Minoria - Playthrough Part 6 (Ending)

Time for the final showdown with the witch behind it all - Princess Poeme. She deals crazy damage and requires careful utilisation of all your available incenses. Upon defeating her you get a choice to let her sister finish her or not. Despite the revelation that the Church did it's own share of bad things, these witches genocided entire villages and cursed multiple people into monstrous forms, so I decided that some divine retribution is in order for the person behind it all. Fran and Semilla get ascended into sainthood and you get the option of a new game plus and easier exploration with fast travel to different areas.

Overall I really enjoyed the game. The combat is responsive and there's a good variety of spells to use. That being said some of the available items for purchase are not as good as others. For example the ability to launch a projectile with your melee attack costs 7 coins (out of 40 in the whole game) and it only does around 15 damage with a limited range or a 5% damage reduction when you die in 3-4 hits regardless. I think this would've been better if there were 3 passive slots, but that's nitpicking. The story is somewhat basic and a bit ambiguous, but I'm pretty sure the game wanted you to side with the witches even a little bit. The Metroidvania elements are light, but there're plenty of opportunities to explore to find more about the world via archives or coins needed for upgrades. The levelling system doesn't change much, but eventually you do get to breeze through most low level enemies thanks to heighten damage. I would definitely recommend it to fans of 2D action games.