im never playing a game again

I wish I had played it without seeing the trailer :(

A total blast. The Messenger delivers on addictive 2D-sidescrolling action, laced with no small amount of referential humor, in spades. It just feels right.

Simple tweaks and modern fixes rub out frustrating old school “features”. It’s basically like playing the rose-tinted memory of Ninja Gaiden or Castlevania.

Beautiful art style, fun game play, and incredible soundtrack. So cool when it changed over to a Metroidvania and tbh it worked. The backtracking sucked at times but I almost always just stumbled on something without needing to search too hard. The challenges were challenging eek but I got good

I absolutely loved this game. Metroid-vania style games are a dime a dozen nowadays, but this one stands out with it 8/16 bit graphics switching and engaging gameplay, not too many power-ups, and weird but interesting story.

It was great as a 2d platformer
It lost me as a Metroidvania

Fun little game, I loved the main gimmick and both styles of pixel art were great. I think the metroidvania elements of it don't work too amazingly and felt kinda forced, but I loved it as a 2D platformer.