Worldless

Oh my goodness what an incredible game. I went into worldless thinking it would be just a very stylised metroidvania, but to my surprise it did not play at all like I expected it to. The combat is a spin on dynamic turn based where you get to attack and combo on your turn, and defend and parry during the enemy's, for bosses and more difficult fights the game more or less forces you to learn parry timings and requires you to have pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fast reaction time. The depth in the combat and skill ceiling is honestly alot higher than I expected, you can really spend a good bit of time to learn to optimally do combos dmc-esque style (of course not to the extent of dmc) for max posture damage and stuff and it is extremely fun to get comfortable enough to do so. The game is short and sweet about 10-12 hours for a casual playthrough, and has one of the most stunning, eye-catching and elegant visual style I've ever seen in a video game. I genuinely cannot glaze the artstyle enough, the animations are silky smooth and are truly a visual treat. The final boss and the 100% requirements are quite ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ difficult, it took me upwards of 30 or so attempts to beat sunnum for the first time because of how the game forces you to play the fight near perfectly, and the achievement to beat sunnum before it uses world flare is insane because a fight that I already needed to perfect, I have to super perfect it now without missing a single beat 😭😭😭. It's ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up bro, but I still had ALOT of fun even so. Worldless is one of those indie games you play to completion and think how the ♥♥♥♥ does nobody know of this or play this.

An excellent puzzle platformer to be sure, but the real star of the show is the combat system. I have never seen anything like this before, and I strongly doubt I ever will. Words can't really accurately describe the system, and I have the upmost respect for whoever conceived of it. The best I can say is it is so immensely satisfying to finally absorb an enemy and get that skill point. Worldless is a deeply enjoyable experience. If only it were longer... 8.8 / 10

it's a fun game but i'd say only buy it on sale, there just isn't enough content for full price