The next game from the creator of Hyper Light Drifter is a Toonami-core anime throwback set in one of the most interesting Metroid-style worlds I've seen in a while

Alongside the embattled-but-promising roguelike Hyper Light Breaker, Hyper Light Drifter developer Heart Machine has another project in the works: Possessor(s), a more classico metroidvania search action game looking to make its mark in an increasingly crowded genre⁠—one where studio founder Alx Preston definitively prefers the Japanese genre name over the unwieldy English one. Can't say I blame him, I hope it catches on.

I had the chance to watch unscripted, live gameplay of Possessor(s)' earliest levels...