Chrono Ghost

good game

In the same vein as Celeste or Super Meat Boy but with modern graphics and gorgoeus level design; to include perfectly matched original music, Chrono Ghost is a game that will challenge you. Emerse yourself in thoughtful, hard-as-nails-while-still-unique-and-well-designed levels that both push and reward you. Much like a Souls game, Nioh or Ninja Gaiden (new or old). There's a very unique and almost strategic blissful combination of graphics, music and trying to beat the clock while not depleting your skulls to get to that next level. Almost a harkening back to the days of earning you way through a game in the NES area, there are no hand outs. Buckle up butter-cup and dig in, there's a true gem here if you're up to the challenge!

Chrono Ghost is a very challenging platformer based around the manipulation of time. By the games end, I had died 774 times (it keeps track) The challenge is always fair however, it requires a good amount of thinking, good timing and reflexes to best each set of obstacles. Some hazards can be slowed down, sped up or stopped completely in time. Others are unaffected by your time powers. I found the music to be stellar and the visuals were beautiful, especially the backgrounds. The game has difficulty settings, but they don’t affect how hard the platforming is. Instead they influence your time limit and the amount of lives you get per stage. Each set of hazards in a stage has a check point. But run out of time or lives and you start that stage over. The game is a little short, around 4 hours for me. But its length is going to depend on your skill at advancing. And there is always a hardcore mode to return to.

Full Disclosure: This was recommened to me by a friend of the developer. Tranquil music and serene environments mask a challenging experience. You're given unlimted power to slow or speed up time, limited power to stop time, and plenty of lives (you'll need them); then dropped into a challenging platformer not unlike Super Meat Boy. Jump, dash, and manipulate time through each level in 15 minutes (or 100 lives) to progress. Luckily, when you die, you start at the last checkpoint, which are (mercifully) plentiful. If you like unforgiving platformers, give this game a shot. If you're going to rage because you died 3 times in the same spot, it probably isn't for you.

If you hate yourself and want to get violent, play this game!

hard, challenging, fun, and frustrating.