Unworthy

Solid metroidvania souls style game.

Pros:
-Simple but enjoyable combat (simple in terms of movement, not meaning its easy)
-Pretty cool black and white art style though it does lend itself to lack of variety in terms of visuals.
-Fun boss fights
-Only a few different weapons to choose from but they are very different in style
-Clever enemies that have difficult patterns.
-Solid challenge
-No handholding
-Nice dark oppressive atmosphere

Cons
-Elevators and ladders. Good god the sheer amount of them and no way to speed up the process. No sliding down ladders etc. REALLY hurts the games pacing and god help you if you get lost because its a good while before fast travel is unlocked. Enjoy those elevators. You will be seeing them a LOT.

-Some more music and visual variety would have been nice.

-Character progression seems quite underbaked. You have a cool skill tree but you need boss items to unlock them and there is so few bosses that you barely make any headway through the skill tree before the credits roll. Very very odd progression.

Overall solid game thats well worth playing for those that enjoy souls games or metroidvanias with a challenge and not much handholding. Very impressive for such a small team. Good job.

An excellent soulsvania. The monochromatic minimalist aesthetic is a sight to behold and the world itself is very well designed with the protagonist's inability to jump being taken into account. At no point do you really feel held back by the lack of jumping. Indeed, the game would be made worse by adding such an ability. The boss fights are all great, presenting a worthy challenge. Plenty of secrets to be found and a surprising amount of exploration in what is otherwise a fairly small game. Took me about 20 hours to 100%. Worth the price.

If you liked the following games you will like Unworthy. Likewise, if you liked Unworthy you may like the following:

1. Blasphemous 1 (This game and its sequel are in my top 5)
2. Blasphemous 2
3. The Last Faith
4. Metroid Dread
5. Bloodstained: Circle of the Night
6. Grime
7. Every other soulvania you've ever heard of.

I can't get past even the very first boss in the game and there doesn't seem to be any way to upgrade myself this early or bypass it, and it's too late to refund so I thin I might just be ♥♥♥♥♥♥

Unworthy is not that unworthy of a title.
Setting: 8/10
The game gives you dark vibes through a black and white scenery and minor disturbing elements like gross enemies, pixel gore and medieval structures. I personally found the black and white pretty interesting, it gave the game quite the aura;
RPG/Metroidvania elements: 8/10
Even if the game is a bit short, it's full of secrets and quest you can discover through the map (of course, in relation to the size of the map). Not everything is immediate, you have to go back and fourth after unlocking new weapons/powers. You discover items, runes and everything that will help your character power up. It was an enjoyable experience, and not tiring at all;
Story: 8/10
It's not that bad but it's not perfect. The story is something you could probably figure out alone, but the way it was narrated was pretty good, through little cutscenes, dialogues and notes left through the map. Probably something you've already heard about but shown in a different shape. Some things are more profound than you think;
Combat/Gameplay: 9/10
Pretty fun ngl. It combines the soulslike genre to the metroidvania one. You roll to dodge and you have different weapons you can use with unique attacks and strategies. It's pretty interesting how they decided not to let your character jump, but you won't feel the need to, just like in a soulslike. Enemies and bosses are really well done, not easy but not tiring.
Overall: 8,25/10
I had fun, and I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys soulslikes/metroidvanias. A little hidden gem.
Just a tip... (No spoiler) Before the archer guy, watch for the aura farm man... You'll understand what I mean soon enough, trust me on this.

Very good metroidvania and soulslike, did not find it so hard but sometimes had a hard time finding where togo. Combat is satisfying, music and art are good, controls are neat. Play this game if you enjoy challenge and finding stuff out without too much hand holding.

awesome metroidvania, its just a shame that same people wont bother with the true ending. but its a smooth and sometimes hard game.
My complaint its that i would like to see, in some places, a bigger contrast between the background and some other objects in the plain where the player is, and the player.

I think its really worth the money, and take it from me , that i dont like to spend money on games.

My score is
90 out 100

Every so often I think about this game. Enough time has passed that I could probably play through it again and have it be close to a first time playthrough. Not quite, as I still remember many of the secrets and a few of the bosses. Are some of those secrets unfair? Only one. And that's if you want to fight the true final boss.
It's the presentation that gets me. It's the style and tone. The combat is slow and methodical, yes. Some weapons are much stronger than others. But it was the dark fantasy world and the characters and places in it that drew me in.
Even with 'dark fantasy world' being a dime a dozen setting these days, I'd still recommend this game to folks. It's hard, sometimes in not fun ways. It holds its secrets tight to its chest. There are weapons that are too good to not use. But it has heart. It has passion behind it. In the age of genAI games flooding the market that is something that needs to be cherished and appreciated.