wow Ubisoft putting out an GOOD game? definitely wans't expecting that this game would turn out to be so great as it is, one of the most solid Metroidvanias in an while, almost everything here is captivating and inspired, smooth movement and controls, excellent combat that has a lot of options to consider while sucessfully manages to integrate the parrying mechanic in an meaningful way, interesting story, large variety of enemies, incredibly fun and frantic boss fights, amazing music, the tough trap gauntlets and platforming segments are very true to the series's identity, had a blast playing through it.

it could have been a bit more polished though, I had lots of different problems throughout my playthrough, one side mission for example was completely broken, I couldn't start it even by restarting the game, the only way to fix it is by starting an new game from stratch and this particular mission shows up nearly halfway through the game, Ubisoft didn't gave the enough time for these devs to properly polish their game as usual.

also had an issue with the fast-travel points throughout the game, this is one of the biggest maps that you will encounter in the Metroidvania genre and the later half will make you backtrack a LOT, maybe locking an specific amulet to enable fast travelling everywhere or buying an certain skill like in the Ori games would fix this minor problem.

nonetheless I still recommend grabbing this, it's an very inspired and solid Metroidvania, it may fall on my top 10 list actually, really looking forward for an DLC or an sequel in the future, I really that Ubisoft will not put down the series again after this strong return even with the lower sales.