Valkyrie Saga

Awesome title, if you were a fan of Pseudoregalia this game won't disappoint. If you hate that game, you're not getting anything better here. They are very similar in their sort of fun janky retroish philosophy. Just like Pseudoregalia, there are a bunch of skips and tricks if you're good enough. Some intentional and some 100% not. The world is pretty interesting, both as a setting to explore and to sort of get the wider narrative from. Combat seems rough at first, but when you get a hold on it it's actually pretty dynamic. I'd say it does suffer from having about four enemies in the whole game though. Platforming is pretty interesting with the game giving you additional jumps as it's main progression resource. Most of the crystals you need to obtain them only need two extra jumps to access, so if any of the platforming gives you a challenge, you can easily explore and make it easier. The movement starts a little rough, especially if like me you assume that the game will be very vertical like most 3D Platformers. Once you get like 3 crystals you'll notice this game is a lot more about horizontal movement over different heights. The game gives you a ton of additional jumps in the late game, and it becomes very clear why as you progress. It's a nice 6 to 8 hour experience, maybe 12 if you go 100% it and do the bonus content. You can definitely stretch it if you want to do like challenge runs. Great buy at the price point. Much like I feel with Pseudoregalia, if this developer ever wants to release another title around the same size with the same execution but new mechanics and levels I would happily buy it too.