The game is fun at first but due to extremely clunky controls and unpolished design, it is progressively more and more frustrating to the point where I just gave up halfway through. What is good about the game is the art style and the music. The story is kind of meh and the rest is just bad. The controls feel like it was designed by someone who never held a controller in their life. It is truly atrocious. It tries to be a twin-stick shooter but somehow fails miserably and the controls just feel extremely bad. I got the laser as fast as I could so I would not have to spam R2 for each and every shot because hold-to-shoot is apparently too cool for the devs. It legit made my fingers hurt. Once you get the dash ability, you immediately realize how bad the camera is. It constantly fails to follow at reasonable pace, making me constantly dash into thorns cos I can't see where I'm going. It truly shines in chase scenes where you just smash into things. The constant zoom-in in narrow places...

Had a lot of fun with Moo Lander. This is a different kind of game than what I'm used to. I play a lot of Metroidvanias, and while this has elements of that genre, I wouldn't categorize it as one. It's more linear, with occasional offshoots, many of which are unfortunately missable. Go in one direction looking for a secret, and you could get locked into the next section of the main track before you know it, so just forge ahead and enjoy the experience. And that's totally fine! My FOMO faded quickly after this happened a couple times. You'll still get plenty of upgrade points, fun weapons, and encounter interesting and bizarre physics puzzles. The bosses were fun challenges. While there was a fair amount of similarity between some boss battles, a couple in particular have unique mechanics that made them really stand out. The final boss was an absolute blast. The sound design and visual style fit well and create a unique atmosphere consisting of several different biomes with unique mec...