A vengeful hero, a forsaken realm, and a hand-drawn line that pulls you in.

First read from the gut choice: when people pick on feeling, Nine Sols ranks ahead of 64% of games, a good score. But criterion by criterion, it is the visuals and the sound that carry everything. The art direction sits ahead of 82% of titles, the soundtrack climbs even higher, ahead of 86%, on few votes but the trend is clear. On the other side, fun drops low, ahead of less than a fifth of games, and controller feel like desert island linger around a quarter of the pack, on very few votes. That is the tension: people love it on instinct and admire its style, yet the feel of play stumbles, at least on early votes.

Against a Sekiro-inspired 2D action-platformer, where deflection combat is the heart, it is an owned paradox. The community remembers the shell, not yet the mechanics.

So, who is it for? You, if you melt for polished Asian fantasy and an OST that lingers. Much less so if you come first for gameplay that snaps in your hands.