Aqua415

Gameplay: The game gets very creative with the time manipulation and types of weapons you get. Once Sakuya gains the ability to walk and jump on time-frozen knives, the game becomes a whole different beast. It makes each tool useful for combat, platforming and puzzles in their own way. The "Graze" mechanic functions extremely well here. Grazing past enemies and projectiles is the fastest way to recover MP so it incentives the player to stop throwing knives from a safe distance and maneuver between the enemies using the different knife types as platforms or for attacking. Brilliant stuff. Music: The sound tracks fit all the stages and they hype you up for the whole journey. Story: Its not very deep but it serves its purpose: giving some time to breath from the tense combat, giving a goal and a mystery to look forward to. Presentation: The animations are great (maybe the walk cycle is a bit wonky). Most of the enemies look great. The stages look sleek. The hud and menus look and function great. Final comment: It's hard to put into words how fun it is to stop time and jump on all the frozen knives you've thrown. You just gotta play it to get how it feels.

The middling reviews are probably from the people that didn't get past the beginning. The first hour of the game starts off with introductions for the basics of the gameplay, story and characters. Once the real story kicks in, it's extremely fun.