Nine Sols

♥♥♥♥ РОТ БОЯ С ЭЙГУН

This game has so many issues that I dont think many people talk about. Firstly, most of the difficulty is artificial. Bosses are not that hard. what makes the fights difficult is amount of enemies health. Second phases are not different in any way, they look almost the same, so boss has just 2x a health bar. Secondly, lore is boring. It doesnt build any tension, just a lot of reading uninteresting dialogues. I really appreciate mysteries in other games but there it is not really intriguing, just some boring characters with plain motives. Exploring is not special. Every location looks similiar and secrets/finds are usually just cash sources. What I also need to mention is how typical are game mechanics in this game. Hacking which looks like friday night funkin gameplay exists in so many other games, jades are mostly useless or boring and other weapons dont really change gameplay. Upgrades mostly just improve stats and skill tree is filled out with unexciting skills which I dont even want. It feels like this game really wants to be hollow knight or sekiro but mostly copy it while missing what made these games good. Conclusion: unoriginal, boring game with bad unsatisfactory combat and exploration.

This game deserves far more attention. At first glance, I wasn't expecting much, but holy moly, everything comes together so well. - The combat system is incredible. Every mechanic complements the others perfectly, and once it clicks, some boss fights feel like a anime choreographed dance. - The story is something else. At first I was interested, but it felt like, "Yeah, this is pretty cool." Then, once I connected all the dots (especially about the [spoiler]evolution and the Apemen's brains[/spoiler]), I had to stop for a moment because I was genuinely stunned. - Not to mention the world-building and the soundtrack. The Chinese culture is woven naturally into every aspect of the game, and the music is absolutely phenomenal. The true ending along with the credits song genuinely broke me. If you're even remotely interested in Sekiro-like combat or Metroidvanias, do yourself a favor and give Nine Sols a chance.

This game is a genuine masterpiece. 10/10

This game is awesome. My only real critique is that it doesn't do the greatest job to prepare you for the final boss, but considering the narrative being written, I suppose it does make some sense if the final boss is quite a few levels above any other boss you encounter. Regardless, the movement feels great and there are plenty of ways to deal damage that never feel stale. I felt quite attached to the characters and everybody had their own unique story. Also quite enjoyed the juxtaposition between spiritual and scientific themes. I bought it at half price but if I paid full price for the game I wouldn't feel disappointed at all.

ОООО да игра сделана в стиле гибрида азиатской мифологии и научной фантастики. Шикарный платформер, тут есть даже режим для казуальщиков, так что игра подойдёт всем. Отличное музыкальное сопровождение, хороший сюжет и узнаваемые механики. Рекомендую)

I give this game a second chance after I get locked out of exploring the rest of the map because I started the final zombie event too early (literally had 3 heals total against Eigong and only half the jades unlocked, dealing no damage against her because I missed out on half the fruits!). Well I thought this would be like any other Metroidvania where I could go around the map to find level ups whenever the boss was to hard but NO, 90% of the map gets locked and I've soft locked my first run. That's fine. I'll just start a brand new save and 100% the content before Eigong this time. I unlock all the jades, every heal, absorb every fruit, and find every secret before starting the final boss fight right? The game crashes, deletes all my progress and now I'm at 0/54 skillpoints in New Kunlun Control Hub with the starting 2 heals. I'm more than entitled to absolutely hate this otherwise extremely well made game for being the unfortunate person random bugs just so happened to screw over. ♥♥♥♥ this game. For those who don't believe me I can posts screenshots of proof. I'm literally sitting at the final boss root node without Azure Bow even being unlocked cause the game just decided to reset my entire progress.