Metroidvanias, while enjoyable, can sometimes feel a little linear. You smack often adorable bosses around the head, upgrade your gear, master your combat, then do it all again. All of that’s by no means a bad thing – I want Hollow Knight: Silksong as much as the rest of you – but there’s certainly scope for adding some cool new mechanics into that tried and tested formula. That’s exactly what Altered Alma does, and it’s a twist that I’m sort of obsessed with.

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