Two Bit Hero

Decent metroidvania. You might get frustrated at the map design, but it is intentional and there is a thing in the game, that can make the navigation much easier. Boss battles are not great.

This game could be an excellent, simple metroidvania, but the controls are locked and cannot be changed. For that reason alone, I am forced to give this game a negative review.

This one is one I'm on the fence with. I feel like it's not bad, but I ended up getting bored and frustrated. I would love there to be a neutral option on Steam, but 20+ years later and there's still not, so I gotta go with a no. Pros - The controls are immediately responsive. This is a big plus in my book, seeing as most games nowadays have issues (especially when scraping the bottom of the barrel). I didn't have any lag or missed inputs in game. Also, if you don't like the layout, there's so many ways to fix that. Even steam has it's own integrated button mapping system you can configure for each individual game, so I don't see why a layout that isn't perfect is an issue. - The exploration with unlocking abilities and upgrades to get to new areas started off well in this game. There's no hand holding, so just running around finding stuff was pretty fun to begin with. - The music and sounds fit the game well. Each area has it's own music, and they're all decent tracks. Cons - Eithe...

broken controls. cant even jump properly.