These instances are infrequent, but they are noticeable and drag on when they appear as they force traveling to every accessible area to try every possible solution. Ultimately, these just make the game feel longer. On the other end of the spectrum, many of the other puzzles are too easy, leaving little middle ground for puzzles that are neither obvious nor vague.

No, this is not the only issue. Blocking and dodging are both responsive in theory, yet remain ill equipped to handle a number of threats that appear in the game, especially bosses. Many super powerful attacks from enemies have a large enough radius that you cannot dodge them and even if you block, you to still take a small amount of damage.

The game also offers a wide variety of level types. Some of these involve running through as fast as you can, others are based on taking it slow, finding secrets and being precise. Time trials will test your skills even further as they give you just 40 seconds to save three Teensies tied to fireworks.

The new superpowers offer a much more fun way to get around, and they control surprisingly well, too. I was collecting data clusters (items used to upgrade your powers) with ease despite how fast I was running and how high I could jump. Any doubts I had about these powers were removed almost instantly.

There were some nitpicks along the way, however. Picking up supplies is done with the triangle button, which works well during exploration, but if you need to scoop up some ammo that’s near a bottle during a fight you may grab the bottle instead. Inventory management can also be confusing. Many weapons and items are mapped to a single d-pad direction and, depending on whether the inventory is up or not, pressing a direction can have the exact opposite effect. These two issues got in the way a handful of times, but there was only one instance when this actually caused me to die.