#15: Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Right after booting up Ori and the Blind Forest you're greeted with a title screen with music of utter beauty that made me tear up very quickly. It's so powerful. Then the intro into the game is some of the most emotionally powerful stuff I've ever witnessed. Magnificent. (I'm starting to run out of words I can praise these games with lol.) It left me speechless. The story is rather simple but presented in such a perfect way. The world it takes place in is at first beautiful and happy then dark, dead. The villain, crow seems like the ultimate evil, but at the end of the day she's just a mother who wants revenge for her dead children and to protect her one remaining child. Her sacrifice at the end perfects this stunningly beautiful story. She saves her child and shows that it was that that stood above everything else.
The gameplay and level design on the other hand aren't perfect but great nonetheless. The upgrades lead to more areas being accessible and are fun to use. The enemy design is great too and combat is a bit limited but not bad. The feeling of isolation is reminiscent of Metroid games.
Ori and the Blind Forest is my third favorite Metroidvania.
