It was panned in actual because of technical problems undermining it on PC, the initial MP balance was off (took far too much work to unlock basic things that were quickly within reach in earlier games - they patched this, but didn't apply it retroactively, so they just lost those players), people had acclimated to weaker weapons in the franchise so this one's MP felt "melty" with how quickly you could die, and the levels on the whole were a little bit bigger on average, with more vertical elements, which combined with a few inventory decisions made camping much more viable than it had been in a while.

I've not heard any actual serious complaints about the campaign, I thought it was pretty good, with some really great moments. Linear as all get out, but largely in situations where that isn't a huge problem. I did love the space fight sequences, the underwater bit was actually kind of creepy, the dog wasn't overused, and when you get a hold of the super weapon near the end? I found that rather satisfying.

Now, that's not to say it is worth $60... I got a review copy... I might still play its MP once in a while if that patch had applied retroactively. But yeah, the sp is pretty good for that sort of game. 

Get this game. This is basically a mix of Super Metroid, Dark Souls and Castlevania. And it is totally bloody amazing. 

It's Dark Souls with just one dimension removed, but oh god do I hate that character design. Looks cool apart from that. 

This is basically a mix of Super Metroid, Dark Souls and Castlevania

It's more a mix of Dark Souls, Dark Souls and Dark Souls, tbh. 

In fact, fuck it 20 years ago. 

I'm not hugely fond of the aesthetic of salt and sanctuary.

The game doesn't look appealing to me and castlevania and dark souls are two of my favourite games 

is such a lovely crafted one. I really love the previous two.
Thx Kinn for the reminder!
To all others, go get it!

Salt and whatnot, good, but no DS vibe in any way to me.

Hail 2D and handpainting! 

That art style is a very a poor imitation of Braid.

Who the fuck imitates Braid in 2016? 

Braid was great... the art style was made by people far more artistically competent. 

Braid had a very well-designed and cohesive art style.

However, I prefer my 2D games to be proper limited palette pixel art at 240p resolution with a realistic-looking CRT scanlines effect. That is the pinnacle for me. Nothing else comes close imo. 

Braid had a very well-designed and cohesive art style.

Yes, it did. Salt And Sanctuary doesn't. 

aging badly
and done a million times before 

GILFs FTW 

https://www.gog.com/news/introducing_gog_connect

This offer allows you to add games you own on Steam to your GOG inventory. It is available for specific titles only and the offers might only appear for a limited time. Still, it'll allow you to get extra digital copies for free.

The current list of games on the page linked above is not quite complete. I could transfer Braid over to my GOG acct, but I don't see it listed on the page. You'll get the list of current offers if you link your Steam acct to the GOG one and use the actual service. Some of them said they're valid for five more days when I did that just a while ago.

This is just a heads up for people who use both and don't follow GOG news regularly. The games that are offered this way depend entirely on the publishers allowing it, I believe. 

Saw it on twitter, seems to be timing out for me but this is fairly awesome! 

Does Shovel Knight have such awesome metal soundtrack in-game? https://www.gog.com/game/shovel_knight 

Shovel knight has a great soundtrack 

Due to exceedingly high demand this may take up to several days, please check back later. Thank you for your patience.

but yeah, this'll be great (when it works) to finally get some stuff off of crappy steam. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUEqFPniOeg

For Balbler. Something unique about the style... reminds me of the GoT intro somewhat.