It's the definition of mid but I enjoyed it. The devs seem to be improving though as this game is much better than the previous game Tower Hunter so I am hopeful the next game will be great.

It lost steam for me towards the end, to be completely honest, but I still have to recommend it for Ciara's silly yuri antics.

At first you obtain lots of new combat abilities at a pretty good clip, and they're a good reward for exploration. But later in the game there aren't that many and most of what you get is new equipment that you have to constantly fit with magic cores. There's too much menuing.

The mobility upgrades are also few and far between. You get them very infrequently, because the game is just too long. Progression through the map mostly involves lock and key design and a lot of shortcut unlocking, much like a Souls game. If you're a fan of the Castlevania side of the genre, you'll probably like it very much, and there is a lot of game here if that's what you want. I prefer my level design tighter though, so I already got kinda tired three quarters of the way through.

It's a fine game. It's a little janky, but Ciara is just too funny and charming. I'm glad I played it if only for her.

It was a really nice Metroidvania, only some odd stuff is how some of the wearpons types are clearly better than others so it isn't as nice when you get a new weapons if it's for the type you don't particularly like

Some of the dialogue was awkward in some parts, there were sections where i had no idea what to do because i needed to activate something of the background that while had the promt to activate it isn't as clear unless you stand in front of it

Also while i didn't hate the story or anything i found it quite jarring some stuff that wasn't really elaborated upon

All in all, i had to good time and i would recomended it