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Dogworld (Steam)

Not sure how I feel about this one. It's billed as a Metroidvania but it's very very linear without much reason to backtrack or explore, and not even many upgrades other than new guns (no way to upgrade health, for instance). But as you keep playing the gameplay gets more exciting - there are some tricky platforming sections that especially deserve praise - and even the silly dog apocalypse setting starts to get some engaging lore.

Unfortunately you then get to the end of the game and realize that this game fucking hates you, the player, specifically. The final boss is an incredible jump in difficulty, comparable to playing Super Metroid but instead of the normal final boss you have to beat Nightmare King Grimm. There's a point of no return before the final area, so you can't go back and upgrade your weapons. If you're like me you unlocked the secret weapons before going through this point of no return, only to find out that they're possibly worse than the weapons you had to destroy to make them. And then when you beat the final boss, finally, you discover that you're stuck with the bad ending because of something you didn't do 4-5 hours ago, in a game that is about 6 hours long with 2 of those hours being trying to kill the final boss.

Dogworld is almost certainly meant to be replayed but yeesh, I think I'll just play a game that respects my time instead.