Cave Story+

“I have started playing Cave Story on several occasions, but each time I gave up around the one hour mark as it just never quite clicked for me. Something about the impermanence of the weapon upgrade system irked me (taking damage causes your weapons to lose the upgrades you have earned and you have to kill enemies to level them back up), but this time I stuck with it and gave the game an honest effort and finally saw it through to the end credits. I'm glad I did, too, as I ended up having a lot of fun with it. The world was well designed and fun to explore, the combat was addictive, the story was interesting, and the characters were pretty endearing. Additionally, I played this on my 3DS, and the depth given to the world by playing this version of the game was pretty cool. It was a fun and quick Metroidvania that I feel was well worth playing through.”