Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

My favorite parts of the game are the boss battles. In general though, the game is too hard for its own good, and progression tends to be stymied by obscure level design where the path forward is unclear. I don't need walkthroughs very often in games but for this game it seemed like a constant necessity. Then towards the end of the game your path forward is blocked unless you've collected 5 shards for a special sword (which up to that point I assumed was an optional collectible). That's when I stopped playing because it's a massive backtracking quest that comes out of nowhere, and is a waste of time to me.

Absolutely criminal average