Lunacid - Tears of the Moon

Control wise, the game plays fine with a controller via Steam Input, though it does drop inputs somewhat frequently (again, seems to be worse at higher resolutions and/or framerates/clock speeds?).

Your damage on the other hand stays pretty low (until you start finding secrets) which I think strikes a good balance as you still need to engage with the game's mechanics.

The story is also solid even though it doesn't say much, it helps to have played Lunacid prior to this as it helps in understanding the few little nods here and there that shouldn't be spoiled.

There's also been a good amount of effort put into making this look and feel uniquely Lunacid, lots of textures have a similar green/purple pseudo-stereoscopic look to Lunacid, and the general colour palette feels distinctly like its own thing, and not too much like King's Field, despite being made in its level editor.

The dungeons are moody and familiar (some VERY familiar...), the music suitable and enjoyable but definitely also seeming like game music from a bygone era and not the banger that the original OST is.