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45. Death's Door (2021) - PC

This is a weird one. It's basically a 2D Zelda-like, with a lot of similarities to LttP, but with more advanced movement and combat. It's very competent in most ways, but it's also pretty lacking IMO? The lack of map is annoying sometimes, especially when re-exploring old areas to find secrets. It's something of a disappointment after the great implementation of a map helping you find secrets in some of the Metroidvanias that were released this year. More importantly, there's a general lack of upgrades/items. Zelda games have a whole bunch of cool items, and generally each game will have some cool new ones you've never seen before. Not the case here at all. You start out with arrows, then get fire arrows, bombs, and a hookshot. That's it. It's also a bit annoying how you use them, since you have to hold a trigger before pressing another button for whatever reason. The game was better in other aspects: it's really pretty, and the boss/enemy design is generally good (though I wasn't that good at the game, so I found some bosses a bit frustrating). And the story was fun, though it wasn't a super heavy element. I feel like it should've been a lot better than it was. Oh well.

Next game hint: a weird spinoff that focused on the wrong aspects of what it was based on.