Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Wonderful combat, cute artstyle, emotional story, and plenty of content for a reasonable price. I beat the game and got all collectibles on regular difficulty in about 20 hours. I've just started a NG+ on max difficulty for the last achievement, and the amount of NG+ content is surprising and fun. The combat starts pretty easy, but gets super challenging and complex. My only criticisms are the availability of upgrade XP and the clunkyness of movement. Why does the jump have to kill my momentum? Same with the dash? I'm really looking forward to the sequel releasing later this year, and the main thing I'm hoping they change is the movement smoothness and adding in some new movement tech. Movement tech makes games really fun, and it opens up room for some creative and awesome speedrunning. To that matter, I would also like to see a lot of the invisible walls and invisible "you can't stand here" markers to be removed. Use real barriers to keep players from accidentally skipping content. Allow me to explore your world in unique ways and maybe find some workarounds to get to a locked out collectible before unlocking its relevant ability, giving players who want to break the game for added challenge and replayability a chance to do so. This game is incredible. Solid 9/10