * DASH based gameplay, no parrying or blocking

Pros: 1. Responsive controls. Although bosses are so-so even for a hard mode. 2. Fresh and new look for a metroidvania for me. Anime-style. 3. Story is good. 4. When you die, you will really restart from your last save. All progress prior dying will be gone. 5. Enjoyable and grinding for monster hunt and collectibles are not so time consuming. Cons: 1. Only one type of base attack. No combo. Although there are many ember-based attacks to choose from. 2. Final boss is the easiest boss. LOL! I chose hard mode on first playthrough and it's easy to beat. 3. No New Game+ so if like me, you 100% it on first playthrough, you can uninstall immediately. Overall: It's fun, not stressful. Highly recommended.

I don't mind losing because a game is difficult, but i do mind when its consistently unresponsive. I double jump nope doesn't register you died. I dash nope doesn't register you died. everything needs to be tightened up from the way the character moves to the actual controls. everything feels a little messy

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Very good metroidvania. The only strange thing is that the game is a sequel to a comic, so some dialogue refers to things you don’t know. But gameplay-wise, it’s very solid: good combat, good exploration, and a helpful feature for 100% completion. Overall, only good things to say.

A fun little Metroidvania. Combat is basic but serviceable. Definitely not the hardest game if you're even a bit experienced at platformers

Fantastic Metroidvania with awesome graphics and good control. The main progression is extremely linear but the exploration is very rewarding which makes backtracking feel good. The maps for all areas show a completion percentage by items so you'll always know what you're missing. Twilight Monk has everything - secrets, a "pokedex" with nice rewards, 4 different buddies to find and equip, a talisman (charm) system, 8 different spells to choose from and a long quest for some missing birds. All characters are lovable and the game has got some nice humor thrown here and there. You lose all your progress on death but there are plenty of fruits to heal with that drop from enemies, chests and lanterns, not to mention different potions that you can equip in order to auto-revive with lots of HP back. The only negative thing I can say is that the game desperately needs a custom map pin system. I had to take around 50 screenshots and use an image tagging application just to get around this limitation. Custom map pins would make marking points to return later on so much easier, I would highly recommend them as the next big QoL update for the devs to target. Also, keep in mind that if you like exploring a lot, you may want to play on hard mode as the experience you gain would over-level you in certain boss fights. On normal mode a few bosses died in about 5-6 seconds. Overall, an absolute gem of a Metroidvania, easy recommendation for any fans of the genre.