Skelly Selest

Very great game and an amazing art style which I find truly beautiful I strongly recommend this game as well as "Boneraiser Minions" and "Spirits Abyss" All of which are such nice and carefully crafted masterpieces

I played it a bit, but wouldn't recommend it over a game like Binding of Issac in the same genre.

My favorite game from Caiys and an absolute classic <3 Shoutout to the developer for being a walking W btw. They always fix issues as soon as they are adressed and always listen to community feedback

Excellent little arena shooter with great fast-paced combat. There are quite a few different game modes and excellent replayability for those who really get hooked into the game. My only complaint is that there is a lack in contrast between enemies and the background, making it difficult to see some of the enemies (so if your eyesight isn't perfect you might struggle a bit... but that's not a deal breaker).

Although it is a great game, it has some really heavy underlying issues that require improvement upon asap. I've written this review after 100%-ing the game, and boy was it painful. First off: The controls would heavily benefit from being switched to a twin-stick shooter layout instead of the way it currently works. I've plenty of times died because the controls are quite frankly jank as hell. The player character sometimes dashing into a direction you're not holding, attacks not being cancelled when you try to dash, movement/attacks sometimes seemingly being placed in an input buffer and causing you to execute things you're no longer trying to do, as you're currently trying to escape damage at all costs, and the character often facing the wrong direction when attacking. Second off: There's only two viable characters in the game: Blighted Host and Exalt Husk. Blighted because ranged and infinite ammo is very strong, Exalt because they do the most damage to bosses, making them the only viable character for Boss Rush, due to how that mode works. Thirdly: Several QoL improvements are needed. Like the banishing of certain items from the upgrade pool, because frankly holy hell are some of them META-tier, while others are very useless, or have a hidden drawback, like orbs not counting as axe or bullet damage, making them cause you to lose out on the benefits of other upgrades that require axe/bullet damage to be dealt. Another QoL that's needed is the boss rush and certain Penitance Trials really need to be made less RNG reliant. I only managed to beat the boss rush thanks to the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stars aligning in my favour, and I managed to have enough skill to make use of that chance at victory. It's basically required that you have Exalt Husk with axe dmg+, axe reach+, and big bullets to just have the loadout necessary to beat all the bosses. Aside from that, you also need some of the bosses to only use certain attacks, as otherwise you're pretty much screwed anyways. Fourthly: Are pure hearts supposed to function exactly like regular hearts for the Exalt Husk (only have experience with this is the boss rush mode) because if so, that's super lame considering how unfathomably rare they are. This would be a really fun game if not for the sheer frustration that the controls and RNG bring to the table, especially when trying to 100% the game. I legit had fun up until I started doing the Penitance Trials and Boss Rush. All in all, Boneraiser Minions is one hell of a glow up compared to this game.

This one seems a little bit more rushed, but it is okay enough for the price. I do not think this game quite deserves the rating that it has (so I have to go with no on the recommend), and I do think this game is garbage compared to Spirits Abyss. This game is just okay. This game is a 7/10 if you factor in price.