Es un juego muy bueno, bastante entretenido, invita a descubrir cada rincón y de paso a completar todos los logros. Al principio el mapa puede parecer sumamente extenso pero conforme avanzas te das cuenta que no es tan grande y al final te quedas con el deseo de que hubiese mas lugares que visitar.

La música es exquisita, la disfrute mucho, principalmente la que se escucha en los "Cuartos superiores" me encantó. Los jefes no son fáciles tampoco sumamente difíciles aunque algunos si los consideré muy repetitivos en su modo de atacar. Me encantó la forma en como uno se puede mover con Europa en diferentes partes del mapa.

La historia es bonita, me hubiera encantado algo más de profundidad. Y no es que precisamente quisiese que la historia continuara más bien que se ahondara en los motivos, tragedias y propósitos de algunos personajes.

En cuanto a errores o "bugs" solo tuve 2: uno al principio del juego antes de enfrentar a Belial la pantalla se quedaba en negro, tuve que pasar esa parte desde otro equipo. Y en una ocasión mientras hacia un golpe o patada hacia abajo se quedo "atorado" el personaje y ya no se podía mover.

En general es un juego que recomiendo bastante. No decepciona. Se puede jugar fácilmente en cualquier equipo y de paso te puedes llevar una que otra frase para tu día a día.

one of the best metroidvanias ive played in recent times.
its got engaging combat and overall mechanics,beutifull visuals,and fun characters.
couldnt recomend more.

While playing 9 Years of Shadows you will come across crystals which are the anthropomorphic castle's medium for musing about the events of the game's world. One of the later ones goes on about impatience, fondness turning to hostility and unanswered prayers. Either the game knew or it was ironically unaware that by that point what was absolute adoration at the start had turned to hate because the game tested your patience one too many times and just would not end when you were begging it to.

You start recognizing 9 Years of Shadow's myriad of issues upon first taking control of the character. Due to the game's frame rate limit of 50 frames per second, which also makes the game look choppy, the input response is sluggish. This can be remedied by Katana Puffin's stutter fix in the guide section of Steam and is the difference between the game being absolutely unplayable and enjoyable at least for half of the play through.

As you play design issues start creeping up. The biggest of which is the architecture and scope of the castle itself. It's a pain to navigate because it's too labyrinthine. The placement and scarcity of teleports will make you appreciate Blade Chimera's fast travel system. Some of the abilities meant to unlock paths just add to the confusion or are a chore to use. The tube system - which also harms the aesthetic of the castle - and the flame float explode thing being a couple of examples which the game relies heavily on later. The overuse of elevators makes Mass Effect's seem reasonable.

Some other nuisances include button registration issues and delays. For example, the game will randomly not recognize button confirmation on prompt to interact with teleports, elevators or saves. When coming out of an elevator or teleport there's a long delay before you can use the map, which you need to get your bearings because there's no onscreen map. When trying to recharge your health/light meter there's an inconsistent delay before there's any indication the game recognized your input. Also, while likely by design, enemy attacks interrupt charged attacks.

There are various bugs too like sound getting stuck on a loop until a restart, soft locking on exiting the game, the character getting stuck on elevation changes or props in the background and a couple of enemy attacks having hitboxes that don't match the sprite.

All of that is unfortunate because I desperately wanted to like this game. The high quality and unique art style and music come together to create an atmosphere unlike any other in gaming. The story was captivating. The bosses were fun and the game generally feels good. It's just they tried to do too much with how many progression unlocking abilities they stuffed into the game and didn't properly utilize all of them to enhance gameplay. And when you stack something like pneumatic tubes or hot air balloon ability up against Oblivion Override's wall running or the genre standard of sliding they frustrate instead of create fun. Even the more enjoyable Olympian dive ability is underutilized and quickly undermined.

Ultimately, I quit about 3/4th of the way into the game. From my understanding the game actually gets a lot worse later on with your character made a lot weaker and some of their vital abilities like the health replenishing one being stripped from you.