Ori and the Blind Forest

I really liked the story, graphics and music of course was great and the upgrade mechanic was pretty cool....anyone else find the enemies really generic though?

Escape sequences are actually amazing here

Took about 3 or so hours before I really started to appreciate it, but it's generally a pretty good metroidvania. The game gives you some really fun platforming mechanics that, especially in the second half of the game, make navigating the world really fun. I loved the platforming elements, all around. The game's save-anywhere mechanic balances out some of the late game's more difficult sections. Difficulty-wise, it's tough but (mostly) fair -- the escape sequences are fun at first but probably the game's most grating sections.

The visuals and story are really, really generic though, and have absolutely no personality. Enemy designs are bland and not varied; there are like five different types of enemies with different skins depending on which area you're in. Combat is just button-mashing for the most part. There are a few really nice music tracks but it mostly suffers from the same generic feel as the visuals.

It's fun, and not too long, but (outside of this site) is pretty overrated imo.

looks gorgeous, but did nothing for me after 2 hours. worth finishing?

the ability where you throw the ball and use bash on it is honestly one of my favourite movement options in any game

Already bored an hour in

Too cinematic for its own good. That last chase section genuinely made me nauseous. On top of that I constantly felt like the visuals and music were trying to get me to feel something that I just… didn’t. Gameplay was pretty solid though