Might have been a bit ironic that I first beat the game on Christmas day. It really sets the tone for most of the game. The game has a very specific (and often creepy) medieval/religious aesthetic you can see it in the screenshots below. Regardless, I am once again happy for a reminder that I am still capable of playing action-oriented titles. There is a parry/block mechanic that turns out to be crucial for certain boss fights - I initially had trouble with those bosses because I'm not a fan of blocking, but I learned quickly. The combat is fine, feels less hectic than Hollow Knight and I think the boss fights are more tankable because you have more healing available.
I'm a big fan of the exploration aspect of metroidvanias, and Blasphemous didn't disappoint I played more than 5 hours in one sitting on my first day because I just really enjoyed exploring and unlocking new areas and finding secrets and whatnot. It's a metroidvania I'd been meaning to play for a while, as I've seen it on a number of "top N metroidvanias" list, and apparently I had gotten it from Humble Bundle way back in December 2019. I had already managed to finish the two single-player games I had targeted to finished before year's end ( 1 2), but I figured I can squeeze in one more shorter game in the last two weeks of the year, so the week before Christmas I started playing Blasphemous on Steam.
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