Navi's pissed 'cause Link won't listen.

7:38 I saw that guy and thought "Oh. It's Abstract King of All Cosmos!" and then his first words were "What is this? Another failure..." That tracks.

1st thing, excellent pink text, Carrie. Made me laugh. 2nd thing, great choice for a one-off, Dan. I'm adding this to my wishlist. Last thing, the soundtrack alone is worth the price.

I have had to rewind bits of this SO MANY TIMES because the animation is SO COOL! I'm so freaking impressed at how expressive and readable and NATURAL the MC's animation is when they're literally six dots and a line (and a sword and shield sometimes)! It's just really beautiful to watch and I feel like I'm learning a lot about movement and body language!

21:56 Dan, this is just describing Tunic, basically.

Omg I love how when you first see your character, it’s almost like you can see an actual body, even though it’s literally just 5 shapes and a star

It’s amazing that the developers of this game were able to tell us so much with so little. So elegant.

There is definitely some elegant minimalism going on here.

9:00 that pun made me chose on my food. Good job

This gives me a strange idea. What if the skill tree WAS the map. If you don't put points into that branch, you can't go there. It might also take skills from other branches to go that way. Respec changes what you have access to, not what's happened, what you did stays done.

Anyone else start thinking “Stormlight Archive” when they saw the blue and red “spren” fighting each other?

It's interesting how certain games excite certain people. I think it's completely subjective because this doesn't throw me in awe like it did you.

Fun fact and skill spoilers: when the shield glows orange, you can hold down Y (from your inputs) and it will make your character brace and when the enemy goes for a physical attack, your character will actually use her shield to push away the enemy. Interrupting their attack cycle and leaving you to attack. Another trick is once you unlock counter, and if your enemy is far away (Like the last one summoning the spikes), if you press your attack button immediately after you push your enemy away, your character will throw her shield at the enemy. Also if you ever want to figure out how to do something, go to your skill tree and select a node. There will be a small animation at the top left and under it is the buttons you need to press. (Also the up arrow means you need to damage the enemy while it's in the air)

It's amazing how much van be conveyed with just 6 dots. When Dan first started to gush and the character puled out her sword and shield it was immediately obvious through her movement and stance (feet together, hip slightly forward, fluid motion of the word) that she was female. And then later the hand slamming the floor when she fell, clear as day that she was angry. All that without any portraits, emoticons, text or anything.

Annnd another game for the wishlist! I indeed love the mystery in this one! It feels so peaceful even tho there's combat and platforming in it

At 21:50 you ask about metroidvania games where your progress is locked not just behind item/ability pickups but behind your knowledge of the game and its mechanics. Many people rightly point out the brilliant Tunic, where pages of information are literally something you pick up. But there is one truly excellent gem which needs mentioning: Toki Tori 2+. This is the true puzzle metroidvania! A good puzzle game teaches itself with cleverly designed puzzles that serve as tutorials for its mechanics. This is what you find as you explore, not the red key to open the red door, but the puzzle that teaches you how a certain mechanic works. Then you suddenly realize how you could have reached that high ledge, aha!, not because you can suddenly double jump, but because you know a new technique for manipulating your environment. You feel smart. No keys required, only knowledge. It is a brilliantly designed game, and deserves to be much better known.

This is giving me big Journey vibes.

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22:24 That'd be Metroid. Also Tunic, but that's more of a Zeldalike.

Is this that blue and orange morality TV Tropes told me about?

22:20 - another game that does the thing with both advancing the character and player knowledge is a game you played on this very channel: Tunic ^^

Metroidvania where developing player knowledge is as much of the game as aquiring "key" abilities unlocking new routes? I think a certain fox in a tunic had a game like that...

I don't even know this game, but, based on solely the title, I know I will love it.

Bought this game almost immediately as the video unfolded

This has the vibe of laying out under a sky without light pollution and observing a meteor shower.

21:55 - "Slowly untangling the puzzle of what the game is..." I'd say this describes the La-Mulana series pretty well. Alongside the more traditional powerups, a lot of the progression in those games involves gathering information to solve riddles/puzzles, as well as just figuring out how to navigate the ruins safely. They're the types of games where you'll likely end up with several pages of notes and hand-drawn maps by the time you reach credits. Great games, highly recommend! They're incredibly hostile and don't do much to hold your hand, but they can be a breath of fresh air if you're in the mood for a struggle

This seems really neat! I'd love to see more of it if space on the schedule opens up. ^_°

Very happy to see you check out this game, I'd been looking forward to it for a few years and binged through it when it came out. It pretty much completely lived up to my hopes for it, if this looks interesting to you I absolutely recommend giving it a shot. Like you can see with the bow he found later on this game lets you grow a fair bit more than what you can see at the start

It's just five floating shapes. Why do I find the main character so cute, while also giving me "Samus Aran, silent space warrior" vibes? I don't know, but I'm adding this to my wishlist. I'd love to play as a cute, floating-shapes warrior.

Woah, need to sleep so I'll watch this tomorrow but… Woooaaahhhhh

this is really stunning

This game sounds amazing

I see what Dan means about the "majestic" quality. The way your character moves kind of reminds me of that game Gris.

Dan, you always find a way to find new games that are right up my ally! This reminds me of Hi-fi Rush, but a more serene and peaceful version. 😇

Nebulas!

this game looks very cool. sweet vibes and awesome art

I can appreciate the two kind of people here. Dan, who says how he loves the vagueness and mystery in this game. And me, who sitting here watching wishing that the game would tell us more, annoyed at the vagueness and mystery

I just finished paying this game and absolutely loved it, I would highly recommend this game to anyone considering playing it!

Dan I can't express how much I appreciate you checking out these really interesting smaller indie games. I've found so many cool games that I would have missed if not for these videos

The combat kinda reminds me of Project X Zone a bit. Having a time limit to do whatever attacks and all that.

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The player character gives me Sailor Moon and Steven Universe vibes.

This is SO pretty!

Kinda reminds me of Gris, in a way.

This gives me Gris vibes.

A+ title

Dan you gotta stop bringing all these amazing games on Wednesday! I can't buy them all!

Sadly, the perfect block mechanic makes this a pass for me. After Individible made it a requirementto beat the game (that or a lot of boring grind), I now auto pass on games that rely on that mechanic.