Islets

Short and sweet metroidvania. Not too difficult, especially when searching for all the upgrades, but can be decently challenging on normal or hard. Conversations made me chuckle, characters and events are charming.

[h1] 画风可爱的小品银河城，中庸之道 [/h1] 近些年来的银河城作品层出不穷，但多少因为其内容、难度和地图设计收获一些负面的评价。而Islets这作玩起来就不尽然。困难难度100%全收集后有感而发，详细说一说这作的优缺点。 [h3] 先说缺点：平庸 [/h3] 本作流程设计简单且较短，[spoiler] 约10 h即可100%。虽然把几个小岛拼起来的思路还挺亮眼，可惜并没有围绕这点产生多有趣的设计。 [/spoiler]过于线性，经常出现“三四个岔路口，只有一个是主路，其他全被锁住”的情况；收集要素的重复度又较高，整体没有太多新意，游玩的过程中很难让人持续出现眼前一亮的感觉。尤其是其地图利用率，低到令人发指，全是死胡同不说，还经常出现一组跳跳乐拆成几个不相干的房间都走了一遍发现通往一个机关/收集品的离谱情况；加上其线性的流程，使得整体的探索不够有趣，容易疲劳。Boss战虽然有记忆点，也能看出来作者在尽量减少boss的重复性，但限于本身的底层逻辑[spoiler] 道中没有回血手段 [/spoiler]即使是困难难度也实在过于没有挑战性，一些升级甚至在变相鼓励莽夫砍砍砍[spoiler] 尤其是受伤爆炸，这玩意的伤害太离谱了 [/spoiler]。以上种种结合起来，导致游戏没有什么太突出的特点。 [h3] 再说优点：中庸！ [/h3] 那为什么笔者还会推荐这个游戏呢？一部分答案就藏在上述的“缺点”里。作者画地图水平虽然很有限，但起码也不作妖，传送点和存档点全免费而且到处都是；每当我想到“跑了这么久，该存档了”，往前走两步就会有存档点。由于本身的底层逻辑[spoiler] 道中没有回血手段 [/spoiler]跳跳乐的难度也十分之低，[spoiler] 撞到障碍物不会回到原点，只会掉血， [/spoiler]还有可购买的收集标点，使得全收集很简单。Boss战也十分简单，即使困难难度也能很轻易地莽过去，很难出现卡关的情况。[spoiler] 除了正经boss战，还有少量类stg的弹幕战，这些战斗还算有趣。 [/spoiler]而且，这作整体的画风很可爱，npc的塑造虽然短但也讨喜，[spoiler] 还有着近年比较罕见的合家欢结局，包饺子开宴会说是。 [/spoiler]剧情简单但起码是好好讲了一个完整的、不膈应人的故事，整体是加分的。 [h3] 评价为适合新手接触类银、类银爱好者休闲放松的作品 [/h3] 总而言之，在2026年中旬，在各种类银因神秘地图设计和难度而劝退的情况下，这样一款无功无过的小品类银还是推荐大家玩一玩的。虽然没什么新意，但至少不会恶心你，全程会有一种丝滑的简单体验。[spoiler] 当然，如果喜欢高难度挑战或者对品鉴地图设计有强烈爱好，那还是不推荐入手的，毕竟真的做的太简单了 [/spoiler]

fun and cute, not the longest or most difficult. I'd say buy it on sale, but the base price isn't unreasonable.

Все игры от этого разработчика на удивление "недушные". Можно покупать все и вы получите 30-40 часов неспешного милого приключения

Charming Metroidvania that does not have the "soulslike" tag. That alone makes it wonderful in my opinion. But then the game itself is also great. Not too difficult, but occasionally challenging on normal difficulty on the first playthrough.

A really neat metroivania where you don't see the hours pass as you advance it! All the bosses are original, with complex and unique mecanics, which makes them all unpredictible and fun to fight. The artstyle is just amazing, with multiples characters you can interact with during the whole story. It may seem scary to buy a game for a price like that but if you like metroidvania games I'm sure you'll love this one! (And he game is pretty long don't worry) I've discovered Kyle Thompson's games last year with Crypt Custodian on Xbox, and I just fell in love with it. Both are incredible games and I'm still very impressed by Kyle's talent for making such games and his brother Eric's talent for making such great soundtracks for his games. As someone who is working on a video game, that's really inspiring! I'm planning on playing Sheepo next and I can't wait for Well Dweller to come out! (The demo is already available if you're interested, this is probably going to be a solid game too!)

Gameplay is repetitive and less complex than other similar games. Solid 7/10 Cool game but Hollow Knight, Silksong and Nine Sols are better