3.5* actual rating

I wanted to play this game since it came out and when I saw it for 50% off I jumped at the chance to play it, and I wasn't disappointed.

From the get go this game was fun to play. It had good platforming and good exploration even if it wasn't exemplary. It kept me engaged and having a good time. As the game continued to go it progressively tested your skills and added new abilities. There were some platforming parts near the end that had me quite frustrated, but it never threw me into a massive rage. The bosses in the game were a bit to easy. While the platforming continued to challenge, combat wasn't were this game shined. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. Boss fights are tricky to hit that perfect mesh of difficult but not frustrating. I am glad they erred on the side of to easy than frustratingly difficult though.

The graphics in the game were cartoon-y and fun. The animations were superb and I never experienced a glitch in the graphics once. Well made throughout and the colorful aesthetic was easy on the eyes. The animations were too notch as well and felt smooth and graceful and I loved it.

The writing in the game was marvelous. It constantly out a smile on my face. Not necessarily a laugh out loud comedy, but some back and forth banter that reminded me of talking to my friends and it just made me happy. While the story wasn't crazy at first it was enough to keep you going, and by the end it had a couple twists I genuinely didn't see coming, only because of the tone in the first 3/4 of the game. So it was nice to get surprised with some story goodness at the end!

Overall this 4-7 hour game was a lot of fun. If you like witty writing and a pseudo metroidvania you could do a lot worse than this game. I had a lot of fun.

PS- I find it appalling that there is no achievements on this game. That is a massive error in my opinion.