Afterimage Reviews

A beautiful game from start to finish. While it is a bit lengthy, it makes up for it with interesting enemies, environments and an amazing soundtrack. The game-play is fluid and the open world is fleshed out well. There was never a moment where I thought there was a waste of space. Seamless and intricate, the developers have a good grasp of metroidvania's and I hope to see what they can come up with next will be just as good, if not better.

Definitely a metroidvania for hardcore fans of the genre. Took me almost 30 hours to beat and get all endings. Have not 100% yet. Very fun and beautiful Metroidvania. Combat is a lot of fun with tons of customization between armor, accessories, weapons and abilities. Lots of different weapons that have different perks and weapons skills. The map is HUGE. Largest Metroidvania I've played. It's very overwhelming at first until you get more abilities and traversal gets much faster and more fun. Downsides, teleporting costs money unless you teleport from specific points and money is very hard to come by. The story is confusing and there's little direction on where to go next. The side quests are very vague so it's hard to know what needs to be done. There are 10 endings and some of them require other endings and very specific items, near impossible to do without a guide. Also, this game was very easy most of the time. I never died once (got close a few times). Tip: Use markers for every spot you find that you cant reach or access. You'll VERY often find yourself completely unsure where to go next and backtracking to those spots with new abilities will help.

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I can't say I like it at all. The difficulty is fun with the traps and all but the lack of direction in the sequence is annoying the hell outta me. It feels like an open world game that I don't expect from metroidvania. It's not enjoyable to just spend so much time just to turn off certain traps. Reading the lore isn't fun anymore cause they're all over the place. This game is good if you have so much available time to spend on games, and you don't get dizzy from going back to the same place when you get hit by traps, otherwise it's not fun to play.

This game has some fun to be had, the map is huge and there's different weapon types to use but it gets boring quickly. going for 100% is also a big pain.

This is a good game. I was having a great time with it and was on the path to a recommended. However, upon acquiring the ability to pogo, I realized I would not be able to go further. The way that pogoing is implemented here requires performing an EXTREMELY precise motion extremely quickly and accurately, and in extremely rapid succession for serial pogo sequences. After spending 30 min trying to clear one pogo sequence and more often than not failing to be able to get the pogo action to activate and being sent back to the start, I found my hands hurting to the extent I was unable to do anything with them for almost 2 hours. I tried practicing the move a bit and felt the same thing starting to happen again, all while achieving a successful activation rate of perhaps 20-30%. I thus find myself physically unable to continue in the game. If you have any coordination issues or problems with your hands and repetitive motion, you will not be able to complete this game.

Pros + The map is huge and beautiful. + The combat is not the best but quite well done. + It has tons of secrets. + A lot of interesting equipment. Neutral = Normal difficulty is very easy, Advance difficulty makes some bosses VERY hard, you can switch between the two in game, so no big deal. = The story is interesting but also very confusing. = Because it has a lot of secrets and the game doesn't give you a clear direction, it is almost impossible to see the true ending without a guide. Cons - Money is hard to farm and you need quite a lot of it. - This game requires a lot of backtracking, teleportation also costs you money (and again, money is hard to farm). Use cheat to generate money is very helpful, and make the game very enjoyable. Overall • For me, using cheat to generate money make this game a 8.5/10. • Without a cheat, it is too time consuming, maybe it is a 7/10.

I wanted so much to like this game, and on paper everything is there: pretty visuals, good music, large world to explore, combat with weapon variety, and ability-locked exploration. It should be great, but it's just boring. There's something artificial about it, like it was crafted by people who know that Metroidvania fans like all these things in games, but had no vision otherwise.

Remember when games were beautiful? Pepperidge Farm and Afterimage remember. O.o Done in about 30 hours. Awesome game, highly recommended to purchase. [PROS] - Absolutely beautiful art. - Utterly vast game world with lots of nooks and crannies to find equipment, items, currencies, and upgrades in. Feels particularly big compared to other Metroidvanias I've played. - Big does not mean stretched out. The maps are gorgeous, and design feels purposeful. Especially in the nature-themed areas, the travel was enjoyable in and of itself. - Beautiful and very soothing soundtrack, except for one particular horror-themed zone that I couldn't leave fast enough so the music would change back. I purchased the soundtrack halfway through the game. :D - Interesting story and good writing; there are indeed some *very minor* errors in syntax and grammar, but overall the game script is very well conveyed. - Solid voice acting by the cast. There's no anime screams or indecipherable grounts; rather, the voice acting shines with its subtleties, a hint of a laugh at the start of a reply, exasperation punctuating a sentence, trailing off midway through a line as though coming to a realization; very good work by the VAs and director, and I am very glad that the devs had this game voiced. - Gameplay is *smooth as butter*, very responsive and fluid, but not floaty. - Bosses have challenging attack patterns but (especially when at or around their level) deal fair amounts of damage that doesn't feel cheap like most games like to do nowadays, with every second ability being a nigh-almighty oneshot. Defeat feels fair and "yeah I earned that". [CONS] - As with most Metroidvanias, itemization falls a bit short. Typically equip the newest item you find, regardless of sidestats, they are usually too small to make a difference. - Upgrade system exists, but the gains are fairly small again, and items with different side-stats are largely irrelevant, because they will never come anywhere near close to the capabilities of late-game items, so most equipment is simply ignored. It would have been better to make all items upgradeable (in their given specialities) to the same overall level of base effectiveness (i.e., same or close to same ATK for all weapons in a given category) by the end of the upgrade process. What does it matter that this sword deals Fire damage or enhances Defense if its got a quarter of the ATK of ? - The special abilities are useful to a degree, but because this is a melee-centric game with contact damage, a great many of the specials will simply get the player hit in attempting to use them. Typically better to stick with regular attacks and keep your mobility. - Magic seems underpowered and, due to casting times, of limited utility compared to aforementioned high-mobility normals. - While I enjoyed the story, it *was* pretty backloaded; the first 60% of the game, the story is primarily conveyed with lore cards, with names and terms being dropped that might leave a less-interested player lost. I personally love lore cards, so I did not mind, but others might feel it unsatisfying. - There is a semi-but-not-quite-postgame kinda function that conveys additional story that would have been better to have included as cutscenes in the main game, or as side-levels along the way, rather than tucked in at the end. I understand why they did it the way they did, but as with the lorecard-heavy telling of the story for the first 60% of the game, I feel it might fall flat with some audiences. - True Ending left me screaming JUSTICE FOR [redacted] Overall extremely enjoyable experience and highly recommended purchase for those who loves - Good Metroidvania titles - Beautiful and relaxing classical music - Beautiful scenery

Chinese Hollow Knight. Very beautiful. It’s just a pleasure to be in this game. The graphics are lovely, the music is wonderful, and the gameplay is great. I really like the game, and I'm glad I've played it.