Recent reviews by logarith

As a fan of precision platformers i really liked this game.

First of all, it looks and sounds amazing. Each location has a distinct ambience which feels good.
The game is also full of cool little details such as upside-down city on Barrow's Ceiling background.

The only nuance i've found is that dying resets all progress made; reloads the save. This means that you'll have to repick all items you've gathered before dying or go back to savepoint after each gathered item. This may be frustrating, but it really affects only metroidvania part of the game.

Oh, and rocket launcher feels like the most desirable weapon for having real fun. It's a game changer, it really cracks the game open.
It also levels out most skill requirements in jump-puzzle rooms, changing them into pure ingenuity test which is also pretty fun.

The fact that devs also add bonus postgame content is amazing, by the way.
Really wish the game had more attention around it.

An interactive ENA episode
I loved it

The open-source, community-driven modding API with built-in mod browser.
Also optimises the game.
Offers a good guide and documentation for making mods.
What else is there to say?

Good
A big step forward in terms of gameplay and replayability relatively to the Helltaker.
The story is ok, absolutely not complaining about the "kissing ghost girls" plot
Completed the normal mode in ~1 hour and the hard mode in 2 hours. Also replayed some later levels, chapter 9 is the hardest tbh.

This is a live service game that rejected being a live service game.

Completed the main game in ~2.5 hours. Also completed 106%.
Legendary game

Some minor fixable flaws:
No ingame key rebinding but you can change the config file (local files -> buttonmap.cfg)
Also there's a problem with Shift button. You see, in the game you sprint 95% of the time, which means that you have to HOLD shift all the time. I solved it with a simple AutoHotKey script, allowing me to TOGGLE sprint by pressing X. https://steamcommunity.com/app/40800/discussions/0/507318376365872062/

Ngl, i played this game for 10+ years, it was my childhood game. I can't say it's a bad game.
Now i don't have time nor desire to play it the same way i did it in the past, now i'm just an adept of wiring.

Does it have flaws? Yeah.
It's quite grindy. Sometimes unfair. You need a wiki to know what to do now. Master mode is boring. The game can be unbalanced. Journey mode is good as creative mode only when you have a character with all researches.
Do i think it makes the game bad? No.