Gleamlight

great game i want to see more like it and this is why i like it yea the over price is like bad but most of the reveiw are not getting to the point if your save file is gone that's cause it's like a new game+ and yes theres enemy spam but just take a minute to find a stratigy. It's also has a hollow kinght look and feel and tell did your first play thought look like ass yes then go shut up

This game had such potential... It has a great aesthetic, worldbuilding and character designs, but it falls short in mostly everything else. The animation is the most garish part in my opinion. They look like poorly tweened graphics, making a visually gorgeous game look like a cheap mobile game from 2011. The story is vague and unrewarding and the gameplay is very dull. Controls are... fine. Enemies are spammed at nauseum and boss designs are very basic. Multiple endings, but they're kind of rudementary. A quick jaunt of a game with not much to offer, which is a shame because I feel that the stained glass aesthetic is incredibly unique and the world building pulled me in a little bit. Just enough to keep the game for myself. Don't bother with it. It's not fun. Not even on a sale.

Despite quite a few weird quirks and jank, this game holds up pretty well. It has one of the best dashes i've seen in a game. The amount of control you have over it is incredible. Silksong wishes it had this games dash. Mechanically, it reminds me most of dash canceling in celeste, except that doing so doesn't gain speed. This kind of dash is very helpful against fighting enemies. This is 95% of this game, but it does a great job at making combat against regular enemies not feel frustrating, unlike some games *cough* silksong *cough*. Still, regular enemies aren't completely trival to defeat, unlike some other games *cough* Terraria *cough*. I think part of this is how enemies will heal upon damaging you. This is something really neat that i think more games should look into.

for $4 and a gimmick with telling you to delete your save file, I don't hate it beat the whole first cycle in ~ 85 minutes and 2 beers

Gleamlight is a simple, short (even after getting the true ending) action platformer with gorgeous art, somber music, an atmospherically sad (and relatively vague) story, interesting meta elements to it, and a true ending that was very well appreciated by myself. The only negative I can point out is that's a bit too expensive, but as someone who plays a fair amount of Japanese games this seems to be a constant. I can easily recommend Gleamlight to anyone who like platformers, meta elements to their games, and beautiful art. Don't expect anything deep or sprawling, just a nice experience that most should buy on a sale. I also hope and wish and dream that the team gets together again and does more. There are honestly interesting ideas in the game and I'd like to see them grow.

this game sucks ultra ass