MIO: Memories in Orbit

A jucy game

Sol and vin too hard.

This would be a great game if not for two things: the map system and the overly difficult platforming. Everything else is excellent. Positives: - Combat - this is a good part of the game and is top-notch. - Story - better than most and exploring it is enjoyable. - Character development - good, there are many different items to use that change the gameplay. - Regions - exploring them is enjoyable. - Abilities - there are many of them and they change the game. - Bosses - interesting and at a level that takes several attempts to defeat, so it's okay. There were some walls I had to return to later, but most were okay. - Several options that make the game easier - for example, bosses are theoretically (this doesn't always work) weaker each time you die on them. Negatives: - Map system - the map system is terrible. I don't understand why the developers use it in MV. The map is revealed when you go somewhere and return to a save point, so the first time you go everywhere blindly which makes the entire game suffer, and exploration is mediocre. - Platforming - the platforming in this game is so hard that I don't remember such a difficult platforming. I've played through dozens of MVs, and this game is in the top three hardest platforming games of all time. The fact that you can wait for your shield to activate before each attempt and don't lose HP on spikes only makes some areas endless. The tutorial levels that introduce new skills are so difficult it's absurd. Sometimes I wish there was an option to skip the tutorials altogether, because they don't teach us anything; they just block us. I achieved the normal ending in this game. I didn't want to try to get the true ending because it would involve another incredibly difficult platforming. Someone simply didn't test this game, and everyone who says the platforming is okay in this game is lying. The platforming isn't okay and should be at least 2x easier than it is currently. The amount of actions you have to perform in certain places is simply absurd. I spent three-quarters of the game repeating platforming segments. If they fixed the map system and added teleports to the platforming that allow you to skip certain sections (like they do in some MVs), this game would be in my top and deserve a 9/10. It's now closer to a 5/10 or 6/10.

Sinceramente, este debería ser considerado uno de los metroidvania más hermosos que existen. Tiene una historia absurdamente encantadora, de esas que poco a poco logran tocarte el corazón. Además, sus NPC son increíblemente entretenidos y cada uno cuenta con su propia historia, personalidad y trasfondo, lo que hace que el mundo se sienta mucho más vivo. Sin duda alguna, es un juego que no ha recibido ni de lejos el alcance o la reputación que merece. Denle una oportunidad, porque realmente se la merece y no creo que vayan a quedar decepcionados. Después de 27 horas, por fin conseguí sacar el primer final. Ahora vamos por el segundo… el verdadero.

Overall 9.5/10 Story and characters are absolutely beautiful, and on multiple occasions I cried at the melancholy atmosphere. Visual and sound design is on point. The music is very minimalistic in most cases, just enough to give the right emotion without being in the way. There are several bangers on the OST that I've added to my video game music playlist. Exploration is deep and engaging but in most cases not too esoteric for one to at least complete the game without help from a friend or wiki. There are some secrets that I couldn't find without help but I never felt stuck for progression. Gameplay is very strong, but there are a couple small gripes that take away half a point. One complaint I had from the beginning is that Mio's aerial down attack does no damage to enemies. I imagine it was either meant to prevent cheesing or to allow for longer enemy pogos to higher areas, but in my opinion nothing would have been lost by allowing it to damage. The only other con is that there were a few platforming segments that were annoying, such as [spoiler] having to stay airborne while waiting for cycles and fighting enemies at the same time [/spoiler]

Excellent game. Fun movement abilities, enjoyable exploration, challenging platforming, superb art and music, rewarding bosses. Combat initially felt a bit shallow but it gets much more interesting as you integrate your hairpin into battle. Boss runbacks were a little long. But not as bad as other people make out. And occasionally what to do next wasn't so obvious so I had to look up some guides. But these are small complaints in an otherwise top tier game Make sure you go for the true ending

Not being able to dodge while most enemies have a lunge attack, while every enemy is immune to down slams makes the combat quite tedious. Everything seems a bit too expansive and empty so far.