Yoku's Island Express

I did not expect to enjoy "Yoku's Island Express" as much as I did but the unique gameplay and wonderful atmosphere rolled me up like a dung beetle rolls... A pinball metroidvania sounds strange on paper but the pinball aspects are not only meshed naturally with the world but also pretty fun. The metroidvania aspects are light as there are only two major upgrades in the entire game and the game always marks directly where to go. There is exploration for collectibles and some currency capacity upgrades which were nice to get. Some of the collectibles were frustrating to go after due to the game expecting you to position yourself in very specific spots, but most were good. Fun little breezy game. 4/5

A pinball Metroidvania is one of those INSANE ideas that make you wonder why nobody did it before and why nobody's done it since. The physics can be a bit frustrating but for the most part it really works.

Great game, lots of fun, good controller support. Only downside is it doesn't have 4K resolution only desktop display resolution...it doesn't mimic exactly 4K but good enough.