This is a great love letter to the 8bit and 16bit eras of platforming. Exploring and movement feels great. Imagine playing Ninja Gaiden on the NES, only the controls aren't horrible. To add to it, there is a twist halfway through that helps keep the game feeling fresh. That said, there are a few parts that they should have spent some more time on.

The bosses feel horribly unbalanced. The Demon General was so frustratingly hard that I nearly dropped the game right then and there. But after pushing through him, the rest of the bosses took me at most three attempts, many of them one. Clockwork Concierge and the Demon King were far too easy and only took me one attempt on each. It was harder getting to the Demon King than it was killing him. Having the hardest boss in the middle of the game was a poor decision. That said, I still love this game and am looking forward to playing the DLC in the near future.