I can honestly not recommend to avoid this game enough. I've dropped this game at around 9 hours or so which is really saying something about the frustration this game puts you through. A retro inspired game that emulates the worst game design choices of the 90s into one game stacked with a unnecessary convoluted story that overstays it's welcome. I gave up at the Temple of Ydor after discovering the solution to the dungeon through an online guide. This game does nothing to introduce you to new mechanics organically and basically you solve dungeon puzzles by accident.

An excellent retro inspired game with a few issues. I was very surprised on how good the story is, and the gameplay is great except with some of the melee fights.

Your basic weapon is your shooting ink to freeze an enemy. Sometimes you use that enemy as a platform. A fun gameplay mechanic. Hats you unlock can change your attack; I liked that system a lot in the beginning but there are way too many hats. I got about half of 50 hats.

Once you take a hit you lose your hat (it basically lets you take an extra hit before dying). At checkpoints or between levels you can get a hat. When there isn't a lot, scrolling through isn't bad. After getting 10+, I was wishing there was a better way to select your hats.

Another nice feature is you can change the retro look of the game. At least 10 different color layouts. It was a nice touch; you can make it feel like a GB or GBC game. One part of the game had something going on that made it hard to see, even changing the look didn't help a lot. I almost stopped playing at that part. I'm glad I didn't.

The final few stages can drag and you die a lot. Good thing there is a spot you can farm lives =) I didn't like how much melee combat you had to do at the end but at that point you are hooked on the story.

Great game, highly recommended!

I played it on the Switch and it took me about 15.5 hours to beat.