short, enjoyable 3D indie platformer with nice visuals (low polygon count + simple texturing + fancy UE4 lighting is a combination more games should use) and solid level design. worth playing for 3D platforming fans even if it requires putting up with a fair bit of jank attributable to its low budget and small team (some questionable checkpoints, a few unclear level objectives, English voice acting that doesn't match the subtitles, etc).

not to be confused with Elli, a similarly named but entirely different indie 3D platformer with a somewhat similar art style that came out a bit later in 2020. I liked this one better, though

enjoyable if janky exploration ultimately ruined by a horribly balanced and implemented battle system. combat has a number of elements that seem on paper like they should make for a fairly deep and strategic take on real-time combat, but in practice, the more advanced techniques either require button inputs that don't work reliably, or require keeping track of things around you that are all but impossible to keep track of due to the fast-paced and chaotic nature of the battles. for a while, you can just ignore these problems if you're willing to play it as a dumb button masher, but eventually, the game jacks up the difficulty and starts introducing enemies that can easily KO you in a single combo, at which point it's just not worth bothering

solid, enjoyable 2.5D take on the Lords of Shadow subseries, with decent level design and high production values for its handheld origins. Has some significant flaws, to be sure (the LoS combat should have been reworked more for the shift to a single 2D plane, and the game should either have been strictly linear or have fully embraced a Metroidvania structure rather than the awkward hybrid on display here), but not even close to the "worst Castlevania ever" abomination that Igavania fans labeled it back in 2013