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It's not a hard game, the objective of every level is actually quite clear.
Its a frustrating game.
The companion AI can be incredibly dumb, its annoying that I have to light every cave in order for them to follow me, they have no sense of the surroundings and most of the times they will hurt themselves at the slight chance they got, most likely for them to make a random bad jump that will ruin the run.
The camera movement is incredibly annoying, when you move to a direction, the camera will slightly move to the direction you are going, but its not smooth at all, so it goes kinda crazy to the point its annoying.
The stealth level just sucks.
The build gun is not very precise and a pain in the ass to use most of the times (at least with a controller, which is what the dev tells you to use).
I get where the dev was going with this game and I can appreciate all the tech behind the game like the destruction system, shadow system, all the animations, etc. But if it was not so much a trial and error type game I would have enjoyed it more, that said, in the two hours I played, the game crashed twice and there where bugs like enemies not resenting properly, so when I enter again on the level, the enemy that killed me stayed there and another one appeared, and killed me again before me reaching the weapon.

I bought the game because I saw potential in a previous version I played in an expo.
But the game feels a slog to play and the creator is constantly showing you his insecurities.
The first dialogue in the game is about how everyone is an idiot except himself because they told him the jump button choice was unexpected (I understand his frustration but the rest of the players are not to blame)
Months after that, he replaced the cool art the game had for IA art so that was the nail in the coffin.

Moons of Darsalon: The Selected Works Quick Hit Review
Steam Curator page: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44858736/
Moons of Darsalon is a game from another timeline. First of all, it is absolutely, gobsmackingly, unforgettably gorgeous, filled front-to-back with some of the most expressive, characterful, and flatout beautiful spritework I've ever seen. Dev Dr. Kucho, in his other Non-Gaming Life, is a house DJ - I don't know anything about house music or European DJs but Moons' soundtrack is absolutely celestial.
It also plays great. An action platformer at heart, it also incorporates some light puzzle platformer and navigation puzzle elements - the latter comes into play most notably when you're escorting other characters, which is a large part of this game. Yes, in some ways, Moons of Darsalon is an Escort Mission, but somehow, in one of the several heroic feats this game accomplishes, it's a fun, unprescriptive one. Add on top of all of this a really cool sense of emergent, physics-based gun- and gameplay, and you've got something that plays nearly as good as it looks.
Moons deserves exponentially more attention than it has received. It is a handmade labor of love and a straight up pop art masterpiece. Worth the price, don't be put off. Check out the demo if you're unsure. Play with the sound up.