I appreciated that the storytelling wasn't too heavy handed and you were left to interpret some of the backstories through collecting the memories and relics.As other reviewers have noted, the combat is quite difficult even on the 'normal' setting. In particular, Adira's story of love persevering, moving heaven and earth to try and help Hana come home despite not knowing the Hana's fate really resonated with me. The brief glimpses of their pasts in the themes of fear, love, and regret made the conclusions of their stories all the more satisfying. The boss tracks, especially the Woodsmith, were great at creating tension.Each of the spirits' stories were also very well done.

The ambient and enemy sounds are excellent, with creaking wood sounds and impactful sound effects. What surprised me was the quality of the music and story.The music works so well with a melancholy yet hopeful feeling that gave the same post-apocalyptic zen vibes that Breath of the Wild did. The environments and level design are also very well done, although one (very) minor thing is that there could be more variety in terrain. The graphics are indeed beautiful, with excellent lighting and artstyle that suits the game. When this was announced I was expecting a Zelda clone with pretty graphics as the main selling point.

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