One of the best action games I've played. It's tough and punishing yet mostly fair. Take the mechanics to heart, learn to utilize your combos techniques and ults, and fight smart. I enjoy that the game's more about being tactical and efficient than flashy. Ninja platforming was fun to play around with.

Main complaints:
- camera design is very functional but far from the best
- levels felt larger than they needed to be and had a lot of backtracking puzzles that kill the vibe of being a fast methodical ninja imo
- aerial bosses need more punishable attacks or should use those attacks more often than they do (looking at you Alma)
- could do with less small enemies. bats have too many spawns, wasp fiends like to stay out of reach and ignore guard, and ghost fish exist. tbh just remove ghost fish

Overall, phenomenal game that isn't without its flaws. Can't wait to dig into Sigma 2