The game has a particular vision in mind, and executes that arguably perfectly.
- The pacing is
great.
- The gameplay is simple on paper, but in practice is hard to be good at, but getting there is very fun.
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Excellent music.
And the way its implemented in the game, is noteworthy.
It gives you that intensity you need, but also emotion.
Is like listening to Schala's theme in Chrono Trigger. On its own, it's a really pretty song, but you can
feel so much history and emotional weight in it, even though you were just introduced to this character, and know nothing about her yet.
- The game is hard but very fair. The rules are the same for you, and the bosses. They obviously just throw a lot more at you, then you do at them. But you are given the movement and tools to respond to those.
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Beautiful art direction.
- Good story.
- The characters really remind me of Metal Gear Solid in a way. They are all very distinct, and all have different feelings about the protagonist.
You even get a "calm demon vs deranged demon" boss fight that is pretty scary.
- And going back to the pacing, the way the developers ordered the characters you fight, was really well thought out too.
Anyway, those are the things I can remember. There's probably more I'm forgetting.
But yeah, I will forever push for this game to be on ANY top 100 games of all time list. Even if I'm just one guy
