I've played a lot of soulslikes in my time and I'm usually quite picky about them. I went into this game not expecting too much but came out (6 hours later) very impressed. This game does not lead with it's best material but once you get past the first few areas the design really comes into it's own and delivers exactly the experience that fans of Dark Souls games want.

I also think it warrants special mention that this is the best 2D adaptation of these ideas that I've seen. It's quite hard to take a tightly integrated formula and translate it into 2D space without something breaking. I think that in particular is really worth praise.

Well done.

I've played a lot of soulslikes in my time and I'm usually quite picky about them. I went into this game not expecting too much but came out (6 hours later) very impressed. This game does not lead with it's best material but once you get past the first few areas the design really comes into it's own and delivers exactly the experience that fans of Dark Souls games want. I also think it warrants special mention that this is the best 2D adaptation of these ideas that I've seen. It's quite hard to take a tightly integrated formula and translate it into 2D space without something breaking. I think that in particular is really worth praise. Well done.