Fun movement mechanics and exploration; keys to my heart.
Even without items just running sliding and jumping around feels pretty good. A good chunk of the items you come across let you just completely break any sort of intended platforming challenge; but with them comes the new challenge of how you can get around in the most quick and efficient fashion.
It's hard to explain why it's so compelling to explore the city of Babbdi. It has some intensely Slavic atmosphere that's foreboding at first, almost comforting by the end. There's not much "content", in a game-y sense - you'll find some characters with a few lines of dialogue along the way, some odd scenes here and there, not much else. The city just feels fully realized in some sense, like you could potentially go anywhere and find exactly what you'd expect to be there.
Even without items just running sliding and jumping around feels pretty good. A good chunk of the items you come across let you just completely break any sort of intended platforming challenge; but with them comes the new challenge of how you can get around in the most quick and efficient fashion.
It's hard to explain why it's so compelling to explore the city of Babbdi. It has some intensely Slavic atmosphere that's foreboding at first, almost comforting by the end. There's not much "content", in a game-y sense - you'll find some characters with a few lines of dialogue along the way, some odd scenes here and there, not much else. The city just feels fully realized in some sense, like you could potentially go anywhere and find exactly what you'd expect to be there.