Valdis Story: Abyssal City

Better than hollow knight

I really enjoyed it. But it is inexplicably flawed with leveling up. If you choose the wrong stats, you more than likely won't be able to finish the game. I mean for Wyatt, if you don't spend all your upgrade points to STR, boss fights will literally take 50 minutes each, but if you do, they will be 2-5 minutes depending on the boss. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I still recommend this game to support the developer, and the fact it was made using Game Maker Studio v1.4 😁

It was an alright ride. I don't really remember a lot. My notes just say it was ok.

A really cool brawler-metroidvania with a surprisingly interesting cast & story. This isn't super combo focused, but it still has a very high skillcap and it's designed around you getting better (for example, you get graded on bosses based on how much you get hit, how fast you hit them, if you needed to use healing items etc). Overall one of my favorite games and i'm really glad it got a sequel.

most fun combat I've experienced in a metroidvania

Ultra Combo!