Dust: An Elysian Tail

The game that made me fall in love with indie games. It's aged quite a bit now but I still consider it a masterpiece worth playing. A hand drawn metroidvania with characters I'll never forget made by just one guy back in 2012. Combat is great but simple, feels amazing to combo attacks. Enemies are fairly easy until the last location, I recommend playing on tough difficulty even for the first playthrough.

beautiful game. Nostalgic and cinematic. 10/10. Wished the ending was different but its also beautiful

Honestly at first I thought I would like it till mid game where it would turn mediocre/boring and boy oh boy am I glad to have been wrong! Amazing metroidvania that hooked me from the start! It rly does a well job of building the story and has great maps that rly make you wanna play more to complete it + Great (kinda basic) combat, you have some combos and abilities and it just fits this game + Metroidvania like progression/gameloop done very well (excluding the last ability you get, I feel the progression is done perfectly, enter new area, find new ability to proceed with some optional backtracking for missed areas u couldn't access or side quests you just did or couldn't finish previously) + Great maps, levels, secrets and world they build + Very nice art style + Enough side challenges and quests but never 2 many! + Story is great and interesting as its easy to follow but reveals itself one part at a time + Very nice chars, specially Fidget! Shes such a well written char and I enjoyed all of her comments and her personality! - Ending is kinda/very meh (personally hate it for the most part as I wanted something more or something I'd say is better then this. Luckily the final scene for me at least improved the ending) + Great bosses - Finale: Last few tiles in the final area, Final boss and late game enemies are sadly very meh and boring, mostly as they block 2 much making it for a boring fight (not challenging, just slow and boring).. + Great length, honestly if it was longer I'd probably grow tired of the current game loop - Bad difficulty.. Due to achiv I went my 1st playtru on tough (2nd hardest) and it felt like I'm playing on medium, but enemies are tankier.. I didn't play on medium, but from tough I expected the enemies to be more challenging, aggressive and overall harder vs what seemed like weak, not aggressive, but somewhat tanky enemies (that I'd expect in lower difficulties).. Bosses excluding the final one were done great on this difficulty tho Overall 8/10 and def recommended for Metroidvania and action platformer fans!