## 04/23/2024 ### Act One Completed So far so good! It's a little rough around the edges but it makes up for that in aesthetic, music, plot, and mechanics. Soo like, everything LOL. It's a beautiful game and a beautiful representation of my people. Also it's hard to describe right now, but I appreciate that it's a game that tackles difficult things while still having interesting gameplay mechanics that still make sense within the context of the narrative. It's a delicate balancing act, but one that the game handles well. Switching styles is a lot of fun and I'm getting powers at a pretty quick pace. Just feels weird to get stuck after unpausing, but I assume that can be fixed with a patch. Playing on easy mode so I hope the path of pain shit that might appear later doesn't become too much of a slog, as I've read in some places. I've seen it said that the game's not a very good Metroidvania. I'd argue it isn't one - just a 2.5D platformer with some diverging paths once in a while. It's pretty linear and that's fine - not everything has to be sprawling and open-ended, especially a small joint like this. Good-ass game so far, hope it sticks the landing.