Anima Flux

Item: Anima Flux
Rating: 79
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-08-31

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Summary

Excellent visuals and art style
Engaging co-op experience
Innovative Metroidvania design
Clunky controls and poor pacing
Unsatisfying early combat
Flawed map and navigation

Emotions

Satisfaction32%Frustration15%Excitement15%Disappointment15%Appreciation6%

Reviews (sample size): 119
Helpful reviews: 86%
Unhelpful reviews: 14%
Protest reviews: 0%

79%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
21%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 369
Negative points: 303
Gameplay points: 296
Perf. points: 6
Rec. points: 74
Misc points: 98

Point	Description	Importance
Excellent Visuals and Art Style Description Players consistently praise the game's high-level aesthetics, incredible graphics, and unique art style, noting its dark yet colorful appeal and well-done animations. The visual quality, including hand-drawn cutscenes, creates an enchanting and immersive experience. Importance 99%	Players consistently praise the game's high-level aesthetics, incredible graphics, and unique art style, noting its dark yet colorful appeal and well-done animations. The visual quality, including hand-drawn cutscenes, creates an enchanting and immersive experience.	99%
Engaging Co-op Experience Description The cooperative mode is highlighted as a significant strength, offering a fresh and unique twist to the Metroidvania genre. Players enjoy the ability to play with friends, the separate views in split-screen, and how co-op enhances puzzle-solving and overall fun. Importance 68%	The cooperative mode is highlighted as a significant strength, offering a fresh and unique twist to the Metroidvania genre. Players enjoy the ability to play with friends, the separate views in split-screen, and how co-op enhances puzzle-solving and overall fun.	68%
Immersive Atmosphere and Setting Description The game excels in creating a strong, immersive atmosphere, particularly its post-apocalyptic, futuristic wasteland setting. Players appreciate the detailed background, eerie level styling, and how the environment complements the gameplay. Importance 39%	The game excels in creating a strong, immersive atmosphere, particularly its post-apocalyptic, futuristic wasteland setting. Players appreciate the detailed background, eerie level styling, and how the environment complements the gameplay.	39%
Innovative Metroidvania Design Description The game is lauded as a quality Metroidvania that brings innovation to the genre. Players enjoy its challenging scenarios, fair difficulty, rewarding upgrades, and unique level design elements like thematic elevators. Importance 29%	The game is lauded as a quality Metroidvania that brings innovation to the genre. Players enjoy its challenging scenarios, fair difficulty, rewarding upgrades, and unique level design elements like thematic elevators.	29%
Responsive Controller Support Description The game offers excellent controller support, making gameplay feel smoother and more comfortable. Players specifically mention the positive experience with Xbox controllers and the well-done handling in two-player mode. Importance 17%	The game offers excellent controller support, making gameplay feel smoother and more comfortable. Players specifically mention the positive experience with Xbox controllers and the well-done handling in two-player mode.	17%
Effective Dual Character Mechanics Description The dual character system, including the ability to switch characters and the unique picture-in-picture technique for player two, significantly enhances strategic depth and fun in both puzzles and combat. Importance 13%	The dual character system, including the ability to switch characters and the unique picture-in-picture technique for player two, significantly enhances strategic depth and fun in both puzzles and combat.	13%
Engaging Character Interactions Description Players enjoy the heartwarming and humorous dialogues between characters, appreciating the constant quipping, irony, and satire that uplift the narrative. Importance 11%	Players enjoy the heartwarming and humorous dialogues between characters, appreciating the constant quipping, irony, and satire that uplift the narrative.	11%
Satisfying Upgrade System Description The game features rich and progressive upgrade elements, with players finding satisfaction in gaining new skills, buying upgrades, and the tactical depth introduced by item upgrading. Importance 10%	The game features rich and progressive upgrade elements, with players finding satisfaction in gaining new skills, buying upgrades, and the tactical depth introduced by item upgrading.	10%
Effective Ranged Character Playstyle Description The female character, Eileen, is highlighted for her effective ranged playstyle, including auto-aim, excellent shooting range, and abilities like dash and double jump, making her fun and practical in combat. Importance 10%	The female character, Eileen, is highlighted for her effective ranged playstyle, including auto-aim, excellent shooting range, and abilities like dash and double jump, making her fun and practical in combat.	10%
Balanced and Charismatic Characters Description The main characters are described as charismatic and well-balanced, with complementary abilities. Players appreciate the satisfying character progression and the option to alternate between them. Importance 10%	The main characters are described as charismatic and well-balanced, with complementary abilities. Players appreciate the satisfying character progression and the option to alternate between them.	10%
Impactful Rage Mode Description The 'Rage mode' is a favorite feature, significantly enhancing attack patterns for both characters and providing a practical and satisfying way to clear enemies and fight bosses. Importance 9%	The 'Rage mode' is a favorite feature, significantly enhancing attack patterns for both characters and providing a practical and satisfying way to clear enemies and fight bosses.	9%

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