Lunarium

Phenomenal sleeper game. Loved the story and the characters, enough build variety to satisfy me, and the combat was tastefully challenging with some bosses having interesting gimmicks or strategies to discover. One of the most enjoyable 100% completions I've done yet. The English localization could be slightly improved, mostly just minor errors - the narrative was otherwise clear. Looking forward to more someday! PS incredible soundtrack!

I loved the artistic atmosphere and music in this game. The soul-like combat was really satisfying when you defeated defeat a boss. Would highly recommend this game.

A top-view, slow hack and slash with captivating story and music. An adventure to find out about what Nihilus (black matter monsters) are turns into an epic unfolding mechanism of the universe. Combat is hard at first because of low max hp in the early game, but it becomes balanced after progressing a while. 100% achievement is doable.

An isometric ARPG with souls-like gameplay elements that oozes passion and charm, and which is also very fun to play. Highly recommended. Money and time very well-spent.

This might be my favorite game I've played this year. A major part of that was I was invested in the story and worldbuilding. It gives you just enough to keep you pushing forward and digging deeper. I enjoyed discovering more about how the world worked and how characters intersected. Watching the main characters Ave and Lune grow closer through the story and interact was super charming and I was always excited any time I sat at a new bench and I saw the prompt to talk pop up for more interactions between the two. One of the rare games that actually felt like things were progressing in the world as you played through. So often I've played a game with a hub area you go back to just to buy new things but all the NPCs just sit kind of stagnant as if nothing is going on in the game. This game had even the little popup words above minor NPCs you can't talk to changing at points in the game giving the world a real sense of progression and as the growing tension and threat of the end of the world closes in around the little village there was an actual feeling of what you are doing mattering. Also the character designs are great and while the dialog portraits have one pose the slight cha…

I very much enjoyed my 18h journey with Ave and Lune in this atmospheric and beautifully drawn metroidvania/souls-like. Exploration was fun and rewarding, character skills varied, and fights were challenging (make no mistake, this is not an easy game, not even in story mode). The things that could be better are: * boss difficulty (a bit over the place, Red Dancer, Rutilia, Elmo and final boss were quite unbalanced). It's fair that there is a story difficulty you can (de)activate freely (which I had to do twice), which allows you to complete the game, but even in story difficulty, at least the end boss was no cake walk. * Music is nice but becomes extremely repetitive very quickly * Story/dialogue is a bit too much and cannot easily be skipped. Overall I recommend this and look forward to the developers next game! :)