9 Years of Shadows

it has been a while since I played a good Metroidvania, this one had cool elements literally and figuratively. hope to see more like this in the future.

5 found this helpful, 2026-09-01

Nine Years of Shadows me surpreendeu muito positivamente. Os gráficos são bonitos, a jogabilidade é fluida, a ambientação funciona muito bem e a trilha sonora combina bastante com o jogo. O tempo de duração também me agradou. Apesar de ser um metroidvania, foram poucos os momentos em que me senti perdido. A progressão é bem fluida, com novas habilidades sendo liberadas aos poucos e permitindo avançar pela história e...

0 found this helpful, 2026-09-23

The game itself was largely good. A few minor issues here and there, but overall a fantastic experience. I gotta say, Europa might have my favorite character design of all time. My favorite trope in media is the "Female Knight" archetype. It isn't always done well, but when it is, I love it beyond just about anything else. Mix that with changing armors, giving her a wide range of abilities, and a relatively good...

0 found this helpful, 2026-09-19

This game reminds me a lot, and I mean a lot, of Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth, which had its moment on streaming a few years back. The gameplay feels incredibly fluid, and honestly, I love that. It doesn't ask anything unreasonable of a casual player, and the flow really shows. I did notice a bit of parallax and some odd line artifacts that pop up occasionally, but I think that's more likely on...

0 found this helpful, 2026-09-16

And here we have one of the prettiest pixel art metroidvanias I've played so far, being an enjoyable ride through full completion. From animated cutscenes to general graphics of the game, the pixel art and animations are very stunning and pleasant to look at. Without a doubt, a lot of effort was put into that, and deserves to get praised. The story of the game is rather standard and not too complicated to get...

0 found this helpful, 2026-09-16

The game kept my attention throughout, the gameplay is good, I didn't feel like there was anything extraordinary about it and some portions I felt irked by, such as only having a backwards dash that never really felt useful, the difficulty is very casual with most bosses you can beat on your first try and I never felt like I struggled too much. I loved the pixel art in this game, it's aesthetically beautiful and...

0 found this helpful, 2026-09-11