The game looks awesome, is getting a lot of positive reviews from people I generally agree with, but it’s starting to feel like a lot of astroturf, which turns me off.
This is also the first game from the game’s publisher Bigmode Games. However Bigmode is started by dunkey, a very popular and influential video game YouTuber.
For what it's worth, this one is published by Dunkey, a popular comedic (i.e. memeable) video game YouTuber, so I'm not surprised to see it get a lot of talk.
The game is free for PS plus members (which is how I got it). Not sure if it is free for gamepass members or not.
I'm usually not a big fan of what are apparently called MetroidBrainia games (metroidvania, but more puzzles, less combat), but it's special enough to keep me hooked so far. Tunic was the last game that (almost) pulled that off.
One small example: there are no typical power ups like a double jump, or a rocket launcher, staples of almost every metroidvania game.
There's really a lot to like here. Whether or not it's worth the hype is a different question, but I'm very impressed at this game especially considering it's a 1 person dev team.
Seizure strobe warning on the fireworks scene, though (timestamp 0.58s).
Is it a hard platformer ? Doesn't look like it.
Now I'm interested. Loved Goonies II on the NES.
