Nine Sols

Havent played much yet but this game so far has been a really wonderful experience. The movement and parrying feels really good. The art style and animations are amazing and the story is interesting and really easy to follow unlike in hollow knight and the soulborne games where you need to fit puzzle pieces together for everything to make sense. One thing that gets me tho is that there needs to be a skip button for dialogue or cutscenes. Oh and also, theres no contact damage in this game. Thats all!! Easily a 9/10 recommendation for people who love metroidvanias as well as parry mechanics.

If you like 2D, combat heavy Metro-Vanias, its a no brainer - buy this game. It is nothing groundbreaking for the genre, but is an extremely solid entry. Its very much like Guacamelee, but without the humor and instead of a brawling fighting style, its martial arts. Combat is difficult, but not souls-like difficult. Medium-hard enemy encounters throughout and clever platforming keep the game feeling fresh throughout. Every enemy encounter requires your full attention. But you never feel like the enemy intelligence is cheap - there is always a way forward in even the most difficult of encounters if you just train, pay attention, and keep at it. Keeps the whole game feeling fresh. Level design, dialogue, art style, sound and music, and narrative - all of these are decent to very good, enough to keep your attention and not frustrate you too much, but not standout or groundbreaking. And that is OK - this game is all about the combat and platforming, keeping every new area interesting, engaging and challenging. That is where you derive enjoyment from this title. If you loved Guacamelee, Hollow Knight, and/or Metroid, you'll like this no doubt. As the metro-vania is one of my favorite genres, this gets an 8.5 out of 10 for me.

Muito bom

I've played lots of games recently that I'd never cared about until recently, like the hollow knight games and Persona, but this has to be the best game I've played in 2026. The lore is great, art style is great, bosses are great, it has probably my favourite combat of any 2D game I've ever played, mechanics are satisfying, level design is great. A lot of games have a mixed bag of good and bad bosses, but there weren't any fights in this game that I wouldn't a least consider to be good, especially the final boss, which is the best boss I've ever fought in any game. The game feels punishing but fair, there weren't any times I died and it didn't feel like it was my own fault. Upgrades for things like health and arrows aren't tedious to get and only usually involve gaining enough money or getting certain materials, but it doesn't feel so easy that it isn't rewarding. The skill tree in this game is actually useful for Yi as well and provides very useful features rather than BS button combos that you'll never use. Rating: 9.5/10 PEAK

Even if you struggle with games like Hollow Knight, you should play this game - it has difficulty sliders and they SAVED me. Oh but careful if you're sensitive about gore. Theres so much gore. And body horror. Its a lot. Its great tho.

an exemplar metroidvania

Satisfying gameplay. Heart-wrenching story. Happy I played it. Yi carries a heavy baggage and while he fixes his mistakes, he learns the truth. Through his journey he stays noble and true and before everything ends he finds hope and closure.