This is hands down the best Metroidvania I have played.
It's hard for me to come up ith things to criticise since it's just a perfect and well done game from start to finish.

+ Atmosphere!
+ The broken Kingdom brims with story and lore when you look for it
+ Combat is fun with lots of builds
+ Good enemy designs
+ Exploration is fun with lots of Secrets and a good progression curve
+ Platforming is not to punishing or hard
+ Memorable Characters
+ Graphics
+ Music
+ LOT of content

- Some backtracking gets annyoing
- The last "dungeon" felt out of place
- Godmaster DLC hides story behind boss rushes (I don't like these sorry)


The atmosphere of this game is incredible with that Souls like feeling of wonder and ambiguity.
The world itself tells it's story slowly as you make your way down Hollownest - the more you look for it the more you will see of it.
Despite being a somber setting the game never gets to grim since it balances it out with quirky characters and hopeful elements which blend into a great mix.

The combat is simple but creative and effective, it rewards skill but as far as the main story never gets to hard. Charms are the games way of customizing your character and they leave a huge way to build your character. This along with fun and a good variaty of enemies makes for a very nice combat mechanic.

The exploration is smooth and has a very nice progression through the game without hand holding. Lot's of secrets and shortcuts keep several backtracks interesting for the most part. Fast Travel points are a bit few but at the most key locations. The different areas are distinctive and leave for quite the change in scenerie. Compared with other games of this genre the platforming feels lighter and not as punishing since the focus is more at fighting.

Awesome game.