ANIMAL WELL REVIEW (More playdead than Metroidvania!)

Animal Well is not a Metroidvania. It’s unique and it doesn’t fit neatly into a box. Trying to put a label on Animal Well feels inaccurate in many ways. There isn’t combat, your attributes don’t increase permanently, you don’t gain traditional abilities like double jump and exploration never feel gated or laborious.
Animal Well feels less like a Metroidvania and more like something from playdead: a world full of mystery, a strong atmosphere and a dark undertone. The experience is somehow unsettling and intriguing at the same time.

[@devak45167]

First thing I said to my buddy when I started “this is more Limbo than Hollow Knight”

[@VDGMS]

Maybe I took the most optimal path, but I never felt gated or limited in what I could do. Playdead made two of my top games of all time, but Animal Well evoked a lot of the same feelings.

[@DrAgNZRX]

I see a lot of people saying it's like Halo 2 meets Halo 3

[@arpitkumar4525]

You talked about the sound design but didn't let us hear it.

[@VDGMS]

I had an 8 second clip at the start, but could have inserted more when I mentioned it. Will keep that in mind for next time. Have you played the game or plan to?

[@arpitkumar4525]

@@VDGMS I might