Lone Fungus

Doesn't bring a ton of fresh ideas to the table but still a well executed metroidvania. The most notable part is the path of pain style platform challenges, but these are all optional and the rest of the game isn't that hard.

Take a bit of Hollow Knight, mix it with Celeste, and you get Lone Fungus. It does not reach the levels of excellence of either game, but it is a great game on its own! Playing it on Hard provided a good challenge, but this game has one of the best custom difficulty options I have seen. You can tailor the difficulty to your own preference.
The game is very open ended, focusing more on platforming than combat. The platforming is great, with many optional challenges to tackle using unique abilities. The combat is good, nothing revolutionary, but has many options to customize your preferred combat style.
Overall a great metroidvania, and I am looking forward to the sequel soon!

I really liked the game. It's a mix of Metroidvania and precise platformer with a normal length. That said, I didn't like everything about it, especially the map. In some parts, I found it quite repetitive, and in others, I had trouble seeing the hazards. For example, in the ice section, the icicles were quite difficult to see falling as they blended into the background. Even the enemies themselves blended in, depending on the area.
Another thing I didn't like was that the game doesn't have an upward attack, only sideways or downward attacks, making all flying enemies and bosses much harder than they should be. Also, I didn't like not being able to pause the game while facing a boss, although this is probably done so that you can't change your abilities.
In short, if you like Metroidvanias, you'll probably like this one, and if you like Celeste then you can try to get 100% of this game because the collectibles are not easy to get at all. In addition, with all the skills available, you can play however you want or use the most useful skills depending on the boss or area you're in. Recommended for those who like these genres.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Perfect
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Okay
☐ Bad
☐ Very stylized
☐ They're what they should be for what the game is
☐ MS Paint could make something better
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Fantastic
☐ Excellent
☑ Perfect
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Meh
☐ Bad, but playable
☐ Just go watch paint dry
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Amazing
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not to bad
☐ Alright
☐ Bad
☐ My ears are bleeding
---{ Audience }---
☑ Babies
☑ Young kids
☑ Young teens
☑ Older teens
☑ Adults
☑ Old people
☑ Anyone with a decent maturity level
☑ Anyone with a lack of maturity
☑ Anyone that is alive
☑ No one, not even your dog
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Just average
☐ A little better than average
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Better than good
☐ Fancy Pants Rich Boy
☐ NASA
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Can choose your difficulty setting
☐ No difficulty needed
☐ Just press 'W"
☐ Easy
☐ Medium
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Hard
☐ Verry Difficult
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if you like to collect things
☐ Only if you care about steam achievements
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Only if you care about rankings/placements/leaderboards/etc.
☑ Average grind level
☐ A little grindy
☐ Too much grind
☐ You‘ll need a second life, maybe some macros, & a will to live for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ Story? What story?
☐ No Story
☐ Twilight was a better love story than this
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It‘ll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ 1-2 Hours
☐ 2-5 Hours
☐ 5-10 Hours
☑ 10-20 Hours
☐ 20-50 Hours
☐ 50+ Hours
☐ 100+ Hours
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Replayablity }---
☐ You won't even finish it the first time
☐ None, once was enough
☐ Not that kind of game
☐ You don't stop playing this kinda game, ever
☐ Maybe once or twice, to try something new
☐ You'll want to get every single possible ending & secret there is
☑ You'll pick it up every few years, but never finish a whole playthrough
☐ A lot, just to romance everyone, pick new options. try new classes, etc
---{ Price }---
☐ It’s free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If you have some money to blow
☐ Wait for it to go on sale for the 100th time
☐ Ask someone to gift it to you instead
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Circumstantial (PC specs, internet, save/install location, etc.)
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Very low
☐ Low
☑ Average
☐ High
☐ Too much
---{ Worth It }---
☐ Hell no!
☐ If you have a lot of cash
☑ Worth it!
☐ Get it now!
☐ Life is not complete without this game!
---{ TEXT }---
Visually, the game adopts a colorful and surprising pixel art style that feels both pleasing to the eye and gameplay-wise. Each biome has its own private identity, from glowing spore-filled caverns to moss-covered ruins and catacombs. The soundtrack complements the visuals well, with ambient sound and crisp sound effects. It's a gorgeous aesthetic package! I say play it at least once or twice!
---{ 9 / 10 }---
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Fantastic parkour-focused Mvania--a lot better than it looks.
Not sure why I held out on this one for so long but I'm glad I finally delved into it. Lone Fungus sets itself apart with it's complex and fresh movement abilities. The post/side game stuff get very technical and really fun to overcome.
I really like the weird vibe the world has with the curious NPC's and fragments of story--made uncovering all the secrets really worth it.
Lone Fungus doesn't try to be obnoxious with its content (pixel hunting, vague clues with non-logical solutions, ridiculously vague event triggering), you get to see everything it has to offer if you just explore well enough.

Absolutely adore this game. Don't let the simple graphics and slow initial movement fool you, this game has some of the hardest and best designed precision platforming in the genre (the really difficult ones are optional).

Incredible metroidvania with stuff to find everywhere and no dumb rewards like rosaries or geo, always abilities or power.
Cool platforming challenge with the astral gates. And 3 boss rushes to unlock.
Secrets wall were really hard to see though but you do get an ability to help you see them towards the end.
Definitivly recommend