The Messenger

This is one of the best games I’ve ever played.

Fun challenging platforming game! Controls are pretty responsive. I'd stick with just the main game and pass on the dlc.

This is one of those neutral reviews that I would give because its not a bad game but I didnt finish it because of its boring & grindy game mechanics. Story wise and music are alright but its sooooo boring. You only have 3 shuriken (refillable), jump attack, attack. There is some gliding and some swinging (that is only horizontal movement). That’s about it. There is no input to heal, there is no different moveset, nothing basically. For context, here is the controls: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3797654955 . Add on, its really grindy. For context, if you see this picture: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3797656295 , if you see the right-side skill that is red in color, I wanted the top part of it that shows something across the entire map. Yea, no you can’t have that. You have to work yourself to grind from the red to the yellow to the 2 white above. And each of those requires diamonds (w/e it’s called) that are easily lost if you, well, downed in game I know I am half way through the game as the game dictates it but with its boring mechanics that I don’t want to deal with it and it would be taking up my time playing it, I rather…

Super early review...just beat the first level, so far...but plan to play all the way through. This game is absolute 90's Nintendo games nostalgia, without the 90's Nintendo game difficulty. Then add in some funny dialogue.

One of my favourite plattformes of all time. Intuitiv gameplay, kickass soundtrack, lot's of humor and philosophy. Great replayablity, also nice for getting into speedrunning. Must buy for anyone who likes plattformers. DLC is included but quiet challening.

Game is amazing one of the best metroidvanias ive played ina while!!!!!