The story and voice acting is really solid for a metroidvania, but I found the platforming and progression of abilities a bit lackluster compared to the metroidvania stand-outs for me. The combat also won me over by the end with a diverse enough toolkit and enemy variety to not get stale over the games shorter length.
Overall a really solid first game for Surgent Studios and while it won't go down as one of my favorites of the year, I will be there day one to see how they improve on their next game release.