Nine Sols

Nine Sols oozes passion for the genre, conveys competence and a compact vision of game design, but in a metroidvania universe now quite full of titles there's a lot of struggling to stand out. Nine Sols does this in its own way, fusing gameplay that has already been thoroughly digested through its sources of inspiration with a visual style that, however, did not make us confident. Red Candle's Taopunk didn't make us confident and that's a shame, because the game is fun, satisfying and has its moments of absolute merit. Buy it if you like metroidvanias regardless, but be prepared to digest a visual system that is well realised on a technical level, but struggles to stand out artistically.