Is this really a metroidvania?

[Vakula]

Do you get new movement abilities and revisit old areas for secrets and alternate areas? Or is it more like Megaman?

[Skater901]

You do get new movement abilities, and there's a limited amount of revisiting old areas for secrets and alternate areas.

[Paragus]

It's not a stage-based MM style game at all, it's a mostly traditional MV.

[Skater901]

Yeah in terms of progression through the different areas, it's fairly linear. I would say it's Metroidvania-lite.

[Seisachtheia]

I would not consider this a metroidvania. I would consider this a 2D sekiro style action game with metroidvania flair.

That's not to say it's bad, having a lot of fun with it, but the focus is on challenging bosses and combat that you are mostly guided directly toward. The platforming is all fairly basic and easy no real challenges, and you will mostly complete every single area of all its treasures on your first visit if you are diligent (and the ones you can't get are really only locked behind the double jump).

At its core, the game is about nails hard boss fights with limited movement abilities, a mostly understated HK-style charms (jade) system, and very slight exploration.

[hanin44]

After a good almost 30 hours I can say most areas you only really need to go through once assuming you really look for all the hidden details but you will unlock movement abilities later that do take you back to a couple old sections as well as youll run into quests that bring you back aswell. You will have areas you wont need to go to again but there are also areas you run to more than once. Also fast travel is unlocked quite a bit into the game so for a while you can only travel to your safe house of sorts and back to the most recent node requiring you to actually explore the map. So yea you will be going back to a good couple of old areas once you gain new skills and such.