Moonlight Pulse

Not that long of a game but it felt like they include all of the best parts of what you would be doing on this planet. I liked the way the story unfolded a lot, it was surprising and emotionally relevant. i love the characters and their designs visually and for their gameplay, the switching mechanic is really interesting and special, and I will absolutely enjoy blasting through this on a replay. for how short this game is there is a surprising amount that happens and a great enemy variety, fully recommended

Cons: -exploration -mapping -health system tied to movement availability because the characters have different platforming abilities -platforming -combat -no fast travel for 90% of the game. You are almost always punished for trying to backtrack. -world building: the world feels so empty and there are like 4 NPCs that make up this entire "world" we are saving. One of the characters comes from a village.....that had one person in it? I think they wanted to do more world building but maybe just gave up? I have to assume they meant to do more because naming any of the biomes as if they are "towns" is laughable with how empty the game felt or the overall lack of signs of life. Felt like I was saving an empty planet for no reason. -UI system clunky and awkward -exploration was not rewarding, none of the "charms" seemed to be very effective and the only other upgrades were health/damage. Still felt very very weak against the final boss -final boss is some of the worst boss design I've ever seen in my life. Purple on purple. red on red. just a visual nightmare, and such a chore to finish. I figured out eventually how you could beat it and save all the characters - not wor…

This one is a pretty cool adventure. Unfortunate lack of directional information and map marking but overall, this is a good metroidvania. It has some difficulty when it comes to switching characters while exploring and fighting; I'm just not good at that but it's not the hardest game so it should be good fun for anyone who likes this type of adventure.

Looks great, sounds great, and plays great; and crucially, only takes about 5 hours to 100%. I loved it so much I played through it a second time to get the rest of the achievements, including the speedrun, which I never do. The setting is really cool and I'd love to see a sequel. I kinda doubt we'll get one, though, considering I've never seen anyone talk about it. Why have people slept on this game??

Good music, good story

Underrated. Good game, good music.