I have a fondness for both hack and slash games and classic literature. It’s rare to get to combine them this way!

While the game may be on the short and easy side, it’s atmospheric and compelling just as a visual journey.

When I was a kid, holidays at my aunt and uncle’s house meant playing the old SNES in their game room. Donkey Kong Country was one of the inescapable games there, but I’m not just blinded by nostalgia: this game is nearly perfect. An absolutely ideal platformer with unbelievably vivid graphics and sound, it’s the nineties vaporwave Lisa Frank aesthetic come to life.

When people talk about old-school video games being difficult, this is one of them. Level one is "last level of Contra" hard, with an extremely punishing length and lack of powerups. But... my GOD the aesthetics are on point for that early nineties BTAS look. I truly felt like I was in the animated Gotham... getting killed.