Axiom Verge 2

Once you get over how this barely resembles the first game, you'll realize it's a really unique exploration-focused metroidvania. I genuinely love exploring this world and the added strategy of weighing risk/reward of hacking enemies you come across versus trying to fight them. Great game.

Honestly I prefer this to the first one. The combat and general visual theme may be a bit worse, but the map design, direction and moveset are infinitely better. Axiom verge 1 is an absolute slog to traverse through. This game has a really well built map with interesting new mechanics that recontextualize movement every upgrade.

i wasn't liking it at first, but i kept going because i was vibing a lot to the soundtrack and somehow something clicked, don't know what, because the combat really sucks compared to its predecessor, but there's something indeed that makes me want to at least finish the game

Still trying to figure out why this one didn't grab me the way the first one did