Just got 100%
What a ride. Some downs, but mostly all ups. Certainly near the end I was looking up a few secrets begrudgingly due to vagueness, but a large majority were so well devised and felt so satisfying to parse it all out.
I do think the combat was a bit weak though. You often are fighting foes that fly about and shoot at you with awkward angles your shield felt strangely unable to reflect(way too small hitbox on that worthless thing mostly). Your weapon lacks an overhead swipe ala one of the forms in the Dragons Trap, so you do this deadly jumping poke duel that often ends with you taking crazy damage, unless you switch to pig magic I guess, which cmon...im too lazy for all that just to deal with a few bats! I have a sword! Silly complaint but the combat in general came across as a weakness overall and rarely satisfying. (Some bosses often ended up feeling like attrition duels with tons of spawned fodder that muck up any pattern concentration...meh)
Regardless it's up there as one of the best I've played all year. So many surprises within not worth spoiling. Such great area layouts. Secret discovery was just great. Loved this game.
