TeaJay posted:

I just finished Islets. After a miserable time with Ultros, I wanted to play a 'vania that was more on the fun side. Islets was perfect for that, not too challenging but a few bosses gave me a bit of trouble, nothing too serious though. And you can usually always run in to the boss fight from a save point, no corpse runs here.

Finished in a bit over 8 hours with 100% map completion and all 60 upgrades. I really liked the smoothness of mobility and abilities, you can chain jumps, double jumps, rolls, wall climb etc. together really well and feel like you're always moving swiftly. A bit of a surprise was that whenever you fight in your airship, the combat is a bullet hell shooter. I completely suck at those but the game is pretty lenient and those parts aren't too tough either.

It has a Ghibli-esque aesthetic that looks really soothing. I believe it was made by a single dev and his brother makes the music. Their upcoming 2024 game Crypt Custodian looks pretty fun too, and if it's similar quality than Islets, it's a sure buy for me.