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I was super excited for this game, but I put off playing it for awhile ‘cause I heard a bunch of talk about it being gooner bait, and while I can’t say that the experience is completely devoid of it, it pretty much only shows up during optional cutscenes and dialogue choices. For the most part, this is just a very solid action platformer. The artstyle and soundtrack are both fantastic, and although I did have a few small issues with the game personally, there’s nothing significant enough that I feel it need be addressed.

I'll leave the review as positive, as I feel like overall the game is good... but! The game does have some issues. If it was for 10€, I'd overlook them, but for 20€, which is the de-facto standard game price, I will absolutely point them out: - Camera control!!! The camera movement BAD. I played both on controller and on keyboard and mouse, and neither feels better. Its not a problem in the early levels, but past chapter 4 it really starts to be a problem. - Movement: The movement is affected by the camera, so a lot of the time, the character does something that you didn't want it to do. - Blind parkour: Early in the game, the parkour can be examined before actually doing it, but as the jumps get more complex, you get into situations where you are going into a jump sequence blind. Unless you are some mage parkour reaction expert, you will die the first few times just exploring the sequence. And yes, deaths are counted. I finished the game with 340 deaths and based on purely feeling alone, I'd guess about half of those were unavoidable. This could have been fixed by a freecam mode - heck, you are a flying drone, it would even make sense being able to fly around lore-wise. - The story leaves you with more questions than answers. In fact, there is basically no story at all, beyond a rather few voicelines. To be fair, I prefer more story driven games, this game is more gameplay oriented, so I am probably not much of a correct audience. As for performance, the game runs well. I don't have anything to complain on that front. There are basically no loading screens on the map (except when you die, but thats expected). The entire thing is one huge space, so, especially in the last few chapters, you can see your previous conquests, which is kinda cool. If you are an orange paint hater, don't drop the game based on the first two chapters, the last two chapters are puzzles in and of themselves when it comes to pathing. I spent a good 20 minutes dying just trying to figure out a route in chapter 8 Overall, if I were to give a rating, its a 5/10. Its not great, but its not terrible. For an indie dev, which I believe this is, it passes.