thoughts
the movement is really fucking good. the controls are pretty solid and there's a good variety of abilities. by the end of the game you often have sequences where you need to chain together a few abilities in a row and it's very satisfying. my only complaint is probably the air kick which slightly extends your jumps but also works like a buffered walljump. i found it really easy to mess them up or misinput them and then waste my kicks and/or die (a lot). the combat has some cool features but i found that mashing attack was usually the safer option.on average the soundtrack is pretty good but it can get a bit repetitive in larger areas. the aesthetic of the game is really solid both in terms of its style and its emulation of PS1 graphics. i like that you can toggle texture resolution and animation framerates between "retro" and smooth and that it has small details like texture warping which is neat.
i had some other complaints that i'm not going to get into because it's partially on me. i don't want to be too harsh on a game that was originally part of a game jam (and that has since been expanded upon). i really did enjoy it and for the price i definitely think it's worth playing.
