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• gamedeal user

  Apr 8, 2023

  Loving it! It's a near perfect mix of Celeste and Hollow Knight in my book. Don't get me wrong though, this game has so much different from both. Platforming is insanely complex sometimes (mostly in late-game areas, and optional ones too), bosses can be a bit of a challenge. Don't forget about spells too! They can deal insane damage when needed. There's tons of nonlinear aspects, though keep in mind that one area might be entirely inaccessible until coming back later with new abilities. There's also immense variety in the relics available, so you can do what you want! Also don't forget to pin things; pins can be extremely helpful for backtracking (if you want some solid completion). My only critique, and it's a small one at that; is that most bosses names are rather dull. Just "Big ___" for example. Edit: Some sort of guiding help would be nice (even if very small), I spent a very long time looking for a single very necessary upgrade I was missing. Edit 2: True 100% is absolutely AWFUL. There are so many extremely hidden rooms/astral doors that it seems practically impossible to find absolutely everything without at least a glance at a guide. Don't even get me started on the solitary mindshroom in the underground/the one atop the tall funnel in the tunnels; they're incredibly hard to get. Overall/TLDR (opinion, not fact): Combat: 9.5/10 Platforming: 9/10 Challenge: 6/10 (provided you utilize spells well) Story: 6/10 (alright, just a bit too scattered about to be understood easily) Completion: 2.5/10 (I do not at all recommend getting true 100%.) Do pick it up if you love Celeste and/or Hollow Knight!
• gamedeal user

  Apr 9, 2023

  played 2+ hours on steam deck without any issues nor changing any default configurations. very fun
• gamedeal user

  Apr 10, 2023

  enough like Hollow Knight for me to say get this if you liked Hollow Knight. but different enough from Hollow Knight for me to say get this even if you didn't like Hollow Knight.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 13, 2022

  it you like hollow knight then this will be fun
• gamedeal user

  Mar 28, 2022

  His game is nothing short of amazing. It's a true metroidvania, with a massive open world and really interesting abilities that work in weird ways. Not to mention classic ability gates. You will get lost, and you will love it. Controls are tight and have a heavy emphasis on platforming, With some really cool game tweaks you can use if you want less of a challenge and want to explore without achieving the high skill ceiling that is possible in this game. I really want to see what speedrunners can do when it comes to the platforming mechanics. Long story short, I really recommend this game.
• gamedeal user

  May 15, 2023

  ---see where this game landed on my metroidvania tier list beneath this review!--- This game ranges from easy, to very, very difficult, depending on whether you want to do the challenge rooms and 100% the game. For Bosses, they went quantity over quality. Not to say that these bosses are bad as a whole, just that none of them were particularly memorable. It's a tradeoff and I didn't mind this. The map is decent, and once you hit endgame it will help to reveal some secrets, though you do have to go back through pretty much every room still to find them. Exploration is very metroidvania, with many different paths to different places. Lone Fungus is heavy on the platforming. The wall jumping and controls are okay, but for beating the trickier optional parts they are actually infuriating. I feel like the challenge is created in large part due to these controls. For instance, to wall jump you need to attack in the direction of the surface, and you will frequently be switching direction between jumps, and quite often having to attack a wall or platform multiple times a second to boost off of them. On top of that, there's multiple buttons for different jumps/attacks and the whole thing just feels like a crap shoot a lot of the time. It really does have that precision platformer thing if you dig that, but for me, it was more pain than enjoyment. There were also some crazy use of abilities to fully explore the map, where you would have to chain jumps off of spells in very fast succession which I found to be needlessly agonizing to utilise. The game doesn't do much to help you work out how to use these properly either. I'm sure some players will like these controls and argue they aren't bad, but for me, they felt needlessly finicky. I actually finished the game 100% just to feel accomplished, but it was pain. I'm not mad keen on the graphical style or the music, but they were fine enough. I enjoyed the game overall, despite punishing myself endlessly. If you enjoyed the harder sections of this game, also check out another metroidvania: Aeterna Noctis. It's full of punishment but is very well done comparatively. ===================== My Metroidvania Tier List (excluding Metroid & Castlevania titles) ===================== S Tier: Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom | Astalon: Tears of the Earth | Aeterna Noctis | Hollow Knight | Cathedral | A Tier: Ender Lillies: Quietus of the Knights | Depths of Sanity | Environmental Station Alpha | Ori and the Will of the Wisps | Treasure Adventure Game | B Tier: Outbuddies | Alwa’s Legacy | Blasphemous | Chasm | Rabi-Ribi | Monster Sanctuary | Elliot Quest | Mortal Manor | Haiku, the Robot | C Tier (enjoyed playing): Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night | Death’s Gambit | Momodora: Reverie under the Moonlight | Wuppo | Catmaze | Aggelos | Omega Strike | Iconoclasts | Lone Fungus | D Tier (was ok but didn’t do it for me): Castle In The Darkness | Gato Roboto | 8 Doors | La-Mulana | Pharaoh Rebirth | Axiom Verge | Bone Appetit | Guacamelee | Grime | Strider | E Tier (Didn’t like): Rain World | Dandara | Minoria | Blaster Master Zero | Sundered | Salt & Sanctuary | Valdis Story | Dust: An Elysian Tale | Yoku’s Island Express | ====================
• gamedeal user

  May 2, 2023

  I grabbed this game after seeing many favorable comparisons to both Hollow Knight and Celeste, games I greatly enjoyed. On the plus side, the game is similar to them. On the downside, it lacks the charm of either. Things I liked: Metroidvania style game with a unique setup Map was sectioned well and is visually appealing A variety of abilities that do different things Things I disliked: Combat feels like a less good version of Hollow Knight. It lacks the polish and responsiveness that made combat in that game feel great. Secrets passages on the map were incredibly obscure at times. Little to no visual indication that there might be something different there leaves you jumping and slashing at walls hoping you'll find something. The platforming is incredibly clunky. This is even on the latest version as of writing that optimizes the wall jumps. Hit boxes at times feel inconsistent when dealing with obstacles in the platforming which can lead to what feels like an unfair restart. Some puzzles require what feels like pixel perfect timing for some sections and then other parts of the same puzzles are so loose you can cheese them. The spells in the game feel very secondary outside of occasionally solving a puzzle that requires them. Most platforming puzzles don't even allow you to use them. Using them in combat was often more effort than it was worth. While they were quite damaging, typically the best strategy ended up being to just attack with your sword, heal, and repeat. The relics also tend to be mostly middling. Once you find the right combo, bosses go from challenging to a cake walk and it becomes hard to justify using other relics. While Hollow Knight had me switching out relics for the right situation, I found myself sticking to the same sets just because the others weren't worth the cost or demerit of losing the currently equipped set. In general if you're desperate for a Metroidvania and you've exhausted all of your other options, it's an overall OK game. The story isn't bad, but it isn't fantastic either. I realize that this was a dev team of one person, but I think in general the game needs more polish. I think that there could have been something unique here if only it hadn't leaned so heavily into struggling to copy Hollow Knight and Celeste. It really feels like a miss for a game that could've stood on its own merits instead of feeling like a sluggish clone.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 13, 2023

  Really slick movement makes for some very satisfying platforming. Great on Steam deck!
• gamedeal user

  Apr 7, 2023

  little funky fungus boy got moves
• gamedeal user

  Apr 9, 2023

  Very fungi