Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus

20 of the 70 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.

“The art, music, and characters are all strong. However, poor controls (grapple) & boss fight design (boss fight without actually fighting the boss). The movement is built around standard metroidvania ideas like pogo,…”

“I did not finish this game. Wanted to love it. Love the art, love the concept. The execution, key aspects make it suffer and I can't recommend it to people even though I want to. Enjoyed it at the start, unfortunately…”

“I do not recommend this game. In all the story of this game is lackluster being extremely simple but not interesting whatsoever. the gameplay is very repetitive as most of the mechanics aren't used for combat and the…”

19 of the 70 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.

“I did not finish this game. Wanted to love it. Love the art, love the concept. The execution, key aspects make it suffer and I can't recommend it to people even though I want to. Enjoyed it at the start, unfortunately…”

“Great art but weird controls and super frustrating platforming that puts you back to redo whole sections over and over. I like harder platforming/metroidvanias games (finished HK, Silksong, Blasphemous series etc.) but…”

“The graphics are absolutely beautiful and the gameplay is tight. That said, I had to quit this when I hit the mountain because for me the platforming loop when you have to keep catching and sending a fireball through a…”

10 of the 70 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.

“I do not recommend this game. In all the story of this game is lackluster being extremely simple but not interesting whatsoever. the gameplay is very repetitive as most of the mechanics aren't used for combat and the…”

“Let me start off by saying the game is beautiful. It will draw you in with the chibi art style and the shamisen string music. But, once you start playing the game, and you've played similar games to this one, you will…”

“Great art but weird controls and super frustrating platforming that puts you back to redo whole sections over and over. I like harder platforming/metroidvanias games (finished HK, Silksong, Blasphemous series etc.) but…”

9 of the 70 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.

“The art, music, and characters are all strong. However, poor controls (grapple) & boss fight design (boss fight without actually fighting the boss). The movement is built around standard metroidvania ideas like pogo,…”

“I did not finish this game. Wanted to love it. Love the art, love the concept. The execution, key aspects make it suffer and I can't recommend it to people even though I want to. Enjoyed it at the start, unfortunately…”

“Great art but weird controls and super frustrating platforming that puts you back to redo whole sections over and over. I like harder platforming/metroidvanias games (finished HK, Silksong, Blasphemous series etc.) but…”

8 of the 70 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.

“Great platformer, but the main story is pretty short. Art style is wonderful. Characters are fun. There's a lot of extra lore available but I didn't spend too much time with it. Movement tech is great except I found the…”

“Eh it's alright. Pretty short game platforming is the main focus there's highs and lows to it. But its mostly highs, I'd recommend getting this when its on sale.”