Not sure I would recommend it. I think it's a solid effort, but combat is not that interesting, you mostly mash the attack button and sometimes do a bit of dodging, but by the end of a playsession your hand will hurt from having to mash attack so constantly as you move through rooms. Control is never precise enough to avoid attacks, you kind of end up flying into them by tapping any direction, and there is no iFrame when you get hit so you can get stun locked by a barrage of projectiles. Some boss fights felt kind of unfair because of the need for precision but no ability to execute it.
I forced myself to finish this game after nearly a decade of owning it, but I don't think it lives up to other metroidvanias. If you want a great action platformer/metroidvania, try The Messenger instead.