I thought it was pretty good. I think the best thing about the game is that fact that its the fact that this is the first completely new Cave Story game in 17 (ten years if you count Cave Story 3D)!
Call me easy to please all you want but that was enough for me lol.
Gameplay was really simple; It reminded me of a stripped down MSX Metal Gear game.
Music was really good. Stand out track had to be the Title Theme. The mix between Carol of the Bells and the original Cave Story theme was great. The two melodies work very well with each other.
So yeah its simple and short but I don't see why that's a bad thing. After all It Is free.
I made a video talking about the negative Steam reviews.
I made this video because I noticed all the negative reviews on Steam.
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I liked the video, I agree that the game is prefect solely due to the addition of Rudolph Balrog lol.
Honestly the getting unfairly review bombed Is really disappointing. Yeah It's a easy little game that was made as a little treat for Cave Story fans. Yes, I'm assuming this game was made with the intention of appealing to fans and not the average consoomer. I never had any issue with the controls and I played the game after achievements were fixed. Those are the only two objective issues I saw with the steam reviews, everything else was likely intentional and works fine. Hopefully the steam reviews won't put off Nicalis (or Pixel if he even wants to work on a Cave Story sequel) from making a "proper" Cave Story game.