PKMudkipz
2003
1994
2017
Absolutely remarkable 2D rogue-like. I tried it a few years ago and I got bored of it quickly, before even getting the first boss cell. But I picked it up again and played all the way through to the secrete ending, and had a blast. It's very satisfying to play; carefully rolling through and parrying attacks to methodically tear apart waves of enemies. There's lots of different weapons to use, and runs are fairly consistent. Some may call this a negative, but they're too hung up on the "rogue-like" side of things. I don't want to be stuck with shitty weapons or a boring run because of bad RNG, and thankfully, in Dead Cells, this won't happen. It's perfectly replayable too, with you unlocking higher difficulty levels that change up enemies, make things less forgiving, and even open up new areas. The game looks and sounds great too.
1991
2014
2004
2003
1998
This game just straight up sucks. Garbage hub world, slippery controls, boring as fuck levels, even more braindead bosses, man what a disaster of a game. Maybe it'd be enjoyable if I was the kind of person that found joy in mashing cubes into circular holes, but I'm not. Music is the one good thing about this trash heap though, but it's nowhere near good enough to redeem it.
1995