Recent reviews by Light Mode Moth

I am very upset at this game. I have not 100% it and have no desire to.

It is BEAUTIFUL. It is an absolutely stunning game, every enemy and room looks absolutely amazing. The bosses are (mostly) interesting and of course, look beautiful.

The platforming is made easier by being coded properly and falling in spikes is no longer an instant death, unfortunately the platforming is watered down and barely exists in levels that aren't at the center of the map.

The enemies are the most unfun things to fight ever. They WILL powerstance you even if they play the stun animation, and there are entire groups of enemies that exist for the sole reason of dealing contact damage (The worst part of blas 1).

There are some bosses that are terrible in the 2nd half. The confraternity of salt boss exists to stress you out with enemy spawns that clog the map if not dealt with immediately and also shields. The severed tower boss is tedious and annnoying to learn. The two moons boss is boring as ♥♥♥♥ and, being the end to a quest starring a repeat character (i want to cover yerma in oil) felt like the biggest let down ever. The final final boss is barely anything and has 1 attack that actually puts you on your toes. It's like the only boss that you can powerstance through.

The areas are amazing. Until you reach the 2nd half, then the only interesting area is the basilica. Cathedral of salt is incredibly unfair with its enemy placement and just enemy attacks in general. Severed tower tries to evoke charred visage from blasph 1 but ends up having nothing notable besides a ladder covered in fireball launchers and enemies that out range you in front of the fireball launchers. Mother of mothers just has the same enemies with a few frustrating blood knight fellows who do not stagger and also out range you with very poor telegraphs.

The worst part of the game is by far the exploration/discovery. It is entirely on rails. There are exactly 2 moments where I remembered returning to a previous area after getting an upgrade, the rest is discovered as you get the upgrade providing very little reason to go back to previous areas, as a great many collectibles are just things that give you a lot of tears.

Speaking of tears, the final 100% grind is literally a grind to 100%. Most final spells and statues are BOUGHT, not found. The statues themselves are neat, but also kind of a waste of time unless you want some endings.

Speaking (again) of endings. There are 3, but it's very different from blas 1 where you actually need to go out of your way. Because of how the game progresses and areas are unlocked, you will DEFINITELY happen upon exactly where the secret things are your first time going through the area. The hardest part is finding the streets of wakes challenge because they're hidden in walls. Cleverly and (imo) opposed to being a secretish ending, there's singing wherever a daughter is prompting you to rub your polecap on every wall in the room where you hear it if you have the sense to think "there's something here isn't there?" which every metroidvania player thinks when a room has ambiance lower than a unique tune. Then you just gotta equip the statues you get and they burn away into a key item, that's ending B.

Now ending C.
You know how ending C was free? This isn't. The true ending is pay-walled. BEHIND 11 DOLLARS. 2 new areas and bosses, but one of them is just a guy with a sword. brother asterion is just a guy with a big sword and like 3 attacks that aren't him swinging his sword and a few attacks are just esdra's from blas 1.
Comparing the final boss ending variations, blas 1 did it better too. Blas 1 had the normal ending where you sink in, ending B had a special interaction (climbing the ash was a very rewarding reveal), and ending C had the unique final boss form and set piece.
Here its just, kill final boss with key item or mea culpa equipped and see a new ($11) cutscene.

My last note is the cutscenes. I can appreciate the art style and I know how much work goes into art itself, but i really do prefer the pixel cutscenes. The fully drawn cutscenes take me out a bit when it flashes to a completely different art style and then back to pixels. They look beautiful, it's just jarring.

Overall, if you're in it for the art and environments you'll love this. If you like swinging sword at things you'll enjoy this a bit.

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eh

its an experiencce

maam that is a 12lbs slab of deli ham. god had no hand in its creation. it is the most godless disgusting abhorrent piece of pork to ever be put out for consumption

it good horror

pls play

eh