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Technically, Crisol: Theater of Idols is a solid game, featuring cohesive art direction, a well-crafted atmosphere, smart audio design, and a campaign with a fair length. However, its uneven pacing midway through the experience and strong inspirations from the Resident Evil franchise prevent it from achieving something greater, even though they do not erase its merits.

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault is a good introduction for newcomers to the genre, with engaging cycle-based runs, a rewarding sense of progression, and an easy learning curve that makes it fun to master.

NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound embraces its essence and delivers a quality experience beyond expectations, with extremely well-crafted pixel art and a heavy, nostalgic soundtrack. The game captures the essence of the NINJA GAIDEN series for a new generation. Ragebound is simple in its premise and reminds us that, ultimately, video games are about having fun.

Antro is a musical platformer that blends rhythm and puzzle levels, set in a dystopian underground in Barcelona. Its greatest strength lies in its soundtrack, integrated into the gameplay, and its visuals inspired by urban peripheries. The story addresses themes of oppression, revolution, and inequality, but superficially. Despite the bugs and short length, it delivers a good sensory experience, but its short length lacks depth in the narrative and themes portrayed.

Blades of Fire is an action RPG that, despite not reinventing the genre, offers a robust experience for those looking to distract their minds while cutting monsters in half. The forging system is the big differentiator, ensuring a feeling of authentic progression. Despite so many positive points, the developers stumbled on important elements, such as the narrative and the variety of challenges. Still, for those who enjoy the combination of high difficulty, dark setting and visceral combat, this is a furnace worth facing.

I understand and respect the developer's proposal: to create games as a hobby. However, charging for a project of this level? It would be more acceptable if it were available for free on itch.io. But no: there is a price here, albeit a low one. Super Engine GT Turbo Spec is generic, uninspired and not very fun. You might be able to extract a minimum of entertainment from it if you turn off your brain, but even then, it's hard to believe that.

Overall, Morkull Ragast’s Rage is a competent game, but it has some obvious problems, such as the lack of an engaging narrative and the need for more polish in combat and enemy variety. The game gives the impression that the developers used all their ideas in the introduction and left much to be desired in the rest of the experience. Breaking the fourth wall with the main character is a great idea, but it is underused, appearing very few times throughout the game. Morkull Ragast’s Rage presents itself as a unique game, standing out for its charismatic protagonist, but in the end, it delivers a generic Metroidvania, without flavor and ambition.