System: PlayStation 5
Rating: 81/100
Playtime: ~8 Hours
At a time where I'm more disenchanted it was a great time to replay this. My memories seemed to mostly be from the later games, but this was a solid start to the series. I enjoyed the varied boss fights, and the clockwerk level felt like one long build to the conclusion. The bottles were pretty easy, but there were a couple that annoyed me even after I felt like I understood the patterns. Sometimes buttons felt like they weren't working as I intended, but most of it could just be dated controls. Overall pretty basic and simple platforming and stealth, but I'm hopeful that the later games come soon as well.
Rating: 81/100
Playtime: ~8 Hours
At a time where I'm more disenchanted it was a great time to replay this. My memories seemed to mostly be from the later games, but this was a solid start to the series. I enjoyed the varied boss fights, and the clockwerk level felt like one long build to the conclusion. The bottles were pretty easy, but there were a couple that annoyed me even after I felt like I understood the patterns. Sometimes buttons felt like they weren't working as I intended, but most of it could just be dated controls. Overall pretty basic and simple platforming and stealth, but I'm hopeful that the later games come soon as well.