PsychoCarbo 9 Years of Shadows Review

8/10 Review at the end! ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ DaVinci created a new reality ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Red Dead Redemption II ☑ Byutiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Don't look at it for too long ☐ Bad ☐ Atari ☐ Tamagotchi ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Your PC runs Paint? ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boy ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Story }--- ☐ Story? What story? ☐ One word. Pewpewpew! Three words. Pew pew! ☐ Something with a bit of a story ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Beautiful! ☐ Isabel Allende, Machado de Assis, and Tolkien joined forces to write it ☐ It will replace your life ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ "I know kugfu!" ☐ Excellent! ☑ Good ☐ Mehh ☐ Instead, watch the paint dry ☐ Just... no ☐ Smash your hand with a hammer, it's funnier ---{ Grind }--- ☐ You'll need a second life to grind ☐ Grindmaniac ☑ Medium level grind ☐ Only if you care about achievements ☐ No grind needed ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain use ☐ Hard without a brain ☐ What's your IQ? ☑ Dark Souls ☐ Hawking joined with Neil deGrasse Tyson to create a time machine and find Einstein and Tesla to create this game. ---{ Hours of Gameplay }--- ☐ Enough time for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Medium ☑ Long ☐ You start, your grandchild finishes ☐ To infinity and beyond! ---{ Replay } --- ☐ Once is enough ☐ Only if you're aiming for achievements ☑ After a few months... Years... Mods... ☑ Worth it with DLCs ☐ You'd better have time to waste ☐ Well... You didn't need a life anyway! ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of them ☐ Small glitches ☐ Can be annoying ☐ You'll curse... ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a great bug breeding ground ---{ Multiplayer } --- ☑ No multiplayer ☐ LAN ☐ Says it has it, but it'll blow up your PC if you try ☐ There it is... a lonely, forgotten desert ☐ Meh, it's kind of fun ☐ Solo mission? What? ☐ Basically an MMO ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Audiorgasmic ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Acceptable ☐ Bad ☐ I'm deaf now ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Children ☐ Teenagers ☐ Adults ☐ Grandma ☑ Everyone ---{ Price }--- ☐ Not available on Steam anymore ☐ It's free! ☐ The price is fair ☑ If it's on sale ☑ If you have some money to spare ☐ Not recommended ☐ You might as well just burn your money ---{ 08 / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 First and foremost, it's worth noting that metroidvanias are far from being my preferred game genre. And I believe the main reason is that I'm not a player who looks for heavy challenges, and this genre is usually quite difficult. If I remember correctly, the only one I finished and LOVED was Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Anyway, taking all of that into consideration, 9 Years of Shadows was a very pleasant discovery, and I managed to spend 5 hours on it trying to progress. Which is a lot for someone who usually avoids this type of game. I managed to defeat several bosses, the story is interesting, and the art seems wonderful to me. Not to mention the soundtrack. Sadly, I got stuck on a boss that I just can't beat, and I don't feel like continuing to try. But, for those who like the genre, I highly, highly recommend it!