Everything about this game is beautiful. If Steam had a rating system, I'd give this game an 11/10.

Being completely honest, I was never one for Metroidvanias. The feeling of being lost and having to blindly search for... something, whatever it is, never was a fun concept to me. So for a while, I stayed away from this game.
But then, I decided to give this a shot.
And boy was it the best experience I've ever had.
This game is built around a tragic tale of a Kingdom and it's citizens, and as the game progresses, the story and it's past are unraveled to you. Each character has it's own personality and secrets, dreams and desires, all of them make you feel like more than just NPC's, they're people.
The ambient and world is built in an genius way, where backtracking isn't too painful with the tools given, and experience can give you the edge on skipping some of the requirements, allowing you to customize your path to your desire. Every place has multiple ways of being accessed, and all of them are available through different methods and abilities.
The bosses are the main thing for me. All of them were challenging, each one taught me something new. Everything that *feels* unfair always has a way to be dodged, there's always somewhere to improve and do better. Each time you go back, the stronger you are, the smarter you are. And that is a permanent thing in this game.
The soundtrack is incredible, I often find myself listening to it on the background, as filler music, and still feeling immersed even when I'm not playing it. Each boss theme feels carefully planned and orchestrated for each boss, and that's not something that comes easily.
If there's any complaints I'd have with this game, is Pantheons 5, which is a optional experience. A system of checkpoints, even if not frequent, would be appreciated, as most of the pain of playing through P5 is having to go through the same bosses that die in 10 seconds, over and over again, because of the sheer amount of equipment you have.