Developer The Game Kitchen
Publisher Team17
Format PC, PS5 (tested), Switch, Xbox Series
Release Out now
Held aloft by naked supplicants under a black sky, a Christ-like figure painted onto a gigantic canvas speaks to us with an otherworldly voice: “How sweet the pain when it is our own”. Hearing this after defeating a particularly tricky boss, we’re inclined to agree. We encounter similarly taxing challenges at a steady cadence during our journey, whether scouring maps for new abilities or repeatedly failing challenge rooms. Yet, as we gain mastery over a complex combat system, the pain begins to feel all the more worthwhile.
Perhaps it helps that we’re notintricate pixel art surpasses that of its predecessor to bring some unsettling characters to life, such as a man transformed into a living beehive, and a sobbing giant cradling an infant coated in candle wax.
