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3. The Knight Witch

Genre: Twin-stick shooter metroidvania

Knight Witch was a game I was aware of going in, but wasn't sure what to expect. Bullet hell metroidvania? Well, kinda.

The demo opens with a story interlude, explaining how the knight witches saved the world fourteen years ago. As a team of four, they were renowned and beloved afterward, but you play as a character with similar abilities, but who wasn't talented enough back then to make the cut. You can still fly and fire projectiles, but you weren't considered knight witch material.

And then everything hits the fan, and you're the one person in a position to pick up the pieces.

I think the set-up and the lead is rather endearing. The cartoon-style graphics are fantastic. Controls felt tight, the pace of discovery and exploration and learning felt great for the opening ~30 minutes we get to play. A fun part is that you don't even have to aim if you choose to and the game will just lock onto whatever enemy is closest. (Some limitations apply.)

You also have a deck of spell cards which, yes, does mean this is sort of a deckbuilder, but not really. Basically cards are just the physical representation of your six special moves, which appear on the three face buttons of the controller and you can fire off whenever. It then rotates to another ability in the deck. I guess that keeps you from spamming the same move 24/7? I'm not sure the motivation, but you do learn new moves as cards are discovered.

All things considered, I'm definitely keeping my eye on this one. The word that lingered on my mind with each component of the game was "fun." Each aspect of the game felt fun, and not just in a "games are supposed to be fun" way. Y'know what I'm trying to say, right?

What price would I buy it at? -- If the regular price is $19.99 or lower, I'll probably buy it outright rather than waiting around.