TL;DR: A 2D action filled Stanley Parable with an anime girl protagonist.

--- MAIN REVIEW (Any spoilers covered with spoiler tag ---

Almost reminds me if NieR: Automata's protagonist and enemies (protagonist is a female android - ICEY, and the enemies are these machine things) were placed in a Stanley Parable style situation (lots of banching endings with a narrator to boot) and was a 2D scroller.

Decent music (though I think the dev could have done a better job on the looping, it's not entirely seemless and you can hear where the track ends and loops back to the start - can also get a little repetitive).

Movement is mostly binary: you are either standing still or running, no inbetween except for a dodge mechanic. Combat is ok, but you can get through it mostly by spamming main attack and then throwing in some special moves, and as a result gets a little repetitive. Enemies are intresting but also can get a little repetitive but the odd boss/slightly OP enemies thrown in keeps you on your toes. Enemies also get progressively stronger throughout the story but don't scale with you, rather it's the area that you are in. This means that when you level up skills later and then return to the start you can cut through the bad guys like a hot knife through butter.

Story is intresting and gets a little meta at times (the game is set in a virtual world but sometimes you get text logs from the "real" world) but you need to pay attention to the special terms they use or you'll get very quickly lost. Narrator isn't on the same level as Brightington from SP, but he's God tier and if I'm honest I'm not sure he would fit this game.

Art is pretty good, all the animations are pretty smooth and nice too look at and the environments are intresting.

Took me 4 hours to finish it and get all the achievements (with the help of a guide, also achievements contain spoilers btw) so it's not a long game. £7 off sale where I live, £5 when I got it. Would recommend getting on sale for no reason other than it being so short. Have not 100% (and am not going to) since I haven't leveled up everything at the shop.

All in all I recommend this game. Enjoyable and I'll probably look into seeing if there is a sequal of some sort.

(Warning: this game contains deep questions about life and existence, as well a plot/lore that goes deeper than the initial first playthrough/intended ending lets on)

TL;DR: A 2D action filled Stanley Parable with an anime girl protagonist. --- MAIN REVIEW (Any spoilers covered with spoiler tag --- Almost reminds me if NieR: Automata's protagonist and enemies [spoiler](protagonist is a female android - ICEY, and the enemies are these machine things)[/spoiler] were placed in a Stanley Parable style situation [spoiler](lots of banching endings with a narrator to boot)[/spoiler] and was a 2D scroller. Decent music (though I think the dev could have done a better job on the looping, it's not entirely seemless and you can hear where the track ends and loops back to the start - can also get a little repetitive). Movement is mostly binary: you are either standing still or running, no inbetween except for a dodge mechanic. Combat is ok, but you can get through it mostly by spamming main attack and then [spoiler]throwing in some special moves[/spoiler], and as a result gets a little repetitive. Enemies are intresting but also can get a little repetitive but the odd boss/slightly OP enemies thrown in keeps you on your toes. Enemies also get progressively stronger throughout the story but don't scale with you, rather it's the area that you are in. This means that when you level up skills later and then return to the start you can cut through the bad guys like a hot knife through butter. Story is intresting and gets a little meta at times [spoiler](the game is set in a virtual world but sometimes you get text logs from the "real" world)[/spoiler] but you need to pay attention to the special terms they use or you'll get very quickly lost. Narrator isn't on the same level as Brightington from SP, but he's God tier and if I'm honest I'm not sure he would fit this game. Art is pretty good, all the animations are pretty smooth and nice too look at and the environments are intresting. Took me 4 hours to finish it and get all the achievements (with the help of a guide, also achievements contain spoilers btw) so it's not a long game. £7 off sale where I live, £5 when I got it. Would recommend getting on sale for no reason other than it being so short. Have not 100% (and am not going to) since I haven't leveled up everything at the shop. All in all I recommend this game. Enjoyable and I'll probably look into seeing if there is a sequal of some sort. [spoiler](Warning: this game contains deep questions about life and existence, as well a plot/lore that goes deeper than the initial first playthrough/intended ending lets on)[/spoiler]