JUMP KING QUEST

I hated playing jump king so much, I never thought I would LOVE its sequel. the only reason why I started playing this game was because of a friend of mine being a huge fan of jump king, and I proposed to play jump king quest with him, I was expecting a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ rage game like jump king was and my friend was kind of the only reason why I ended up playing this game, but the more I played this game the more I was actually starting to enjoy it. First of all, this game is a mix of the jump king and the dark souls formula, which can be very frightening understandably but this game is a lot easier platforming wise than its prequel, that doesn't mean the game forgot where it came from, some jumps can punish the player REALLY HARD if they miss them, but this is rarely as harsh as jump king, and as for the souls-like part of the game, it doesn't just scrap the dark souls formula just to put it into this game, it's inspired from but it's not quite like it. The game tries to do its own thing, its own level system, its own combat system and so on and on. The combat system is really fun by the way, it has a lot of room for different play-style, you can either use the shield that has its own health bar that recovers over time, or you can fully rely on jumps to avoid any dangerous attack, but where they really nailed it is in the special attack system. with most weapons you have one or multiple possible special attacks and it requires a combo to trigger them (for example down + hold down + heavy attack = special attack) and in a game where you have to manage carefully the opportunities you have to use your weapon against a boss for example, putting a high risk-high reward mechanic like that was a genius idea and it works so well in this game. and of course like this wasn't enough, the game has infinite weapons and armors and shields and whatever so many different play-style possible for this type of game has to be illegal, I mean there are F***ING GUNS and these aren't the dogwater ranged weapons of dark souls, the ranged weapons in this game are actually really good, but not broken, when you use them you're way more vulnerable than when you use something like a sword, you actually take a much longer time to use your shield for example. This game also has surprisingly a pretty interesting lore, I mean it's not as deep as or as well written as dark souls obviously, but the game has that charm with the right dose of humor in it, it's just funny enough, so the game can still have its serious moments and not be just a ridiculous ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, and for that I have to say I might prefer this lore more than any souls-like I've played. But this is just my personal tastes, I always liked when a game has the right balance between funny and serious, all of this just to say that the game isn't just interesting for its gameplay but for many other things, I could blabber for this game for days and night on how good this is, like, the music is absolute fire, the platforming is extremely well designed, it's hard but never frustrating, the bosses are memorable, and the game just looks beautiful sometimes, the fact that this game isn't very well known has to be ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ studied, I know that the game wasn't as good as now when it was during its early access, but still, the game right now can actually be called a masterpiece and I MEAN IT, as a reminder, I still hated the original jump king. Anyways. What are you waiting for adventurer? There is a smoking hot babe at the top!