Worldless

For such a short game, I felt like If the game had ended here, I would've given the game a thumbs up just for the music, environment, and entertaining-enough combat/parkour, even with the nonsensical "story".

HK/Silksong were challenging from the very beginning and were much longer so you had heaps of time to perfect your skills and get challenged in how to use them,, plus a lot of flexibility in choosing your own build to suit your playstyle.

Stunning art, super fun and fluid gameplay, and a solid story & characters.

The art style is nice in its own way but my goodness, its so easy to get lost in the world.

The build up in difficulty never plateaus; once you overcome enemies you were struggling with before, you are rewarded with new tools to approach encounters with, but it is completely up to you whether you utilize the tools or not, allowing you to set up your own level of challenge.

The original soundtrack, and the often overlooked sound designs are top notch here.