9 Years of Shadows

В этой игре отправтительно 90% контента. Ещё в начале игры были звоночки когда она у меня тупо зависла с появлением Апино и не реагировала на инпуты. Далее это было ещё несколько раз в процессе игры. Левелдизавйн скучный, пртивники расставлены случаным образом. Исследовать замок неинтересно. Способности скучные и половина из них не работает. Система ХП=энерегия прикольная но фактически не работает и из-за того, что многие боссы заспамливают атаками и окон для отхила нет. Формы - инетресный концепт, но потенциально тоже скучный. Автопереключение форм - спорный момент. Сюжет - сон собаки с рандомными персонажами. Абсолютно неинтересный. Визуал - на промо материалах красиво, в самой игре - стрёмно, по тону практически везде всё смешивается в кашу. Из плюсов - система хл=энерегия (респект за эксперимент) и несколько инетерсных боссов. И в конце твист неплохой. Звук ещё нормальный. В общем - на 3 из 10.

As many people have mentioned, the art and music are pretty good, but the story is hard to follow and didn’t really keep me engaged. One thing that really should have been fixed is the intro. You’re supposed to hold RT, but for some reason it doesn’t work properly with a gamepad, which can make it seem like the game is broken right from the start. I also didn’t realize until much later that you can charge your shield by holding RT. Once I figured that out, the game became much easier. I noticed quite a few people in the discussion forums didn’t know about this either and ended up quitting the game. Knowing that, I actually had a pretty good time with it. It’s not an amazing game, but it’s perfectly fine, especially on sale. Also, it’s a very easy 100% achievement game if you’re into that.

Short and sweet with minimum backtracking. Some bosses take way too long tho

If I hold RT for longer, perhaps the gameplay will improve from watching paint dry to kick a can down the road! So much fun!

Out of the get-go, this game is a solid 8/10 with what it has to offer. First, a few things to take into account: - I played this in the last/current available patch. - I LOVE Metroidvanias to death. - I played with a controller. The good: - This game has amazing art. From the start the world draws you in. Just the art alone is worth the asking price. At many points the game just throws at you visual masterpieces. - The combat is simple, but good enough that it requires some level of skill, although I found it a bit on the easier side of things. And although enemies repeat a lot, it never got boring since you're always trying to remember what variant of that enemy it is to avoid specific attacks each variant does. - The music is anywhere from serviceable to good. However, the credits song is just out right amazing. It itself felt like its own reward. - Progression always feels meaningful. - The rooms are designed in such a way that rooms are puzzles or tests of skill the first time you go through, similar to other games like Metroid Prime. And traversal always feels fun and relatively snappy. - The story is simple, but effective. And I feel like a lot of people will find it quite…

This was a pretty cool metroidvania adventure. I like how they combined traversal of the environment with the various armor/shield elemental types. I felt like the game was just long enough not to overstay its welcome but also to give that sense of exploration. The story didn’t make much sense to me for most of the game but I think I understood it in the end lol